Triple
T17903087
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Sam Merlotte |
E447631
|
entity |
| Predicate | basedOn |
P98
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Sam Merlotte (The Southern Vampire Mysteries)
Sam Merlotte is a shapeshifting bar owner and close friend of Sookie Stackhouse in Charlaine Harris's The Southern Vampire Mysteries series.
|
E1297944
|
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 Merlotte (The Southern Vampire Mysteries) | Statement: [Sam Merlotte, basedOn, Sam Merlotte (The Southern Vampire Mysteries)]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sam Merlotte (The Southern Vampire Mysteries) Context triple: [Sam Merlotte, basedOn, Sam Merlotte (The Southern Vampire Mysteries)]
-
A.
Eric Northman (The Southern Vampire Mysteries)
Eric Northman (The Southern Vampire Mysteries) is a powerful, centuries-old Viking vampire and charismatic sheriff in Charlaine Harris's series, known for his complex relationship with protagonist Sookie Stackhouse.
-
B.
Bill Compton (The Southern Vampire Mysteries)
Bill Compton is a Civil War–era vampire and central character in Charlaine Harris's "The Southern Vampire Mysteries" series, known for his complex romantic relationship with telepathic waitress Sookie Stackhouse.
-
C.
Vivian Warren
Vivian Warren is the intelligent, ambitious heroine of George Bernard Shaw’s play "Mrs. Warren’s Profession," who struggles to reconcile her moral ideals with the revelation of her mother’s past.
-
D.
Sebastian Venable
Sebastian Venable is the unseen, deceased poet whose mysterious life and gruesome death drive the psychological and moral conflicts in Tennessee Williams's play "Suddenly, Last Summer."
-
E.
Scarlett Harker
Scarlett Harker is a central character in the fantasy-horror TV series "Van Helsing," known as a skilled fighter and key figure in the battle against vampires.
- 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 Merlotte (The Southern Vampire Mysteries) Triple: [Sam Merlotte, basedOn, Sam Merlotte (The Southern Vampire Mysteries)]
Generated description
Sam Merlotte is a shapeshifting bar owner and close friend of Sookie Stackhouse in Charlaine Harris's The Southern Vampire Mysteries series.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sam Merlotte (The Southern Vampire Mysteries) Target entity description: Sam Merlotte is a shapeshifting bar owner and close friend of Sookie Stackhouse in Charlaine Harris's The Southern Vampire Mysteries series.
-
A.
Eric Northman (The Southern Vampire Mysteries)
Eric Northman (The Southern Vampire Mysteries) is a powerful, centuries-old Viking vampire and charismatic sheriff in Charlaine Harris's series, known for his complex relationship with protagonist Sookie Stackhouse.
-
B.
Bill Compton (The Southern Vampire Mysteries)
Bill Compton is a Civil War–era vampire and central character in Charlaine Harris's "The Southern Vampire Mysteries" series, known for his complex romantic relationship with telepathic waitress Sookie Stackhouse.
-
C.
Vivian Warren
Vivian Warren is the intelligent, ambitious heroine of George Bernard Shaw’s play "Mrs. Warren’s Profession," who struggles to reconcile her moral ideals with the revelation of her mother’s past.
-
D.
Sebastian Venable
Sebastian Venable is the unseen, deceased poet whose mysterious life and gruesome death drive the psychological and moral conflicts in Tennessee Williams's play "Suddenly, Last Summer."
-
E.
Scarlett Harker
Scarlett Harker is a central character in the fantasy-horror TV series "Van Helsing," known as a skilled fighter and key figure in the battle against vampires.
- 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_69d8b9f59bd48190a6fc925a855b8bac |
completed | April 10, 2026, 8:51 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e49e99c3188190aead24cd3d48c7a7 |
completed | April 19, 2026, 9:21 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_6a03290849b081908186afa86cd74ad1 |
completed | May 12, 2026, 1:20 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_6a032aca603c81908ad23b0f19813942 |
completed | May 12, 2026, 1:27 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_6a032c42d0a08190b2665adafaffdca7 |
completed | May 12, 2026, 1:33 p.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 10:19 a.m.