Triple
T21443754
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Captain Amasa Delano |
E529012
|
entity |
| Predicate | firstAppearance |
P795
|
FINISHED |
| Object | "Benito Cereno" (1855) |
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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: "Benito Cereno" (1855) | Statement: [Captain Amasa Delano, firstAppearance, "Benito Cereno" (1855)]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: "Benito Cereno" (1855) Context triple: [Captain Amasa Delano, firstAppearance, "Benito Cereno" (1855)]
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A.
Benito Cereno
chosen
Benito Cereno is a novella by Herman Melville that explores themes of slavery, power, and deception through the mysterious encounter between an American captain and a Spanish slave ship.
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B.
Billy Budd
Billy Budd is a posthumously published novella by Herman Melville that tells the tragic story of an innocent sailor caught in a moral and legal conflict aboard a British warship.
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C.
White-Jacket
White-Jacket is a semi-autobiographical 1850 novel by Herman Melville that critiques life and discipline aboard a U.S. Navy warship.
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D.
A Mule for the Marquesa
A Mule for the Marquesa is a 1964 Western novel by Frank O’Rourke that follows a team of expert mercenaries on a dangerous mission in revolutionary Mexico.
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E.
The Melville Log
The Melville Log is a comprehensive documentary biography that compiles and annotates primary source materials related to the life and times of American author Herman Melville.
- 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_69e0c4569fa081908101baa24f8745db |
completed | April 16, 2026, 11:13 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e8b7055d148190ae3b52e10abd8fd2 |
completed | April 22, 2026, 11:54 a.m. |
Created at: April 16, 2026, 6:05 p.m.