Triple
T8790097
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Merle Oberon |
E209140
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entity |
| Predicate | birthName |
P65
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FINISHED |
| Object |
Estelle Merle O’Brien Thompson
Estelle Merle O’Brien Thompson, better known as Merle Oberon, was a British-Indian film actress famed for her roles in classic Hollywood and British cinema, including her portrayal of Cathy in the 1939 film "Wuthering Heights."
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E774010
|
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: Estelle Merle O’Brien Thompson | Statement: [Merle Oberon, birthName, Estelle Merle O’Brien Thompson]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Estelle Merle O’Brien Thompson Context triple: [Merle Oberon, birthName, Estelle Merle O’Brien Thompson]
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A.
Muriel Irene McBrien
Muriel Irene McBrien, later known as Muriel McBrien Kauffman, was an American philanthropist and arts patron best known for her major contributions to cultural and civic institutions in Kansas City, Missouri.
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B.
Aline Brosh McKenna
Aline Brosh McKenna is an American screenwriter, producer, and director best known for her sharp, character-driven work on films and television series such as The Devil Wears Prada and Crazy Ex-Girlfriend.
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C.
Margaret Bremond Rice
Margaret Bremond Rice was the wife of American businessman and philanthropist William Marsh Rice, founder of Rice University.
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D.
Geraldine Hurson
Geraldine Hurson is known as a sibling of Martin Hurson, an Irish republican who died on hunger strike in 1981.
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E.
Helena Marie O'Brien
Helena Marie O'Brien was the first wife of American economist and statesman George P. Shultz, with whom she had five children before her death in 1995.
- 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: Estelle Merle O’Brien Thompson Triple: [Merle Oberon, birthName, Estelle Merle O’Brien Thompson]
Generated description
Estelle Merle O’Brien Thompson, better known as Merle Oberon, was a British-Indian film actress famed for her roles in classic Hollywood and British cinema, including her portrayal of Cathy in the 1939 film "Wuthering Heights."
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Estelle Merle O’Brien Thompson Target entity description: Estelle Merle O’Brien Thompson, better known as Merle Oberon, was a British-Indian film actress famed for her roles in classic Hollywood and British cinema, including her portrayal of Cathy in the 1939 film "Wuthering Heights."
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A.
Muriel Irene McBrien
Muriel Irene McBrien, later known as Muriel McBrien Kauffman, was an American philanthropist and arts patron best known for her major contributions to cultural and civic institutions in Kansas City, Missouri.
-
B.
Aline Brosh McKenna
Aline Brosh McKenna is an American screenwriter, producer, and director best known for her sharp, character-driven work on films and television series such as The Devil Wears Prada and Crazy Ex-Girlfriend.
-
C.
Margaret Bremond Rice
Margaret Bremond Rice was the wife of American businessman and philanthropist William Marsh Rice, founder of Rice University.
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D.
Geraldine Hurson
Geraldine Hurson is known as a sibling of Martin Hurson, an Irish republican who died on hunger strike in 1981.
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E.
Helena Marie O'Brien
Helena Marie O'Brien was the first wife of American economist and statesman George P. Shultz, with whom she had five children before her death in 1995.
- 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_69ca836168108190bb43d3dc235c1f55 |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:06 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cc5f8d25f881908863d636fa57a8a2 |
completed | March 31, 2026, 11:58 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69cfeb0dab088190b842b20f8a7bc7a0 |
completed | April 3, 2026, 4:30 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69cfec4515308190be32a295619babdb |
completed | April 3, 2026, 4:35 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69cfecdc70048190813f715153ca0f0e |
completed | April 3, 2026, 4:37 p.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 6:43 p.m.