Triple
T505865
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Moby-Dick |
E10500
|
entity |
| Predicate | mainCharacter |
P1183
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
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.
|
E62706
|
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 Ahab | Statement: [Moby-Dick, mainCharacter, Captain Ahab]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Captain Ahab Context triple: [Moby-Dick, mainCharacter, Captain Ahab]
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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.
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B.
Moby-Dick
Moby-Dick is Herman Melville’s 1851 epic novel about Captain Ahab’s obsessive quest to hunt the white whale, widely regarded as a masterpiece of American literature.
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C.
James Crabe
James Crabe was an American cinematographer best known for his work on influential films of the 1970s and 1980s, including the original Rocky.
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D.
Conrad
Conrad is a character in Horace Walpole’s pioneering Gothic novel "The Castle of Otranto," whose fate helps set the story’s dark and supernatural events in motion.
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E.
Starbuck from Moby-Dick
Starbuck from Moby-Dick is the morally conscientious first mate of the Pequod, whose cautious, ethical nature contrasts sharply with Captain Ahab’s obsessive quest for the white whale.
- 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 Ahab Triple: [Moby-Dick, mainCharacter, Captain Ahab]
Generated description
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.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Captain Ahab Target entity description: 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.
-
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.
Moby-Dick
Moby-Dick is Herman Melville’s 1851 epic novel about Captain Ahab’s obsessive quest to hunt the white whale, widely regarded as a masterpiece of American literature.
-
C.
James Crabe
James Crabe was an American cinematographer best known for his work on influential films of the 1970s and 1980s, including the original Rocky.
-
D.
Conrad
Conrad is a character in Horace Walpole’s pioneering Gothic novel "The Castle of Otranto," whose fate helps set the story’s dark and supernatural events in motion.
-
E.
Starbuck from Moby-Dick
Starbuck from Moby-Dick is the morally conscientious first mate of the Pequod, whose cautious, ethical nature contrasts sharply with Captain Ahab’s obsessive quest for the white whale.
- 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_69a2e848adf881908e5e04f7af030093 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 1:06 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a2f14b2acc8190818e8a53eac69c54 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 1:44 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69a48a7d47cc8190be1741f95f967f25 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 6:50 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69a48ae58a288190b4fa3e7a052477ca |
completed | March 1, 2026, 6:52 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69a48b35abe881909029c02557da0819 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 6:53 p.m. |
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:12 p.m.