Triple

T21215176
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject The Voyage of the Narwhal E522816 entity
Predicate hasCharacter P2308 FINISHED
Object Erasmus Darwin Wells
Erasmus Darwin Wells is the introspective naturalist and central protagonist of Andrea Barrett’s historical novel "The Voyage of the Narwhal," set during a 19th-century Arctic expedition.
E1471497 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: Erasmus Darwin Wells | Statement: [The Voyage of the Narwhal, hasCharacter, Erasmus Darwin Wells]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Erasmus Darwin Wells
Context triple: [The Voyage of the Narwhal, hasCharacter, Erasmus Darwin Wells]
  • A. Erasmus Darwin Jr.
    Erasmus Darwin Jr. was an English physician and member of the prominent Darwin family, known as the uncle of naturalist Charles Darwin.
  • B. Erasmus Darwin
    Erasmus Darwin was an 18th-century English physician, natural philosopher, and poet who proposed early ideas about biological evolution and influenced later evolutionary thought.
  • C. Erasmus Alvey Darwin
    Erasmus Alvey Darwin was the elder brother of naturalist Charles Darwin, known as a medically trained but reclusive and intellectually inclined member of the Darwin family.
  • D. William Price
    William Price was an 18th-century architect and builder active in colonial Boston, known for his work on prominent structures such as the Old North Church.
  • E. William Price
    William Price is a good-natured, seafaring brother of Fanny Price in Jane Austen’s novel "Mansfield Park," known for his lively spirit and affectionate loyalty to his family.
  • 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: Erasmus Darwin Wells
Triple: [The Voyage of the Narwhal, hasCharacter, Erasmus Darwin Wells]
Generated description
Erasmus Darwin Wells is the introspective naturalist and central protagonist of Andrea Barrett’s historical novel "The Voyage of the Narwhal," set during a 19th-century Arctic expedition.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Erasmus Darwin Wells
Target entity description: Erasmus Darwin Wells is the introspective naturalist and central protagonist of Andrea Barrett’s historical novel "The Voyage of the Narwhal," set during a 19th-century Arctic expedition.
  • A. Erasmus Darwin Jr.
    Erasmus Darwin Jr. was an English physician and member of the prominent Darwin family, known as the uncle of naturalist Charles Darwin.
  • B. Erasmus Darwin
    Erasmus Darwin was an 18th-century English physician, natural philosopher, and poet who proposed early ideas about biological evolution and influenced later evolutionary thought.
  • C. Erasmus Alvey Darwin
    Erasmus Alvey Darwin was the elder brother of naturalist Charles Darwin, known as a medically trained but reclusive and intellectually inclined member of the Darwin family.
  • D. William Price
    William Price was an 18th-century architect and builder active in colonial Boston, known for his work on prominent structures such as the Old North Church.
  • E. William Price
    William Price is a good-natured, seafaring brother of Fanny Price in Jane Austen’s novel "Mansfield Park," known for his lively spirit and affectionate loyalty to his family.
  • 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_69e0b511ed84819099b449b4a111085c completed April 16, 2026, 10:08 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e734727a30819089c433e4fe6f438a completed April 21, 2026, 8:25 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a097ed8bd0881909777475f8930b590 completed May 17, 2026, 8:39 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a097f61ad008190bcbf64326356b857 completed May 17, 2026, 8:42 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a0980a602908190a2cbcbae9b8d8bf2 completed May 17, 2026, 8:47 a.m.
Created at: April 16, 2026, 3:40 p.m.