Triple

T10812579
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject The Devil and Miss Jones E255138 entity
Predicate mainCharacter P1183 FINISHED
Object John P. Merrick
John P. Merrick is the wealthy department-store tycoon who goes undercover among his own employees in the 1941 comedy film "The Devil and Miss Jones."
 E1159394 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: John P. Merrick | Statement: [The Devil and Miss Jones, mainCharacter, John P. Merrick]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: John P. Merrick
Context triple: [The Devil and Miss Jones, mainCharacter, John P. Merrick]
  • A. Edwin T. Meredith
    Edwin T. Meredith was an American publisher and politician who served as U.S. Secretary of Agriculture under President Woodrow Wilson.
  • B. Arthur B. Sleigh
    Arthur B. Sleigh was a 19th-century British Army officer and journalist best known for establishing the influential London newspaper that became The Daily Telegraph.
  • C. Henry W. Gerrard
    Henry W. Gerrard was an American cinematographer active in early 20th-century Hollywood, known for his work on classic genre films.
  • D. John C. Donkin
    John C. Donkin is an American film producer known for his work on animated features, particularly with Blue Sky Studios.
  • E. Hugh McDowell
    Hugh McDowell was an English cellist best known for his dynamic performances and recordings with the rock band Electric Light Orchestra during the 1970s.
  • 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: John P. Merrick
Triple: [The Devil and Miss Jones, mainCharacter, John P. Merrick]
Generated description
John P. Merrick is the wealthy department-store tycoon who goes undercover among his own employees in the 1941 comedy film "The Devil and Miss Jones."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: John P. Merrick
Target entity description: John P. Merrick is the wealthy department-store tycoon who goes undercover among his own employees in the 1941 comedy film "The Devil and Miss Jones."
  • A. Edwin T. Meredith
    Edwin T. Meredith was an American publisher and politician who served as U.S. Secretary of Agriculture under President Woodrow Wilson.
  • B. Arthur B. Sleigh
    Arthur B. Sleigh was a 19th-century British Army officer and journalist best known for establishing the influential London newspaper that became The Daily Telegraph.
  • C. Henry W. Gerrard
    Henry W. Gerrard was an American cinematographer active in early 20th-century Hollywood, known for his work on classic genre films.
  • D. John C. Donkin
    John C. Donkin is an American film producer known for his work on animated features, particularly with Blue Sky Studios.
  • E. Hugh McDowell
    Hugh McDowell was an English cellist best known for his dynamic performances and recordings with the rock band Electric Light Orchestra during the 1970s.
  • 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_69d6aa61c15c8190a1839550c56e75e1 completed April 8, 2026, 7:20 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d733eadda48190b2b1183ee60102cb completed April 9, 2026, 5:06 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ff2ce12e78819080b3fe19c57ef3ef completed May 9, 2026, 12:47 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ff2ff237a48190a4e4490303ad350d completed May 9, 2026, 1 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ff306f5c1081908176fab3169d6fcb completed May 9, 2026, 1:02 p.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:18 p.m.