Triple

T5531238
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Clarel E145051 entity
Predicate character P662 FINISHED
Object Derwent
Derwent is a character in Herman Melville’s epic poem "Clarel," serving as one of the intellectual and philosophical voices in the work’s exploration of faith and doubt.
 E542293 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: Derwent | Statement: [Clarel, character, Derwent]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Derwent
Context triple: [Clarel, character, Derwent]
  • A. River Derwent
    The River Derwent is a major river in Derbyshire, England, that flows through the Peak District and the city of Derby before joining the River Trent.
  • B. River Derwent
    The River Derwent is a major estuarine river in southeastern Tasmania, Australia, known for its scenic waterfront and as the waterway alongside the city of Hobart.
  • C. River Derwent
    The River Derwent is a river in North Yorkshire, England, that flows through the North York Moors and eventually joins the River Ouse, playing an important role in the region’s landscape and ecology.
  • D. River Derwent
    The River Derwent is a major river in Cumbria, England, flowing through the Lake District and the town of Cockermouth before reaching the Irish Sea.
  • E. River Hodder
    River Hodder is a river in Lancashire, England, known for flowing through the Forest of Bowland and joining the River Ribble near Great Mitton.
  • 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: Derwent
Triple: [Clarel, character, Derwent]
Generated description
Derwent is a character in Herman Melville’s epic poem "Clarel," serving as one of the intellectual and philosophical voices in the work’s exploration of faith and doubt.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Derwent
Target entity description: Derwent is a character in Herman Melville’s epic poem "Clarel," serving as one of the intellectual and philosophical voices in the work’s exploration of faith and doubt.
  • A. River Derwent
    The River Derwent is a major river in Derbyshire, England, that flows through the Peak District and the city of Derby before joining the River Trent.
  • B. River Derwent
    The River Derwent is a major estuarine river in southeastern Tasmania, Australia, known for its scenic waterfront and as the waterway alongside the city of Hobart.
  • C. River Derwent
    The River Derwent is a river in North Yorkshire, England, that flows through the North York Moors and eventually joins the River Ouse, playing an important role in the region’s landscape and ecology.
  • D. River Derwent
    The River Derwent is a major river in Cumbria, England, flowing through the Lake District and the town of Cockermouth before reaching the Irish Sea.
  • E. River Hodder
    River Hodder is a river in Lancashire, England, known for flowing through the Forest of Bowland and joining the River Ribble near Great Mitton.
  • 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_69c008f9955881909bfa8348b56b4739 completed March 22, 2026, 3:21 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c01f9b59bc8190a8758b3be54831e9 completed March 22, 2026, 4:58 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c059db45188190b2d1ae2e2b900f91 completed March 22, 2026, 9:06 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c05be7f7cc8190bb1f8081289c5e02 completed March 22, 2026, 9:15 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c06209c3588190a6ededf9c198d5c5 completed March 22, 2026, 9:41 p.m.
Created at: March 22, 2026, 3:34 p.m.