Triple
T22088819
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Captain Vere |
E545856
|
entity |
| Predicate | alias |
P39
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Edward Fairfax Vere
Edward Fairfax Vere is the morally conflicted captain of the warship in Herman Melville’s novella "Billy Budd, Sailor."
|
E1518556
|
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: Edward Fairfax Vere | Statement: [Captain Vere, alias, Edward Fairfax Vere]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Edward Fairfax Vere Context triple: [Captain Vere, alias, Edward Fairfax Vere]
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A.
Guglielmo Ratcliff
Guglielmo Ratcliff is an Italian opera in four acts by Pietro Mascagni, based on a drama by Heinrich Heine and noted for its intense verismo style and demanding tenor role.
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B.
Harry Essex
Harry Essex was an American screenwriter and film director known for his work on mid-20th-century crime and science fiction films.
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C.
Edward Sheffield
Edward Sheffield is a fictional writer and the emotionally haunted ex-husband at the center of the psychological thriller narrative in the film "Nocturnal Animals."
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D.
Henry Howard
Henry Howard was a prominent English nobleman and poet of the Tudor period, best known as Earl of Surrey and an early pioneer of English Renaissance poetry.
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E.
Henry Howard
Henry Howard was an American architect known for designing San Francisco’s landmark Coit Tower.
- 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: Edward Fairfax Vere Triple: [Captain Vere, alias, Edward Fairfax Vere]
Generated description
Edward Fairfax Vere is the morally conflicted captain of the warship in Herman Melville’s novella "Billy Budd, Sailor."
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Edward Fairfax Vere Target entity description: Edward Fairfax Vere is the morally conflicted captain of the warship in Herman Melville’s novella "Billy Budd, Sailor."
-
A.
Guglielmo Ratcliff
Guglielmo Ratcliff is an Italian opera in four acts by Pietro Mascagni, based on a drama by Heinrich Heine and noted for its intense verismo style and demanding tenor role.
-
B.
Harry Essex
Harry Essex was an American screenwriter and film director known for his work on mid-20th-century crime and science fiction films.
-
C.
Edward Sheffield
Edward Sheffield is a fictional writer and the emotionally haunted ex-husband at the center of the psychological thriller narrative in the film "Nocturnal Animals."
-
D.
Henry Howard
Henry Howard was an American architect known for designing San Francisco’s landmark Coit Tower.
-
E.
Henry Howard
Henry Howard was a prominent English nobleman and poet of the Tudor period, best known as Earl of Surrey and an early pioneer of English Renaissance poetry.
- 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_69e11e36d03c8190a83a1ba802b7231b |
completed | April 16, 2026, 5:36 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69f128e47ba08190a208af72a7cc176f |
completed | April 28, 2026, 9:38 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_6a0a87982c6c8190af25c334ba1437d6 |
completed | May 18, 2026, 3:29 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_6a0a89500af08190a4837a0ef6d7042d |
completed | May 18, 2026, 3:36 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_6a0a8a353b3881908230b1dc890c896f |
completed | May 18, 2026, 3:40 a.m. |
Created at: April 16, 2026, 8:29 p.m.