Triple
T20398337
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | The White Buffalo |
E500265
|
entity |
| Predicate | inspiredBy |
P9
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FINISHED |
| Object | Moby-Dick |
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NE NERFINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: Moby-Dick | Statement: [The White Buffalo, inspiredBy, Moby-Dick]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Moby-Dick Context triple: [The White Buffalo, inspiredBy, Moby-Dick]
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A.
Moby-Dick
chosen
Moby-Dick is Herman Melville’s 1851 epic novel about Captain Ahab’s obsessive quest to hunt the white whale, widely regarded as a masterpiece of American literature.
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B.
The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket
The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket is Edgar Allan Poe’s only completed novel, a dark seafaring adventure that blends nautical realism with gothic horror and the uncanny.
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C.
The Great White Whale
The Great White Whale was the affectionate nickname given to the large, white-painted British ocean liner SS Canberra, famed for both her passenger service and role in the Falklands War.
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D.
Call Me Ishmael
Call Me Ishmael is Charles Olson’s influential critical study of Herman Melville and Moby-Dick, blending literary analysis with historical and cultural commentary.
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E.
Redburn
Redburn is a semi-autobiographical novel by Herman Melville that follows a young man's coming-of-age voyage as a sailor on a transatlantic ship.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (2 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_69e0b4a81bec8190b69adfdc1336a015 |
completed | April 16, 2026, 10:06 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e6798c2b28819092fab93f01218cde |
completed | April 20, 2026, 7:07 p.m. |
Created at: April 16, 2026, 11:29 a.m.