Triple
T7346264
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Merrill Lynch |
E169388
|
entity |
| Predicate | foundedBy |
P104
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Charles E. Merrill |
E576938
|
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 E. Merrill | Statement: [Merrill Lynch, foundedBy, Charles E. Merrill]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Charles E. Merrill Context triple: [Merrill Lynch, foundedBy, Charles E. Merrill]
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A.
Charles E. Merrill
chosen
Charles E. Merrill was an American stockbroker, philanthropist, and co-founder of the investment firm Merrill Lynch, which became one of the largest brokerage houses in the world.
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B.
Paul W. Merrill
Paul W. Merrill was an American astronomer known for his pioneering work in stellar spectroscopy and the discovery of technetium in stellar atmospheres.
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C.
Thomas W. Lamont
Thomas W. Lamont was a prominent American banker and philanthropist associated with J.P. Morgan & Co. whose support for education and the arts led to institutions such as Harvard’s Lamont Library bearing his name.
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D.
Paul A. Rothchild
Paul A. Rothchild was an American record producer best known for his work with The Doors and Janis Joplin.
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E.
Alfred E. Kahn
Alfred E. Kahn was an American economist and regulator best known as the chief architect of U.S. airline deregulation in the late 1970s.
- 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_69c68a5878888190968ce4d04db8d69f |
completed | March 27, 2026, 1:47 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c6f0f0329c8190a0182e3bf62604e5 |
completed | March 27, 2026, 9:04 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c810d0aebc8190a7274fbcd3fe11ff |
completed | March 28, 2026, 5:33 p.m. |
Created at: March 27, 2026, 3:05 p.m.