GH-5153 max count cut off for sparql based validation

[hmottestad]

GitHub issue resolved: #5153

Briefly describe the changes proposed in this PR:

• benchmarked sh:maxCount for both SPARQL and transactional validation
• adjusted the default cutoff value
• also made some small optimisations in the QueryEvaluationUtil using object identiy

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