Triple
T4252469
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Merriam, Kansas |
E95887
|
entity |
| Predicate | namedAfter |
P63
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Charles Merriam |
E109488
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: Charles Merriam | Statement: [Merriam, Kansas, namedAfter, Charles Merriam]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Charles Merriam Context triple: [Merriam, Kansas, namedAfter, Charles Merriam]
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A.
Charles E. Merriam
chosen
Charles E. Merriam was an influential American political scientist and University of Chicago professor known for pioneering behavioralism and modern empirical approaches in political science.
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B.
Frank Merriam
Frank Merriam was an American Republican politician who served as the 28th governor of California during the 1930s, overseeing the state through the Great Depression and significant labor unrest.
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C.
William Heard Kilpatrick
William Heard Kilpatrick was an influential American educator and philosopher, a leading figure in the progressive education movement and a prominent disciple of John Dewey.
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D.
William Maynard Hutchins
William Maynard Hutchins is an American translator and scholar best known for translating major works of modern Arabic literature, including Naguib Mahfouz’s Cairo Trilogy.
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E.
Joseph F. Guffey
Joseph F. Guffey was a Democratic U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania and New Deal supporter known for his leadership on coal industry regulation and labor issues.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69b3453f759881909b91f01a1e82c036 |
completed | March 12, 2026, 10:59 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69b34ebc98e08190915ac309a51ef87f |
completed | March 12, 2026, 11:39 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b5a8845e6081908bbf1aef2a2da754 |
completed | March 14, 2026, 6:27 p.m. |
Created at: March 12, 2026, 11:06 p.m.