Triple

T4101236
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Public Enemies E87944 entity
Predicate character P662 FINISHED
Object Melvin Purvis
Melvin Purvis was a prominent FBI agent in the 1930s best known for leading the manhunts against notorious gangsters like John Dillinger and Pretty Boy Floyd.
 E414081 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: Melvin Purvis | Statement: [Public Enemies, character, Melvin Purvis]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Melvin Purvis
Context triple: [Public Enemies, character, Melvin Purvis]
  • A. Fritz Robinson
    Fritz Robinson is the adventurous and resourceful eldest son of the shipwrecked family in the classic Disney adaptation of "Swiss Family Robinson."
  • B. Harvey Dunn
    Harvey Dunn was an American painter and illustrator renowned for his powerful depictions of frontier life and war, and as a prominent teacher who helped shape early 20th-century American illustration.
  • C. Herschel Daugherty
    Herschel Daugherty was an American film and television director best known for his prolific work in mid-20th-century TV dramas and anthology series.
  • D. Leon Barmore
    Leon Barmore is a legendary women's college basketball coach best known for leading the Louisiana Tech Lady Techsters to national prominence and multiple NCAA championships.
  • E. Lou Marsh
    Lou Marsh was a prominent Canadian sports journalist and referee whose legacy is honored through Canada's annual award for the country's top athlete.
  • 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: Melvin Purvis
Triple: [Public Enemies, character, Melvin Purvis]
Generated description
Melvin Purvis was a prominent FBI agent in the 1930s best known for leading the manhunts against notorious gangsters like John Dillinger and Pretty Boy Floyd.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Melvin Purvis
Target entity description: Melvin Purvis was a prominent FBI agent in the 1930s best known for leading the manhunts against notorious gangsters like John Dillinger and Pretty Boy Floyd.
  • A. Fritz Robinson
    Fritz Robinson is the adventurous and resourceful eldest son of the shipwrecked family in the classic Disney adaptation of "Swiss Family Robinson."
  • B. Harvey Dunn
    Harvey Dunn was an American painter and illustrator renowned for his powerful depictions of frontier life and war, and as a prominent teacher who helped shape early 20th-century American illustration.
  • C. Herschel Daugherty
    Herschel Daugherty was an American film and television director best known for his prolific work in mid-20th-century TV dramas and anthology series.
  • D. Leon Barmore
    Leon Barmore is a legendary women's college basketball coach best known for leading the Louisiana Tech Lady Techsters to national prominence and multiple NCAA championships.
  • E. Lou Marsh
    Lou Marsh was a prominent Canadian sports journalist and referee whose legacy is honored through Canada's annual award for the country's top athlete.
  • 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_69aed94564cc8190a9c1457daedb6e7f completed March 9, 2026, 2:29 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69aefd0ed168819093c83ba079d6725c completed March 9, 2026, 5:02 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b56b7833b081909bf5a87ee709b49f completed March 14, 2026, 2:06 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b56f33f7688190a017e4486a3ba542 completed March 14, 2026, 2:22 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b56fafb8208190997b6d91c4a1774d completed March 14, 2026, 2:24 p.m.
Created at: March 9, 2026, 3:40 p.m.