Triple
T5600881
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Billy Budd |
E147115
|
entity |
| Predicate | mainCharacter |
P1183
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Captain Edward Fairfax Vere
Captain Edward Fairfax Vere is the morally conflicted naval commander in Herman Melville’s novella "Billy Budd," whose strict adherence to martial law leads him to condemn the innocent sailor Billy.
|
E533659
|
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: Captain Edward Fairfax Vere | Statement: [Billy Budd, mainCharacter, Captain Edward Fairfax Vere]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Captain Edward Fairfax Vere Context triple: [Billy Budd, mainCharacter, Captain Edward Fairfax Vere]
-
A.
Viscount Melville
Viscount Melville is a Scottish peerage title historically associated with Henry Dundas, an influential late 18th- and early 19th-century British politician and statesman.
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B.
Sir George Rooke
Sir George Rooke was a prominent English admiral of the late 17th and early 18th centuries, noted for his leadership in major naval engagements during the Nine Years’ War and the War of the Spanish Succession.
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C.
Captain Philip Vian
Captain Philip Vian was a distinguished Royal Navy officer and World War II destroyer commander renowned for his aggressive leadership in actions such as the Altmark incident and major naval battles.
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D.
Admiral Sir Rhoderick McGrigor
Admiral Sir Rhoderick McGrigor was a senior Royal Navy officer who rose to the highest seagoing commands during and after the Second World War, ultimately serving as First Sea Lord.
-
E.
Baron Jellicoe
Baron Jellicoe is a British peerage title created for Admiral John Rushworth Jellicoe, the First World War naval commander and former First Sea Lord.
- 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: Captain Edward Fairfax Vere Triple: [Billy Budd, mainCharacter, Captain Edward Fairfax Vere]
Generated description
Captain Edward Fairfax Vere is the morally conflicted naval commander in Herman Melville’s novella "Billy Budd," whose strict adherence to martial law leads him to condemn the innocent sailor Billy.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Captain Edward Fairfax Vere Target entity description: Captain Edward Fairfax Vere is the morally conflicted naval commander in Herman Melville’s novella "Billy Budd," whose strict adherence to martial law leads him to condemn the innocent sailor Billy.
-
A.
Viscount Melville
Viscount Melville is a Scottish peerage title historically associated with Henry Dundas, an influential late 18th- and early 19th-century British politician and statesman.
-
B.
Sir George Rooke
Sir George Rooke was a prominent English admiral of the late 17th and early 18th centuries, noted for his leadership in major naval engagements during the Nine Years’ War and the War of the Spanish Succession.
-
C.
Captain Philip Vian
Captain Philip Vian was a distinguished Royal Navy officer and World War II destroyer commander renowned for his aggressive leadership in actions such as the Altmark incident and major naval battles.
-
D.
Admiral Sir Rhoderick McGrigor
Admiral Sir Rhoderick McGrigor was a senior Royal Navy officer who rose to the highest seagoing commands during and after the Second World War, ultimately serving as First Sea Lord.
-
E.
Baron Jellicoe
Baron Jellicoe is a British peerage title created for Admiral John Rushworth Jellicoe, the First World War naval commander and former First Sea Lord.
- 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_69c009043d648190a7af89698ccf1e3e |
completed | March 22, 2026, 3:21 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c020da519c81908626b243e40db263 |
completed | March 22, 2026, 5:03 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c02873b1dc8190b11a6c069f3e4f7e |
completed | March 22, 2026, 5:35 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69c035f54f6c8190badbfd800012c399 |
completed | March 22, 2026, 6:33 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69c036f0edb48190bfa74f7f2c9d9ab1 |
completed | March 22, 2026, 6:37 p.m. |
Created at: March 22, 2026, 3:38 p.m.