Triple

T2529491
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Johnny Mercer E56121 entity
Predicate fullName P16 FINISHED
Object John Herndon Mercer
John Herndon Mercer was a renowned American lyricist, songwriter, and singer who co-founded Capitol Records and wrote numerous popular standards of the Great American Songbook.
E282759 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (4 steps)

Every LLM step that produced this triple, in pipeline order — named-entity classification, the disambiguation choices (the exact options shown, with the pick highlighted), and the generated description. The batch + timestamp of each is in the Provenance table below.

NER Named-entity recognition gpt-5-mini
Instruction
Given a phrase, classify it is english named entity (e.g., persons, organizations, works of art) in Latin script, or not (e.g., literals, dates, URLs, verbose phrases). For disambiguation, the statement where the phrase occurs as object is also given. Please return a JSON object with `phrase` (string, the phrase being analyzed) and `is_ne` (boolean, indicating whether the phrase is a Named Entity).
Input
Phrase: John Herndon Mercer | Statement: [Johnny Mercer, fullName, John Herndon Mercer]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Herndon Mercer
Context triple: [Johnny Mercer, fullName, John Herndon Mercer]
  • A. Peter Hardeman Burnett
    Peter Hardeman Burnett was an American politician and lawyer who became the first elected civilian governor of California after it gained statehood in 1850.
  • B. Henry Rossiter Worthington
    Henry Rossiter Worthington was a 19th-century American engineer and inventor best known for pioneering improvements in steam pumping technology and helping to establish mechanical engineering as a formal profession.
  • C. William Tilden Blodgett
    William Tilden Blodgett was a 19th-century American art collector and civic leader who played a key role in establishing New York City’s Metropolitan Museum of Art.
  • D. Charles F. Chandler
    Charles F. Chandler was a prominent 19th-century American chemist and educator who played a key role in professionalizing chemistry in the United States.
  • E. James McNair Baker
    James McNair Baker was a 19th-century American jurist and politician from Florida, notably serving as a Confederate senator during the Civil War.
  • F. None of above. chosen
  • G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NEDg Description generation gpt-5.1
Instruction
Generate a one-sentence description of the target entity. 
You are given a context triple in the form (subject, predicate, object), where the object is the target entity. 
# Instructions
Use the triple to infer relevant information about the entity. Describe the entity based on what is most defining, well-known. 
Avoid repeating the information from the triple, unless really essential.
# Response Format
Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the target entity]"
Input
Entity: John Herndon Mercer
Triple: [Johnny Mercer, fullName, John Herndon Mercer]
Generated description
John Herndon Mercer was a renowned American lyricist, songwriter, and singer who co-founded Capitol Records and wrote numerous popular standards of the Great American Songbook.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Herndon Mercer
Target entity description: John Herndon Mercer was a renowned American lyricist, songwriter, and singer who co-founded Capitol Records and wrote numerous popular standards of the Great American Songbook.
  • A. Peter Hardeman Burnett
    Peter Hardeman Burnett was an American politician and lawyer who became the first elected civilian governor of California after it gained statehood in 1850.
  • B. Henry Rossiter Worthington
    Henry Rossiter Worthington was a 19th-century American engineer and inventor best known for pioneering improvements in steam pumping technology and helping to establish mechanical engineering as a formal profession.
  • C. William Tilden Blodgett
    William Tilden Blodgett was a 19th-century American art collector and civic leader who played a key role in establishing New York City’s Metropolitan Museum of Art.
  • D. Charles F. Chandler
    Charles F. Chandler was a prominent 19th-century American chemist and educator who played a key role in professionalizing chemistry in the United States.
  • E. James McNair Baker
    James McNair Baker was a 19th-century American jurist and politician from Florida, notably serving as a Confederate senator during the Civil War.
  • F. None of above. chosen

Provenance (5 batches)

The batch behind each pipeline step, in order, with when it ran. Timestamps are batch-level — stages were processed in waves, so the object chain (NER → NED1 → NEDg → NED2) reads in order, but predicate / elicitation batches can sit in a different wave.

Step Stage Batch ID Status When
creating Elicitation batch_69ab4a48e4f081908f1218d244608659 completed March 6, 2026, 9:42 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abd25903f08190b46e12d32278daca completed March 7, 2026, 7:23 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69af906b656081908df9a8b874aaa340 completed March 10, 2026, 3:30 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69af90db69d08190933af04c4392be38 completed March 10, 2026, 3:32 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69af914fd3e48190860e2c4bd0a310b6 completed March 10, 2026, 3:34 a.m.
Created at: March 6, 2026, 9:46 p.m.