Triple
T6113049
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | John Webster |
E136291
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableWork |
P4
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
The White Devil
The White Devil is a Jacobean revenge tragedy play by John Webster, renowned for its dark portrayal of corruption, violence, and moral ambiguity in Italian courtly life.
|
E573792
|
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: The White Devil | Statement: [John Webster, notableWork, The White Devil]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The White Devil Context triple: [John Webster, notableWork, The White Devil]
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A.
’Tis Pity She’s a Whore
’Tis Pity She’s a Whore is a controversial Caroline-era tragedy by English playwright John Ford, best known for its shocking depiction of incestuous love and moral corruption in Renaissance Italy.
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B.
The Duchess of Malfi
The Duchess of Malfi is a dark Jacobean tragedy by John Webster that explores corruption, power, and female agency within an Italian court.
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C.
The Revenger's Tragedy
The Revenger's Tragedy is a darkly satirical Jacobean revenge tragedy, long misattributed to Cyril Tourneur, that exposes courtly corruption and moral decay through its violent plot and bitter humor.
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D.
The Spanish Tragedy
The Spanish Tragedy is a seminal late 16th-century revenge tragedy by Thomas Kyd that profoundly influenced Elizabethan drama and paved the way for plays like Shakespeare’s Hamlet.
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E.
Doctor Faustus
Doctor Faustus is a 1947 novel by Thomas Mann that reimagines the Faust legend through the life of a German composer whose pact with the devil allegorically reflects the rise of Nazism and the moral collapse of Germany.
- 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: The White Devil Triple: [John Webster, notableWork, The White Devil]
Generated description
The White Devil is a Jacobean revenge tragedy play by John Webster, renowned for its dark portrayal of corruption, violence, and moral ambiguity in Italian courtly life.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The White Devil Target entity description: The White Devil is a Jacobean revenge tragedy play by John Webster, renowned for its dark portrayal of corruption, violence, and moral ambiguity in Italian courtly life.
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A.
’Tis Pity She’s a Whore
’Tis Pity She’s a Whore is a controversial Caroline-era tragedy by English playwright John Ford, best known for its shocking depiction of incestuous love and moral corruption in Renaissance Italy.
-
B.
The Duchess of Malfi
The Duchess of Malfi is a dark Jacobean tragedy by John Webster that explores corruption, power, and female agency within an Italian court.
-
C.
The Revenger's Tragedy
The Revenger's Tragedy is a darkly satirical Jacobean revenge tragedy, long misattributed to Cyril Tourneur, that exposes courtly corruption and moral decay through its violent plot and bitter humor.
-
D.
The Spanish Tragedy
The Spanish Tragedy is a seminal late 16th-century revenge tragedy by Thomas Kyd that profoundly influenced Elizabethan drama and paved the way for plays like Shakespeare’s Hamlet.
-
E.
Doctor Faustus
Doctor Faustus is a 1947 novel by Thomas Mann that reimagines the Faust legend through the life of a German composer whose pact with the devil allegorically reflects the rise of Nazism and the moral collapse of Germany.
- 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_69c0089ea6f88190b349be53e04b4f5f |
completed | March 22, 2026, 3:19 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c05bbf2ee4819097af2cce9248bf4e |
completed | March 22, 2026, 9:14 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c141619c148190b0fb94e2b1458510 |
completed | March 23, 2026, 1:34 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69c147d2e29881909d32966377c1d311 |
completed | March 23, 2026, 2:01 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69c14bed19248190af1ad227dd2cfac4 |
completed | March 23, 2026, 2:19 p.m. |
Created at: March 22, 2026, 4:14 p.m.