Triple

T22041040
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject The American Mercury E544636 entity
Predicate originalEditorInChief P146367 FINISHED
Object H. L. Mencken E127200 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (3 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: H. L. Mencken | Statement: [The American Mercury, originalEditorInChief, H. L. Mencken]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: H. L. Mencken
Context triple: [The American Mercury, originalEditorInChief, H. L. Mencken]
  • A. H. L. Mencken chosen
    H. L. Mencken was an influential American journalist, essayist, and cultural critic known for his sharp wit, skepticism of religion and democracy, and incisive commentary on American life in the early 20th century.
  • B. Wilhelmine Mencken
    Wilhelmine Mencken was a German woman of the early 19th century best known as the mother of statesman Otto von Bismarck.
  • C. Philip Leacock
    Philip Leacock was a British film and television director known for his sensitive, character-driven dramas and war films during the mid-20th century.
  • D. Irvin S. Cobb
    Irvin S. Cobb was an American humorist, author, and journalist known for his witty short stories, columns, and contributions to early 20th-century newspapers and magazines.
  • E. Murray Kempton
    Murray Kempton was an American journalist, columnist, and Pulitzer Prize–winning writer known for his incisive political commentary and elegant prose.
  • F. None of above.
  • G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
PD Predicate disambiguation gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: originalEditorInChief
Context triple: [The American Mercury, originalEditorInChief, H. L. Mencken]
  • A. formerEditorInChief
    Indicates that a person previously held, but no longer holds, the position of editor-in-chief of a publication or organization.
  • B. namedEditorInChief
    Indicates that one entity has been designated to serve in the role of editor-in-chief for another entity, such as a publication or organization.
  • C. editorInChiefEnd
    Indicates the point in time or event when an individual's role as editor-in-chief of a publication or organization comes to an end.
  • D. editorInChiefAtTimeOfPublication
    Indicates that a person served as the editor-in-chief of a publication at the specific time that publication was released.
  • E. editorInChiefStart
    Indicates the time or event at which an entity begins serving as editor-in-chief of a publication or organization.
  • 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_69e11e32445c8190ab97089b48a130bb completed April 16, 2026, 5:36 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69f12828fc788190a22c0e9c2372656b completed April 28, 2026, 9:35 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a0af0c93f608190bad457a860e122be completed May 18, 2026, 10:58 a.m.
PD Predicate disambiguation batch_69e6f63b0d048190b241622759aab9de completed April 21, 2026, 3:59 a.m.
PDg Predicate description generation batch_69e6fad4a540819096cdd5ea08527220 completed April 21, 2026, 4:19 a.m.
Created at: April 16, 2026, 8:25 p.m.