Triple

T21624430
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Raymond M. Weaver E533660 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object Herman Melville: Mariner and Mystic
Herman Melville: Mariner and Mystic is a pioneering 1921 critical biography by Raymond M. Weaver that helped revive interest in the life and works of American author Herman Melville.
E1494534 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: Herman Melville: Mariner and Mystic | Statement: [Raymond M. Weaver, notableWork, Herman Melville: Mariner and Mystic]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Herman Melville: Mariner and Mystic
Context triple: [Raymond M. Weaver, notableWork, Herman Melville: Mariner and Mystic]
  • A. Herman Melville
    Herman Melville was a 19th-century American novelist, short story writer, and poet best known for his seafaring epic "Moby-Dick," now regarded as a cornerstone of American literature.
  • B. George W. Melville
    George W. Melville was a prominent 19th-century U.S. Navy engineer and Arctic explorer who made significant contributions to marine engineering and polar exploration.
  • C. Herman Melville bibliography
    The Herman Melville bibliography is the comprehensive body of literary works—novels, short stories, poetry, and essays—written by the 19th-century American author best known for Moby-Dick.
  • D. The Melville Log
    The Melville Log is a comprehensive documentary biography that compiles and annotates primary source materials related to the life and times of American author Herman Melville.
  • E. The Transcendentalist
    "The Transcendentalist" is an 1842 lecture-essay by Ralph Waldo Emerson that articulates the core philosophy of American Transcendentalism, emphasizing individual intuition, spiritual insight, and self-reliance over institutional authority.
  • 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: Herman Melville: Mariner and Mystic
Triple: [Raymond M. Weaver, notableWork, Herman Melville: Mariner and Mystic]
Generated description
Herman Melville: Mariner and Mystic is a pioneering 1921 critical biography by Raymond M. Weaver that helped revive interest in the life and works of American author Herman Melville.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Herman Melville: Mariner and Mystic
Target entity description: Herman Melville: Mariner and Mystic is a pioneering 1921 critical biography by Raymond M. Weaver that helped revive interest in the life and works of American author Herman Melville.
  • A. Herman Melville
    Herman Melville was a 19th-century American novelist, short story writer, and poet best known for his seafaring epic "Moby-Dick," now regarded as a cornerstone of American literature.
  • B. George W. Melville
    George W. Melville was a prominent 19th-century U.S. Navy engineer and Arctic explorer who made significant contributions to marine engineering and polar exploration.
  • C. Herman Melville bibliography
    The Herman Melville bibliography is the comprehensive body of literary works—novels, short stories, poetry, and essays—written by the 19th-century American author best known for Moby-Dick.
  • D. The Melville Log
    The Melville Log is a comprehensive documentary biography that compiles and annotates primary source materials related to the life and times of American author Herman Melville.
  • E. The Transcendentalist
    "The Transcendentalist" is an 1842 lecture-essay by Ralph Waldo Emerson that articulates the core philosophy of American Transcendentalism, emphasizing individual intuition, spiritual insight, and self-reliance over institutional authority.
  • 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_69e0c464fba881908d0ff2ac80511ce1 completed April 16, 2026, 11:13 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69ef52121c3c8190b9b4d862ed247c71 completed April 27, 2026, 12:09 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a0a0f92ff3881908f6319ef93abf078 completed May 17, 2026, 6:57 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a0a10106ab4819096045effbbdfe95e completed May 17, 2026, 6:59 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a0a10c8c5bc8190add0ee63eb338964 completed May 17, 2026, 7:02 p.m.
Created at: April 16, 2026, 6:34 p.m.