Triple

T9117329
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Signs E218752 entity
Predicate producer P490 FINISHED
Object Sam Mercer
Sam Mercer is a film producer best known for his frequent collaborations with director M. Night Shyamalan on movies such as "The Sixth Sense" and "Signs."
 E779812 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: Sam Mercer | Statement: [Signs, producer, Sam Mercer]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Sam Mercer
Context triple: [Signs, producer, Sam Mercer]
  • A. Reverend Matthew Deaver
    Reverend Matthew Deaver is a clergyman who serves as the adoptive father and moral guardian of Henry Deaver in the Castle Rock universe.
  • B. Vivian Rutledge
    Vivian Rutledge is a sharp-witted, enigmatic socialite and femme fatale portrayed by Lauren Bacall in the classic film noir "The Big Sleep" (1946).
  • C. Chris DeWolfe
    Chris DeWolfe is an American entrepreneur best known as the co-creator and former CEO of the pioneering social networking site MySpace.
  • D. Turk Malloy
    Turk Malloy is a skilled driver and member of Danny Ocean’s crew in the "Ocean's" heist film series.
  • E. Eric Delko
    Eric Delko is a forensic investigator and fingerprint expert on the television series CSI: Miami, known for his fieldwork, loyalty to the team, and complex personal relationships.
  • 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: Sam Mercer
Triple: [Signs, producer, Sam Mercer]
Generated description
Sam Mercer is a film producer best known for his frequent collaborations with director M. Night Shyamalan on movies such as "The Sixth Sense" and "Signs."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Sam Mercer
Target entity description: Sam Mercer is a film producer best known for his frequent collaborations with director M. Night Shyamalan on movies such as "The Sixth Sense" and "Signs."
  • A. Reverend Matthew Deaver
    Reverend Matthew Deaver is a clergyman who serves as the adoptive father and moral guardian of Henry Deaver in the Castle Rock universe.
  • B. Vivian Rutledge
    Vivian Rutledge is a sharp-witted, enigmatic socialite and femme fatale portrayed by Lauren Bacall in the classic film noir "The Big Sleep" (1946).
  • C. Chris DeWolfe
    Chris DeWolfe is an American entrepreneur best known as the co-creator and former CEO of the pioneering social networking site MySpace.
  • D. Turk Malloy
    Turk Malloy is a skilled driver and member of Danny Ocean’s crew in the "Ocean's" heist film series.
  • E. Eric Delko
    Eric Delko is a forensic investigator and fingerprint expert on the television series CSI: Miami, known for his fieldwork, loyalty to the team, and complex personal relationships.
  • 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_69ca83dc94ac8190b9ef42684d36ff39 completed March 30, 2026, 2:08 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cca8a5e2ac8190b602ef0c77deb2fa completed April 1, 2026, 5:09 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69d0307299ec8190acade4f388642e23 completed April 3, 2026, 9:26 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69d034941af48190b612bdeb4e2a1648 completed April 3, 2026, 9:43 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69d035250d1481908a7a0e108360192e completed April 3, 2026, 9:46 p.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 7:17 p.m.