Triple

T6057587
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Jerry Garcia E134953 entity
Predicate associatedAct P37 FINISHED
Object Merl Saunders
Merl Saunders was an American keyboardist and composer best known for his soulful collaborations with Jerry Garcia that blended rock, jazz, and R&B.
E567311 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: Merl Saunders | Statement: [Jerry Garcia, associatedAct, Merl Saunders]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Merl Saunders
Context triple: [Jerry Garcia, associatedAct, Merl Saunders]
  • A. Dale Eunson
    Dale Eunson was an American writer and magazine editor best known for his short stories and screenwriting work in mid-20th-century Hollywood.
  • B. Ernie McCracken
    Ernie McCracken is the flamboyantly villainous professional bowler and main antagonist portrayed by Bill Murray in the comedy film "Kingpin."
  • C. Ray Cusick
    Ray Cusick was a British designer best known for creating the iconic look of the Daleks in the long-running science fiction television series Doctor Who.
  • D. Dennis Awtrey
    Dennis Awtrey is a former American professional basketball center known for his defensive play and role as a key contributor on several NBA teams during the 1970s and early 1980s.
  • E. Larry Haines
    Larry Haines was an American actor best known for his long-running role on the television soap opera "Search for Tomorrow."
  • 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: Merl Saunders
Triple: [Jerry Garcia, associatedAct, Merl Saunders]
Generated description
Merl Saunders was an American keyboardist and composer best known for his soulful collaborations with Jerry Garcia that blended rock, jazz, and R&B.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Merl Saunders
Target entity description: Merl Saunders was an American keyboardist and composer best known for his soulful collaborations with Jerry Garcia that blended rock, jazz, and R&B.
  • A. Dale Eunson
    Dale Eunson was an American writer and magazine editor best known for his short stories and screenwriting work in mid-20th-century Hollywood.
  • B. Ernie McCracken
    Ernie McCracken is the flamboyantly villainous professional bowler and main antagonist portrayed by Bill Murray in the comedy film "Kingpin."
  • C. Ray Cusick
    Ray Cusick was a British designer best known for creating the iconic look of the Daleks in the long-running science fiction television series Doctor Who.
  • D. Dennis Awtrey
    Dennis Awtrey is a former American professional basketball center known for his defensive play and role as a key contributor on several NBA teams during the 1970s and early 1980s.
  • E. Larry Haines
    Larry Haines was an American actor best known for his long-running role on the television soap opera "Search for Tomorrow."
  • 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_69c00877b6d4819096b0e163728b73a3 completed March 22, 2026, 3:19 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c0570d00e88190b2d8d596e40378d9 completed March 22, 2026, 8:54 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c11d0e06288190b4389b43825d5929 completed March 23, 2026, 10:59 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c11ec11864819084c31d98133ca53a completed March 23, 2026, 11:06 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c11f29842881909acf88a1fa896354 completed March 23, 2026, 11:08 a.m.
Created at: March 22, 2026, 4:09 p.m.