Triple

T20397740
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject The Giant Claw E500252 entity
Predicate starring P1507 FINISHED
Object Louis Merrill
Louis Merrill was an American character actor known for his supporting roles in mid-20th-century films, including appearances in science fiction and genre movies.
 E1429932 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: Louis Merrill | Statement: [The Giant Claw, starring, Louis Merrill]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Louis Merrill
Context triple: [The Giant Claw, starring, Louis Merrill]
  • A. 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."
  • B. Merrill De Maris
    Merrill De Maris was an American screenwriter and story artist for Walt Disney Studios, best known for co-writing the screenplay for the landmark animated feature "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs."
  • C. Merritt Andrews
    Merritt Andrews is a fictional character played by actress Yvette Mimieux, best known from her work in mid-20th-century American film and television.
  • D. William Mulloy
    William Mulloy was an American archaeologist best known for his pioneering restoration and conservation work on the moai and ceremonial sites of Easter Island (Rapa Nui).
  • E. Roger O. Hirson
    Roger O. Hirson was an American playwright and screenwriter best known for writing the book for the Tony Award–winning musical "Pippin."
  • 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: Louis Merrill
Triple: [The Giant Claw, starring, Louis Merrill]
Generated description
Louis Merrill was an American character actor known for his supporting roles in mid-20th-century films, including appearances in science fiction and genre movies.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Louis Merrill
Target entity description: Louis Merrill was an American character actor known for his supporting roles in mid-20th-century films, including appearances in science fiction and genre movies.
  • A. 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."
  • B. Merrill De Maris
    Merrill De Maris was an American screenwriter and story artist for Walt Disney Studios, best known for co-writing the screenplay for the landmark animated feature "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs."
  • C. Merritt Andrews
    Merritt Andrews is a fictional character played by actress Yvette Mimieux, best known from her work in mid-20th-century American film and television.
  • D. William Mulloy
    William Mulloy was an American archaeologist best known for his pioneering restoration and conservation work on the moai and ceremonial sites of Easter Island (Rapa Nui).
  • E. Roger O. Hirson
    Roger O. Hirson was an American playwright and screenwriter best known for writing the book for the Tony Award–winning musical "Pippin."
  • 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_69e0b4a81bec8190b69adfdc1336a015 completed April 16, 2026, 10:06 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e6798c2b28819092fab93f01218cde completed April 20, 2026, 7:07 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a087b17960081908497556574011fd3 completed May 16, 2026, 2:11 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a088014c30c8190937586dc3f23862e completed May 16, 2026, 2:32 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a08810e37c08190bd7e8b584204064c completed May 16, 2026, 2:37 p.m.
Created at: April 16, 2026, 11:29 a.m.