Triple
T1268966
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Herman Melville |
E15665
|
entity |
| Predicate | father |
P120
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Allan Melvill
Allan Melvill was an American merchant and importer best known as the father of novelist Herman Melville.
|
E145052
|
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: Allan Melvill | Statement: [Herman Melville, father, Allan Melvill]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Allan Melvill Context triple: [Herman Melville, father, Allan Melvill]
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A.
Charles McNaughton
Charles McNaughton was a British actor active in the early 20th century, known for his character roles in films and on stage.
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B.
Allan Scott
Allan Scott is a Scottish screenwriter and producer known for his work on films such as "The Preacher's Wife" and for co-creating the Netflix series "The Queen's Gambit."
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C.
John Bullough
John Bullough was a British industrialist from a prominent Lancashire textile family, known for his involvement in the cotton machinery industry and substantial wealth in the 19th century.
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D.
John Henry Patterson
John Henry Patterson was an American industrialist and business pioneer best known for building the National Cash Register Company (NCR) into a major corporation and for innovating modern sales and management techniques.
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E.
Jan Chapman
Jan Chapman is an acclaimed Australian film producer known for her work on influential independent and art-house films.
- 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: Allan Melvill Triple: [Herman Melville, father, Allan Melvill]
Generated description
Allan Melvill was an American merchant and importer best known as the father of novelist Herman Melville.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Allan Melvill Target entity description: Allan Melvill was an American merchant and importer best known as the father of novelist Herman Melville.
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A.
Charles McNaughton
Charles McNaughton was a British actor active in the early 20th century, known for his character roles in films and on stage.
-
B.
Allan Scott
Allan Scott is a Scottish screenwriter and producer known for his work on films such as "The Preacher's Wife" and for co-creating the Netflix series "The Queen's Gambit."
-
C.
John Bullough
John Bullough was a British industrialist from a prominent Lancashire textile family, known for his involvement in the cotton machinery industry and substantial wealth in the 19th century.
-
D.
John Henry Patterson
John Henry Patterson was an American industrialist and business pioneer best known for building the National Cash Register Company (NCR) into a major corporation and for innovating modern sales and management techniques.
-
E.
Jan Chapman
Jan Chapman is an acclaimed Australian film producer known for her work on influential independent and art-house films.
- 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.