Triple

T14566871
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject In the Heart of the Sea E341806 entity
Predicate basedOnAuthor P2806 FINISHED
Object Nathaniel Philbrick
Nathaniel Philbrick is an American author and historian best known for his maritime histories and award-winning nonfiction works about early American seafaring and the New England whaling industry.
E1106734 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: Nathaniel Philbrick | Statement: [In the Heart of the Sea, basedOnAuthor, Nathaniel Philbrick]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Nathaniel Philbrick
Context triple: [In the Heart of the Sea, basedOnAuthor, Nathaniel Philbrick]
  • A. Walter Lord
    Walter Lord was an American historian and author best known for his meticulously researched narrative account of the Titanic disaster, "A Night to Remember."
  • B. Jonathan Harr
    Jonathan Harr is an American author and journalist best known for his nonfiction legal thriller "A Civil Action," which chronicles a landmark environmental lawsuit.
  • C. Charles Mann
    Charles Mann is a former American football defensive end best known for his standout NFL career with the Washington Redskins, where he became a multiple-time Pro Bowler and Super Bowl champion.
  • D. Eric Larson
    Eric Larson was a prominent American animator and one of Disney’s legendary “Nine Old Men,” known for his influential work on many classic Disney films.
  • E. A. J. Baime
    A. J. Baime is an American author and journalist best known for his narrative nonfiction books on automotive history and high-stakes real-world dramas.
  • 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: Nathaniel Philbrick
Triple: [In the Heart of the Sea, basedOnAuthor, Nathaniel Philbrick]
Generated description
Nathaniel Philbrick is an American author and historian best known for his maritime histories and award-winning nonfiction works about early American seafaring and the New England whaling industry.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Nathaniel Philbrick
Target entity description: Nathaniel Philbrick is an American author and historian best known for his maritime histories and award-winning nonfiction works about early American seafaring and the New England whaling industry.
  • A. Walter Lord
    Walter Lord was an American historian and author best known for his meticulously researched narrative account of the Titanic disaster, "A Night to Remember."
  • B. Jonathan Harr
    Jonathan Harr is an American author and journalist best known for his nonfiction legal thriller "A Civil Action," which chronicles a landmark environmental lawsuit.
  • C. Charles Mann
    Charles Mann is a former American football defensive end best known for his standout NFL career with the Washington Redskins, where he became a multiple-time Pro Bowler and Super Bowl champion.
  • D. Eric Larson
    Eric Larson was a prominent American animator and one of Disney’s legendary “Nine Old Men,” known for his influential work on many classic Disney films.
  • E. A. J. Baime
    A. J. Baime is an American author and journalist best known for his narrative nonfiction books on automotive history and high-stakes real-world dramas.
  • 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_69d822dcc6248190bed689984bceb0e2 completed April 9, 2026, 10:06 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69deb38d89fc819086709fd3607b835f completed April 14, 2026, 9:37 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69fd8ac669cc819083e05620b1e8c370 completed May 8, 2026, 7:03 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69fd8c5b09448190ad084746a6dd23f5 completed May 8, 2026, 7:10 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69fd8d609684819090a9c3f2304f4a6a completed May 8, 2026, 7:14 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:23 a.m.