Triple
T12187942
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | The Elephant Man |
E290384
|
entity |
| Predicate | mainCharacter |
P1183
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Joseph Merrick |
E290384
|
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: Joseph Merrick | Statement: [The Elephant Man, mainCharacter, Joseph Merrick]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Joseph Merrick Context triple: [The Elephant Man, mainCharacter, Joseph Merrick]
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A.
Sir John Merrick
Sir John Merrick was a 17th-century English parliamentarian and political figure who served on the revolutionary Committee of Safety during the English Civil War.
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B.
Elephant Man
Elephant Man is a Jamaican dancehall deejay and recording artist known for his energetic performances and hit party anthems.
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C.
Freddie Cunliffe
Freddie Cunliffe is a British actor best known for his role in the 1999 war drama film "The War Zone."
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D.
The Elephant Man
chosen
The Elephant Man is a 1980 biographical drama film directed by David Lynch that tells the story of Joseph Merrick, a severely deformed man in Victorian London, and stars John Hurt in a critically acclaimed leading role.
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E.
John Macnaghten Whittaker
John Macnaghten Whittaker was a British mathematician and academic known for his contributions to analysis and for serving as Vice-Chancellor of the University of Sheffield.
- 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_69d6ab64de5881908d56eb7a75c6cc69 |
completed | April 8, 2026, 7:24 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d916012c2c819085824332ad60059e |
completed | April 10, 2026, 3:23 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69f5f6b0a84c8190ae593e368c13b5a5 |
completed | May 2, 2026, 1:05 p.m. |
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:50 p.m.