Triple
T5600880
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Billy Budd |
E147115
|
entity |
| Predicate | mainCharacter |
P1183
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
John Claggart
John Claggart is the malevolent master-at-arms aboard the warship in Herman Melville’s novella "Billy Budd," whose false accusations and obsessive hostility drive the story’s central tragedy.
|
E533658
|
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: John Claggart | Statement: [Billy Budd, mainCharacter, John Claggart]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Claggart Context triple: [Billy Budd, mainCharacter, John Claggart]
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A.
Wolf Larsen
Wolf Larsen is the brutal, intellectually formidable sea captain who serves as the central antihero in Jack London’s novel "The Sea-Wolf."
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B.
Colonel Jack
"Colonel Jack" is an early 18th-century novel by Daniel Defoe that follows the morally complex life and adventures of a London pickpocket who rises through crime, transportation, and eventual reform.
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C.
Captain Nicholls
Captain Nicholls is a British army officer in Michael Morpurgo’s novel "War Horse," known for his compassion toward the horse Joey and his role early in the story’s depiction of World War I.
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D.
Dr. Livesey
Dr. Livesey is the cheerful, brave, and level-headed doctor and magistrate who serves as a moral anchor and key ally to Jim Hawkins in Robert Louis Stevenson’s novel "Treasure Island."
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E.
Captain Vidal
Captain Vidal is the ruthless and authoritarian Falangist officer who serves as the primary antagonist in Guillermo del Toro’s dark fantasy film "Pan’s Labyrinth."
- 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: John Claggart Triple: [Billy Budd, mainCharacter, John Claggart]
Generated description
John Claggart is the malevolent master-at-arms aboard the warship in Herman Melville’s novella "Billy Budd," whose false accusations and obsessive hostility drive the story’s central tragedy.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Claggart Target entity description: John Claggart is the malevolent master-at-arms aboard the warship in Herman Melville’s novella "Billy Budd," whose false accusations and obsessive hostility drive the story’s central tragedy.
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A.
Wolf Larsen
Wolf Larsen is the brutal, intellectually formidable sea captain who serves as the central antihero in Jack London’s novel "The Sea-Wolf."
-
B.
Colonel Jack
"Colonel Jack" is an early 18th-century novel by Daniel Defoe that follows the morally complex life and adventures of a London pickpocket who rises through crime, transportation, and eventual reform.
-
C.
Captain Nicholls
Captain Nicholls is a British army officer in Michael Morpurgo’s novel "War Horse," known for his compassion toward the horse Joey and his role early in the story’s depiction of World War I.
-
D.
Dr. Livesey
Dr. Livesey is the cheerful, brave, and level-headed doctor and magistrate who serves as a moral anchor and key ally to Jim Hawkins in Robert Louis Stevenson’s novel "Treasure Island."
-
E.
Captain Vidal
Captain Vidal is the ruthless and authoritarian Falangist officer who serves as the primary antagonist in Guillermo del Toro’s dark fantasy film "Pan’s Labyrinth."
- 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_69c009043d648190a7af89698ccf1e3e |
completed | March 22, 2026, 3:21 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c020da519c81908626b243e40db263 |
completed | March 22, 2026, 5:03 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c02873b1dc8190b11a6c069f3e4f7e |
completed | March 22, 2026, 5:35 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69c035f54f6c8190badbfd800012c399 |
completed | March 22, 2026, 6:33 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69c036f0edb48190bfa74f7f2c9d9ab1 |
completed | March 22, 2026, 6:37 p.m. |
Created at: March 22, 2026, 3:38 p.m.