Triple
T22088808
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Captain Vere |
E545856
|
entity |
| Predicate | relationshipTo |
P37
|
FINISHED |
| Object | John Claggart |
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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: John Claggart | Statement: [Captain Vere, relationshipTo, John Claggart]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Claggart Context triple: [Captain Vere, relationshipTo, John Claggart]
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A.
John Claggart
chosen
John Claggart is the malevolent master-at-arms aboard the warship in Herman Melville’s novella "Billy Budd," whose false accusations and obsessive hostility drive the story’s central tragedy.
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B.
Captain Mayne Reid
Captain Mayne Reid was a 19th-century Irish-American novelist best known for his adventurous boys’ tales and frontier romances set in the American West and other exotic locales.
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C.
Captain Vere
Captain Vere is the morally conflicted naval commander in Herman Melville’s novella "Billy Budd, Sailor," whose strict adherence to martial law leads to the tragic execution of the innocent Billy.
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D.
Davis Tarwater
Davis Tarwater is an American former competitive swimmer and Olympic gold medalist known for his achievements in butterfly and freestyle events.
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E.
Hughie Flint
Hughie Flint is an English drummer best known for his work in the 1960s British blues scene, including playing with John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers and later co-founding the band McGuinness Flint.
- 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_69e11e36d03c8190a83a1ba802b7231b |
completed | April 16, 2026, 5:36 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69f128e47ba08190a208af72a7cc176f |
completed | April 28, 2026, 9:38 p.m. |
Created at: April 16, 2026, 8:29 p.m.