Triple
T21590207
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | The Whale |
E532757
|
entity |
| Predicate | mainCharacter |
P1183
|
FINISHED |
| Object | George Pollard Jr. |
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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: George Pollard Jr. | Statement: [The Whale, mainCharacter, George Pollard Jr.]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: George Pollard Jr. Context triple: [The Whale, mainCharacter, George Pollard Jr.]
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A.
George Pollard Jr.
chosen
George Pollard Jr. was the real-life captain of the whaleship Essex, whose disastrous sinking by a sperm whale inspired Herman Melville’s Moby-Dick and is dramatized in "In the Heart of the Sea."
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B.
Marcellus Washburn
Marcellus Washburn is a comedic supporting character in the musical "The Music Man," known as Harold Hill’s friend and the exuberant singer of the number "Shipoopi."
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C.
Dolph Ramseur
Dolph Ramseur is an American music manager and founder of Ramseur Records, best known for discovering and guiding the early career of folk-rock band The Avett Brothers.
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D.
Frank Bolden
Frank Bolden was an influential African American journalist best known for his World War II reporting and coverage of Black life and civil rights in the United States.
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E.
Orlando Woodward
Orlando Woodward is an individual notable enough to be recognized as a bearer of the Woodward surname, though specific widely known public details about him are not readily available.
- 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_69e0c46251648190876f0427cf2d321b |
completed | April 16, 2026, 11:13 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69eefadd0ec88190929c76137bd1603e |
completed | April 27, 2026, 5:57 a.m. |
Created at: April 16, 2026, 6:32 p.m.