Triple
T8579775
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Thrilling Wonder Stories |
E203139
|
entity |
| Predicate | editor |
P1954
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Sam Merwin Jr. |
E740492
|
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: Sam Merwin Jr. | Statement: [Thrilling Wonder Stories, editor, Sam Merwin Jr.]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sam Merwin Jr. Context triple: [Thrilling Wonder Stories, editor, Sam Merwin Jr.]
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A.
Sam Merwin Jr.
chosen
Sam Merwin Jr. was an American writer and influential mid-20th-century pulp magazine editor best known for his work in science fiction.
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B.
Michael Dewell
Michael Dewell is best known as the husband of Dutch-American actress Nina Foch.
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C.
Phil Cunningham
Phil Cunningham is an English guitarist and keyboardist best known for his work with the band New Order and previously with Marion.
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D.
Joe Jamail
Joe Jamail was a prominent American trial lawyer and billionaire philanthropist from Texas, often called the “King of Torts” for his record-setting courtroom victories.
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E.
Michael McCullers
Michael McCullers is an American screenwriter best known for his work on comedy films such as the Austin Powers series and various animated features.
- 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_69ca8328ebe481909a8c038fa79959b4 |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:05 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cbea9a0708819084cb8b8d84017864 |
completed | March 31, 2026, 3:39 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69cea89550f481908a7ed45303b71731 |
completed | April 2, 2026, 5:34 p.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 6:22 p.m.