SELECT ?item ?type ?itemLabel ?snippet WHERE {
  SERVICE wikibase:mwapi {
      bd:serviceParam wikibase:api "Search" .
      bd:serviceParam wikibase:endpoint "www.wikidata.org"  .
      bd:serviceParam mwapi:srsearch "Merkel" .
      ?item wikibase:apiOutputItem "@title" .
      ?snippet wikibase:apiOutput "@snippet" .
      ?ordinal wikibase:apiOrdinal TRUE .
  }
  ?item wdt:P31 ?type .
  SERVICE wikibase:label { bd:serviceParam wikibase:language "en" . }.
} ORDER BY ASC (?ordinal) LIMIT 3