Triple

T2903508
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Captain Ahab E62706 entity
Predicate crewIncludes P2094 FINISHED
Object Ishmael
Ishmael is the reflective sailor and narrator of Herman Melville’s novel "Moby-Dick," through whose perspective the obsessive quest of Captain Ahab is recounted.
E309731 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: Ishmael | Statement: [Captain Ahab, crewIncludes, Ishmael]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ishmael
Context triple: [Captain Ahab, crewIncludes, Ishmael]
  • A. Ishmael
    Ishmael is a significant figure in the Abrahamic religions, traditionally regarded as Abraham’s first son and an ancestor of various Arab peoples.
  • B. Captain Ahab
    Captain Ahab is the obsessive, vengeful whaling ship captain in Herman Melville’s novel "Moby-Dick," driven to ruin by his monomaniacal pursuit of the white whale.
  • C. Ahab
    Ahab is a biblical king of Israel known for his wicked reign, idolatry, and conflict with the prophet Elijah.
  • D. Robinson
    Robinson is a common English surname borne by numerous notable figures across politics, sports, arts, and other fields.
  • E. Richard Parker
    Richard Parker is the Bengal tiger who becomes the central animal companion and symbolic figure in Yann Martel’s novel *Life of Pi*.
  • 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: Ishmael
Triple: [Captain Ahab, crewIncludes, Ishmael]
Generated description
Ishmael is the reflective sailor and narrator of Herman Melville’s novel "Moby-Dick," through whose perspective the obsessive quest of Captain Ahab is recounted.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ishmael
Target entity description: Ishmael is the reflective sailor and narrator of Herman Melville’s novel "Moby-Dick," through whose perspective the obsessive quest of Captain Ahab is recounted.
  • A. Ishmael
    Ishmael is a significant figure in the Abrahamic religions, traditionally regarded as Abraham’s first son and an ancestor of various Arab peoples.
  • B. Captain Ahab
    Captain Ahab is the obsessive, vengeful whaling ship captain in Herman Melville’s novel "Moby-Dick," driven to ruin by his monomaniacal pursuit of the white whale.
  • C. Ahab
    Ahab is a biblical king of Israel known for his wicked reign, idolatry, and conflict with the prophet Elijah.
  • D. Robinson
    Robinson is a common English surname borne by numerous notable figures across politics, sports, arts, and other fields.
  • E. Richard Parker
    Richard Parker is the Bengal tiger who becomes the central animal companion and symbolic figure in Yann Martel’s novel *Life of Pi*.
  • 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_69ab4c3e070c8190b78d3d2c005876dd completed March 6, 2026, 9:50 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abe0b5546c8190852d9a454e41eee6 completed March 7, 2026, 8:24 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b0560885688190b5bb51f40d555c4d completed March 10, 2026, 5:34 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b0638095b48190b3d7afa5eeef3e7a completed March 10, 2026, 6:31 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b063edf4ac8190bbcd430c8b584c95 completed March 10, 2026, 6:33 p.m.
Created at: March 6, 2026, 10:11 p.m.