Triple
T5600907
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Billy Budd |
E147115
|
entity |
| Predicate | characterRoleOf |
P23263
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Captain Vere
Captain Vere is the morally conflicted naval commander in Herman Melville’s novella "Billy Budd, Sailor," whose strict adherence to martial law leads to the tragic execution of the innocent Billy.
|
E545856
|
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 Vere | Statement: [Billy Budd, characterRoleOf, Captain Vere]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Captain Vere Context triple: [Billy Budd, characterRoleOf, Captain Vere]
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A.
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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B.
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."
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C.
Captain William Diel
Captain William Diel is a supporting character in the Rush Hour film series, serving as a gruff but well-meaning Los Angeles Police Department superior to Detective James Carter.
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D.
Captain Englehorn
Captain Englehorn is the German skipper of the ship Venture in the King Kong franchise, known for transporting filmmaker Carl Denham to Skull Island.
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E.
Captain Nelson
Captain Nelson is the fictional U.S. Army paratroop officer who serves as the central protagonist in the World War II film "Objective, Burma!".
- 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 Vere Triple: [Billy Budd, characterRoleOf, Captain Vere]
Generated description
Captain Vere is the morally conflicted naval commander in Herman Melville’s novella "Billy Budd, Sailor," whose strict adherence to martial law leads to the tragic execution of the innocent Billy.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Captain Vere Target entity description: Captain Vere is the morally conflicted naval commander in Herman Melville’s novella "Billy Budd, Sailor," whose strict adherence to martial law leads to the tragic execution of the innocent Billy.
-
A.
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.
-
B.
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."
-
C.
Captain William Diel
Captain William Diel is a supporting character in the Rush Hour film series, serving as a gruff but well-meaning Los Angeles Police Department superior to Detective James Carter.
-
D.
Captain Englehorn
Captain Englehorn is the German skipper of the ship Venture in the King Kong franchise, known for transporting filmmaker Carl Denham to Skull Island.
-
E.
Captain Nelson
Captain Nelson is the fictional U.S. Army paratroop officer who serves as the central protagonist in the World War II film "Objective, Burma!".
- 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_69c021d8d600819097df4e265e262d90 |
completed | March 22, 2026, 5:07 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c07d931c2c819081ee41a633436d7d |
completed | March 22, 2026, 11:38 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69c08c6a7d10819084ec17299ec0df69 |
completed | March 23, 2026, 12:42 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69c08cc71a9c8190ac3aa082cb7bf0fc |
completed | March 23, 2026, 12:43 a.m. |
Created at: March 22, 2026, 3:38 p.m.