Triple

T505872
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Moby-Dick E10500 entity
Predicate originalPublisher P1760 FINISHED
Object Richard Bentley
Richard Bentley was a prominent 19th-century British publisher and bookseller known for issuing major literary works by authors such as Charles Dickens and Herman Melville.
E63905 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: Richard Bentley | Statement: [Moby-Dick, originalPublisher, Richard Bentley]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Richard Bentley
Context triple: [Moby-Dick, originalPublisher, Richard Bentley]
  • A. Thomas Bentley
    Thomas Bentley was an 18th-century English potter and business partner of Josiah Wedgwood, noted for his role in advancing fine earthenware and industrial ceramics.
  • B. John Owen
    John Owen was a prominent 17th-century English Puritan theologian and pastor known for his influential writings on Reformed doctrine and Christian spirituality.
  • C. Henry Brougham
    Henry Brougham was a prominent 19th-century British statesman, lawyer, and reformer who played a key role in the abolition of slavery and the passing of the 1832 Reform Act.
  • D. John Tillotson
    John Tillotson was a 17th-century English clergyman who became Archbishop of Canterbury and was known for his moderate Protestant theology and influential sermons.
  • E. William White
    William White was an influential early American Episcopal bishop and church leader who helped shape the post-Revolutionary Anglican tradition in the United States.
  • 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: Richard Bentley
Triple: [Moby-Dick, originalPublisher, Richard Bentley]
Generated description
Richard Bentley was a prominent 19th-century British publisher and bookseller known for issuing major literary works by authors such as Charles Dickens and Herman Melville.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Richard Bentley
Target entity description: Richard Bentley was a prominent 19th-century British publisher and bookseller known for issuing major literary works by authors such as Charles Dickens and Herman Melville.
  • A. Thomas Bentley
    Thomas Bentley was an 18th-century English potter and business partner of Josiah Wedgwood, noted for his role in advancing fine earthenware and industrial ceramics.
  • B. John Owen
    John Owen was a prominent 17th-century English Puritan theologian and pastor known for his influential writings on Reformed doctrine and Christian spirituality.
  • C. Henry Brougham
    Henry Brougham was a prominent 19th-century British statesman, lawyer, and reformer who played a key role in the abolition of slavery and the passing of the 1832 Reform Act.
  • D. John Tillotson
    John Tillotson was a 17th-century English clergyman who became Archbishop of Canterbury and was known for his moderate Protestant theology and influential sermons.
  • E. William White
    William White was an influential early American Episcopal bishop and church leader who helped shape the post-Revolutionary Anglican tradition in the United States.
  • 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_69a2e848adf881908e5e04f7af030093 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:06 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a2f14b2acc8190818e8a53eac69c54 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:44 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a49eb990308190a3306f5408eec850 completed March 1, 2026, 8:16 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a49f60529481908b68c2fdb6120641 completed March 1, 2026, 8:19 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a4a01e54f08190be389a351aa131f0 completed March 1, 2026, 8:22 p.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:12 p.m.