Triple

T1268953
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Herman Melville E15665 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object Bartleby, the Scrivener
"Bartleby, the Scrivener" is a classic 1853 short story that explores passive resistance and modern alienation through the enigmatic law-copyist Bartleby, famous for his refrain, "I would prefer not to."
E145048 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: Bartleby, the Scrivener | Statement: [Herman Melville, notableWork, Bartleby, the Scrivener]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bartleby, the Scrivener
Context triple: [Herman Melville, notableWork, Bartleby, the Scrivener]
  • A. The Overcoat
    The Overcoat is a classic short story by Russian author Nikolai Gogol that follows a poor government clerk whose life briefly changes after acquiring a new overcoat, often seen as a foundational work of Russian literary realism and social critique.
  • B. The Ghost in the Mill
    "The Ghost in the Mill" is a short ghost story by Harriet Beecher Stowe that blends New England folklore with moral and religious themes.
  • C. The Desperate Man
    The Desperate Man is a famous early self-portrait by French Realist painter Gustave Courbet, known for its intense, wide-eyed expression and dramatic depiction of psychological turmoil.
  • D. The Rise of Silas Lapham
    The Rise of Silas Lapham is an 1885 realist novel by William Dean Howells that explores social class, moral integrity, and the American business ethic through the story of a self-made paint manufacturer in post–Civil War Boston.
  • E. The Minister’s Black Veil
    The Minister’s Black Veil is a short story by Nathaniel Hawthorne that explores themes of sin, guilt, and isolation through the mysterious decision of a New England minister to permanently cover his face with a black veil.
  • 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: Bartleby, the Scrivener
Triple: [Herman Melville, notableWork, Bartleby, the Scrivener]
Generated description
"Bartleby, the Scrivener" is a classic 1853 short story that explores passive resistance and modern alienation through the enigmatic law-copyist Bartleby, famous for his refrain, "I would prefer not to."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bartleby, the Scrivener
Target entity description: "Bartleby, the Scrivener" is a classic 1853 short story that explores passive resistance and modern alienation through the enigmatic law-copyist Bartleby, famous for his refrain, "I would prefer not to."
  • A. The Overcoat
    The Overcoat is a classic short story by Russian author Nikolai Gogol that follows a poor government clerk whose life briefly changes after acquiring a new overcoat, often seen as a foundational work of Russian literary realism and social critique.
  • B. The Ghost in the Mill
    "The Ghost in the Mill" is a short ghost story by Harriet Beecher Stowe that blends New England folklore with moral and religious themes.
  • C. The Desperate Man
    The Desperate Man is a famous early self-portrait by French Realist painter Gustave Courbet, known for its intense, wide-eyed expression and dramatic depiction of psychological turmoil.
  • D. The Rise of Silas Lapham
    The Rise of Silas Lapham is an 1885 realist novel by William Dean Howells that explores social class, moral integrity, and the American business ethic through the story of a self-made paint manufacturer in post–Civil War Boston.
  • E. The Minister’s Black Veil
    The Minister’s Black Veil is a short story by Nathaniel Hawthorne that explores themes of sin, guilt, and isolation through the mysterious decision of a New England minister to permanently cover his face with a black veil.
  • 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_69a4935a94308190bb92555b79032824 completed March 1, 2026, 7:28 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4c03aaa8c8190bacb7de5a38329da completed March 1, 2026, 10:39 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ac99898bdc8190bbbe28083b4a548b completed March 7, 2026, 9:32 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ac9abcc2ec8190acdec5d7cbf42b42 completed March 7, 2026, 9:38 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ac9b1ea9c48190ad1520f2f67111dd completed March 7, 2026, 9:39 p.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:50 p.m.