Triple

T14018483
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject I've Got a Secret E337261 entity
Predicate creator P184 FINISHED
Object Howard Merrill
Howard Merrill was a television producer and writer best known for creating the classic American panel game show "I've Got a Secret."
E1086668 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: Howard Merrill | Statement: [I've Got a Secret, creator, Howard Merrill]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Howard Merrill
Context triple: [I've Got a Secret, creator, Howard Merrill]
  • A. Paul W. Merrill
    Paul W. Merrill was an American astronomer known for his pioneering work in stellar spectroscopy and the discovery of technetium in stellar atmospheres.
  • B. Charles E. Merrill
    Charles E. Merrill was an American stockbroker, philanthropist, and co-founder of the investment firm Merrill Lynch, which became one of the largest brokerage houses in the world.
  • C. Merrill Hess
    Merrill Hess is a former minor-league baseball player and the younger brother of ex-priest Graham Hess in M. Night Shyamalan’s science-fiction thriller film "Signs."
  • D. George P. Merrill
    George P. Merrill was an American geologist and curator at the Smithsonian Institution known for his influential work in petrology and the study of building stones.
  • E. Arthur Richman
    Arthur Richman was an American playwright and screenwriter best known for his stage works that were adapted into successful films during the early 20th century.
  • 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: Howard Merrill
Triple: [I've Got a Secret, creator, Howard Merrill]
Generated description
Howard Merrill was a television producer and writer best known for creating the classic American panel game show "I've Got a Secret."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Howard Merrill
Target entity description: Howard Merrill was a television producer and writer best known for creating the classic American panel game show "I've Got a Secret."
  • A. Paul W. Merrill
    Paul W. Merrill was an American astronomer known for his pioneering work in stellar spectroscopy and the discovery of technetium in stellar atmospheres.
  • B. Charles E. Merrill
    Charles E. Merrill was an American stockbroker, philanthropist, and co-founder of the investment firm Merrill Lynch, which became one of the largest brokerage houses in the world.
  • C. Merrill Hess
    Merrill Hess is a former minor-league baseball player and the younger brother of ex-priest Graham Hess in M. Night Shyamalan’s science-fiction thriller film "Signs."
  • D. George P. Merrill
    George P. Merrill was an American geologist and curator at the Smithsonian Institution known for his influential work in petrology and the study of building stones.
  • E. Arthur Richman
    Arthur Richman was an American playwright and screenwriter best known for his stage works that were adapted into successful films during the early 20th century.
  • 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_69d81c6543a48190bd5ba93d7419e797 completed April 9, 2026, 9:38 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69de2f3b5b088190a58715779d2c46a6 completed April 14, 2026, 12:12 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69fd192ee1ac81908663ebd2e06784f1 completed May 7, 2026, 10:58 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69fd2315cf6881908fc83b273c966cae completed May 7, 2026, 11:41 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69fd238d6a7c8190980388e9027e3a72 completed May 7, 2026, 11:43 p.m.
Created at: April 9, 2026, 10:19 p.m.