Triple

T4610196
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject The Open Boat E100534 entity
Predicate notableCharacter P1481 FINISHED
Object Billie the oiler
Billie the oiler is a hardworking, selfless crewman in Stephen Crane’s short story "The Open Boat," symbolizing human endurance and solidarity in the face of an indifferent sea.
E456244 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: Billie the oiler | Statement: [The Open Boat, notableCharacter, Billie the oiler]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Billie the oiler
Context triple: [The Open Boat, notableCharacter, Billie the oiler]
  • A. Bille
    The Bille is a small river in northern Germany that flows through the city of Hamburg and into the Elbe.
  • B. Willie
    Willie is the first name of Willie Nelson, the iconic American country music singer-songwriter and cultural figure.
  • C. Wilbert
    Wilbert is the given first name of American character actor Bill Cobbs, known for his numerous supporting roles in film and television.
  • D. Bosley
    Bosley is a surname most famously associated with American actor Tom Bosley, known for his role as Howard Cunningham on the television series "Happy Days."
  • E. Billy the Barnstormer
    Billy the Barnstormer is the costumed mascot character of the Iowa Barnstormers indoor football team, typically depicted as an aviator-themed figure reflecting the team’s aviation-inspired identity.
  • 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: Billie the oiler
Triple: [The Open Boat, notableCharacter, Billie the oiler]
Generated description
Billie the oiler is a hardworking, selfless crewman in Stephen Crane’s short story "The Open Boat," symbolizing human endurance and solidarity in the face of an indifferent sea.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Billie the oiler
Target entity description: Billie the oiler is a hardworking, selfless crewman in Stephen Crane’s short story "The Open Boat," symbolizing human endurance and solidarity in the face of an indifferent sea.
  • A. Bille
    The Bille is a small river in northern Germany that flows through the city of Hamburg and into the Elbe.
  • B. Willie
    Willie is the first name of Willie Nelson, the iconic American country music singer-songwriter and cultural figure.
  • C. Wilbert
    Wilbert is the given first name of American character actor Bill Cobbs, known for his numerous supporting roles in film and television.
  • D. Bosley
    Bosley is a surname most famously associated with American actor Tom Bosley, known for his role as Howard Cunningham on the television series "Happy Days."
  • E. Billy the Barnstormer
    Billy the Barnstormer is the costumed mascot character of the Iowa Barnstormers indoor football team, typically depicted as an aviator-themed figure reflecting the team’s aviation-inspired identity.
  • 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_69bd43cce1e08190a07d53af6a9b6c24 completed March 20, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69bd59be3300819095e548b488c8f75e completed March 20, 2026, 2:29 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69bdfa7e918881908743818e0645da46 completed March 21, 2026, 1:55 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69bdfb6fa3fc8190b79b641025710eb1 completed March 21, 2026, 1:59 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69bdfbeddd7c8190955bd3363fec4ca1 completed March 21, 2026, 2:01 a.m.
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:12 p.m.