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]
  • 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
  • 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.
  • 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.