Triple
T11318924
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | A Soldier's Play |
E268039
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableCharacter |
P1481
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Captain Richard Davenport
Captain Richard Davenport is a Black Army lawyer and investigator who serves as the central figure unraveling a racially charged murder case in Charles Fuller's play "A Soldier's Play."
|
E918910
|
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: Captain Richard Davenport | Statement: [A Soldier's Play, notableCharacter, Captain Richard Davenport]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Captain Richard Davenport Context triple: [A Soldier's Play, notableCharacter, Captain Richard Davenport]
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A.
Captain Richard Pearson
Captain Richard Pearson was an 18th-century British naval officer best known for his role in the 1779 Battle of Flamborough Head against John Paul Jones during the American Revolutionary War.
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B.
Captain William Diel
Captain William Diel is a supporting character in the Rush Hour film series, serving as a gruff but well-meaning Los Angeles Police Department superior to Detective James Carter.
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C.
Captain Nicholls
Captain Nicholls is a British army officer in Michael Morpurgo’s novel "War Horse," known for his compassion toward the horse Joey and his role early in the story’s depiction of World War I.
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D.
Captain William Renton
Captain William Renton was a 19th-century American lumberman and entrepreneur in the Pacific Northwest whose influence on the regional timber industry led to the city of Renton, Washington being named in his honor.
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E.
Captain Vere
Captain Vere is the morally conflicted naval commander in Herman Melville’s novella "Billy Budd, Sailor," whose strict adherence to martial law leads to the tragic execution of the innocent Billy.
- 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: Captain Richard Davenport Triple: [A Soldier's Play, notableCharacter, Captain Richard Davenport]
Generated description
Captain Richard Davenport is a Black Army lawyer and investigator who serves as the central figure unraveling a racially charged murder case in Charles Fuller's play "A Soldier's Play."
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Captain Richard Davenport Target entity description: Captain Richard Davenport is a Black Army lawyer and investigator who serves as the central figure unraveling a racially charged murder case in Charles Fuller's play "A Soldier's Play."
-
A.
Captain Richard Pearson
Captain Richard Pearson was an 18th-century British naval officer best known for his role in the 1779 Battle of Flamborough Head against John Paul Jones during the American Revolutionary War.
-
B.
Captain William Diel
Captain William Diel is a supporting character in the Rush Hour film series, serving as a gruff but well-meaning Los Angeles Police Department superior to Detective James Carter.
-
C.
Captain Nicholls
Captain Nicholls is a British army officer in Michael Morpurgo’s novel "War Horse," known for his compassion toward the horse Joey and his role early in the story’s depiction of World War I.
-
D.
Captain William Renton
Captain William Renton was a 19th-century American lumberman and entrepreneur in the Pacific Northwest whose influence on the regional timber industry led to the city of Renton, Washington being named in his honor.
-
E.
Captain Vere
Captain Vere is the morally conflicted naval commander in Herman Melville’s novella "Billy Budd, Sailor," whose strict adherence to martial law leads to the tragic execution of the innocent Billy.
- 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_69d6aaca5c24819083db46a30d86cb34 |
completed | April 8, 2026, 7:21 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d7e9de875481908acfa56015d4b46f |
completed | April 9, 2026, 6:03 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69e525d3160c8190b58c5c04a66b3e3e |
completed | April 19, 2026, 6:58 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69e52c81449c8190847b64fa91a45b2e |
completed | April 19, 2026, 7:26 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69e531b079708190ac9e19127d36a848 |
completed | April 19, 2026, 7:49 p.m. |
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:32 p.m.