Triple

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Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Ryan Merriman E474415 entity
Predicate familyName P18 FINISHED
Object Merriman
Merriman is an Irish-origin surname borne by various notable individuals across fields such as acting, politics, and sports.
E1394454 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: Merriman | Statement: [Ryan Merriman, familyName, Merriman]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Merriman
Context triple: [Ryan Merriman, familyName, Merriman]
  • A. Merrill
    Merrill is a surname most notably associated with American actor Gary Merrill, known for his work in mid-20th-century film and television.
  • B. Merrill
    Merrill is the wealth management and brokerage division of Bank of America, offering investment advice, financial planning, and related services to individual and institutional clients.
  • C. Merrill
    Merrill is a small city in northwestern Iowa, United States, located in Plymouth County along the Floyd River.
  • D. Merrill
    Merrill is a given name used by various notable individuals across fields such as literature, entertainment, and business.
  • E. Merrill
    Merrill is a Dalish elven mage and potential party companion in the role-playing video game Dragon Age II.
  • 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: Merriman
Triple: [Ryan Merriman, familyName, Merriman]
Generated description
Merriman is an Irish-origin surname borne by various notable individuals across fields such as acting, politics, and sports.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Merriman
Target entity description: Merriman is an Irish-origin surname borne by various notable individuals across fields such as acting, politics, and sports.
  • A. Merrill
    Merrill is the wealth management and brokerage division of Bank of America, offering investment advice, financial planning, and related services to individual and institutional clients.
  • B. Merrill
    Merrill is a given name used by various notable individuals across fields such as literature, entertainment, and business.
  • C. Merrill
    Merrill is a small city in northwestern Iowa, United States, located in Plymouth County along the Floyd River.
  • D. Merrill
    Merrill is a Dalish elven mage and potential party companion in the role-playing video game Dragon Age II.
  • E. Merrill
    Merrill is a surname most notably associated with American actor Gary Merrill, known for his work in mid-20th-century film and television.
  • 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_69d8e51940a0819087bd2996f98da668 completed April 10, 2026, 11:55 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e6529bcb8c8190bcca61a53be86757 completed April 20, 2026, 4:21 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a07bd64ff708190bf23345b53ad6d0d completed May 16, 2026, 12:42 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a07bf15a6908190b28415ca89f1b43a completed May 16, 2026, 12:49 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a07bfb095b08190a23710cf78a2b923 completed May 16, 2026, 12:52 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:48 p.m.