Triple
T10809983
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Father Mapple |
E255071
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entity |
| Predicate | basedOn |
P98
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FINISHED |
| Object |
Father Mapple (Moby-Dick novel character)
Father Mapple is a former whaleman turned preacher in Herman Melville’s Moby-Dick, best known for his dramatic sermon on the biblical story of Jonah delivered from a ship-shaped pulpit.
|
E887334
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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: Father Mapple (Moby-Dick novel character) | Statement: [Father Mapple, basedOn, Father Mapple (Moby-Dick novel character)]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Father Mapple (Moby-Dick novel character) Context triple: [Father Mapple, basedOn, Father Mapple (Moby-Dick novel character)]
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A.
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.
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B.
Ahab
Ahab is a biblical king of Israel known for his wicked reign, idolatry, and conflict with the prophet Elijah.
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C.
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.
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D.
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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E.
Ishmael
Ishmael is the reflective sailor and narrator of Herman Melville’s novel "Moby-Dick," through whose perspective the obsessive quest of Captain Ahab is recounted.
- 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: Father Mapple (Moby-Dick novel character) Triple: [Father Mapple, basedOn, Father Mapple (Moby-Dick novel character)]
Generated description
Father Mapple is a former whaleman turned preacher in Herman Melville’s Moby-Dick, best known for his dramatic sermon on the biblical story of Jonah delivered from a ship-shaped pulpit.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Father Mapple (Moby-Dick novel character) Target entity description: Father Mapple is a former whaleman turned preacher in Herman Melville’s Moby-Dick, best known for his dramatic sermon on the biblical story of Jonah delivered from a ship-shaped pulpit.
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A.
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.
-
B.
Ahab
Ahab is a biblical king of Israel known for his wicked reign, idolatry, and conflict with the prophet Elijah.
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C.
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.
-
D.
Ishmael
Ishmael is a significant figure in the Abrahamic religions, traditionally regarded as Abraham’s first son and an ancestor of various Arab peoples.
-
E.
Ishmael
Ishmael is the reflective sailor and narrator of Herman Melville’s novel "Moby-Dick," through whose perspective the obsessive quest of Captain Ahab is recounted.
- 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_69d6aa61c15c8190a1839550c56e75e1 |
completed | April 8, 2026, 7:20 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d733b6efc48190bb64b5a8fac843c4 |
completed | April 9, 2026, 5:05 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69de8526237881908dc3b25b16de7871 |
completed | April 14, 2026, 6:19 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69de8954500c81909b57c4f8007959aa |
completed | April 14, 2026, 6:37 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69de8f38e3048190b1acc81bb56fe165 |
completed | April 14, 2026, 7:02 p.m. |
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:18 p.m.