Triple

T16780123
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject The Nigger of the ‘Narcissus’ E407834 entity
Predicate mainCharacter P1183 FINISHED
Object Donkin
Donkin is a central character in Joseph Conrad's novella "The Nigger of the 'Narcissus'," depicted as a manipulative and discontented seaman whose behavior exacerbates tensions aboard the ship.
 E1233814 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: Donkin | Statement: [The Nigger of the ‘Narcissus’, mainCharacter, Donkin]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Donkin
Context triple: [The Nigger of the ‘Narcissus’, mainCharacter, Donkin]
  • A. Donkin
    Donkin is a small coastal community in Nova Scotia, Canada, known historically for its coal mining and rugged Atlantic shoreline.
  • B. Blais
    Blais is a variant form of the given name Blaise, used as both a surname and a first name in French-speaking and other cultures.
  • C. Desmarais
    Desmarais is a French surname, often associated with notable families and individuals in business, politics, and the arts.
  • D. Valcartier
    Valcartier is a locality in Quebec, Canada, best known for its large Canadian Forces military base and nearby recreational facilities.
  • E. Woodsworth
    Woodsworth is a surname most notably associated with James Shaver Woodsworth, a pioneering Canadian social reformer and politician who helped found the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation.
  • 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: Donkin
Triple: [The Nigger of the ‘Narcissus’, mainCharacter, Donkin]
Generated description
Donkin is a central character in Joseph Conrad's novella "The Nigger of the 'Narcissus'," depicted as a manipulative and discontented seaman whose behavior exacerbates tensions aboard the ship.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Donkin
Target entity description: Donkin is a central character in Joseph Conrad's novella "The Nigger of the 'Narcissus'," depicted as a manipulative and discontented seaman whose behavior exacerbates tensions aboard the ship.
  • A. Donkin
    Donkin is a small coastal community in Nova Scotia, Canada, known historically for its coal mining and rugged Atlantic shoreline.
  • B. Blais
    Blais is a variant form of the given name Blaise, used as both a surname and a first name in French-speaking and other cultures.
  • C. Desmarais
    Desmarais is a French surname, often associated with notable families and individuals in business, politics, and the arts.
  • D. Valcartier
    Valcartier is a locality in Quebec, Canada, best known for its large Canadian Forces military base and nearby recreational facilities.
  • E. Woodsworth
    Woodsworth is a surname most notably associated with James Shaver Woodsworth, a pioneering Canadian social reformer and politician who helped found the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation.
  • 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_69d8839270588190886720d9519bbf8f completed April 10, 2026, 4:58 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e3b214cebc81909de80e74b4bac5f8 completed April 18, 2026, 4:32 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a00ab00cf708190a2562fa14d72a4df completed May 10, 2026, 3:57 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a00ad66a9a88190983eee72f9d23e37 completed May 10, 2026, 4:08 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a00addf7674819084f5755c2dacc741 completed May 10, 2026, 4:10 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:22 a.m.