Triple

T11232479
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Kabnis E265855 entity
Predicate featuresCharacter P626 FINISHED
Object Ralph Kabnis
Ralph Kabnis is the troubled, introspective schoolteacher protagonist of Jean Toomer’s Cane, whose experiences in the Jim Crow South explore themes of racial identity, alienation, and spiritual crisis.
E975359 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: Ralph Kabnis | Statement: [Kabnis, featuresCharacter, Ralph Kabnis]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ralph Kabnis
Context triple: [Kabnis, featuresCharacter, Ralph Kabnis]
  • A. Rex Kramer
    Rex Kramer is a tough, no-nonsense former fighter pilot and aviation expert who serves as a key authority figure in the parody disaster film "Airplane!".
  • B. Leo Klier
    Leo Klier was an American professional basketball player and two-time All-American at Notre Dame who played in the early years of the Basketball Association of America (BAA).
  • C. Ralph Monclar
    Ralph Monclar was a French Army general best known for volunteering to lead the French Battalion of the United Nations during the Korean War, despite having previously retired.
  • D. Kurt Kasznar
    Kurt Kasznar was an Austrian-American character actor known for his prolific work in mid-20th-century film, television, and theater, often portraying urbane or authoritative supporting roles.
  • E. Walter Scheib
    Walter Scheib was an American chef best known for serving as the White House Executive Chef for the Clinton and George W. Bush administrations.
  • 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: Ralph Kabnis
Triple: [Kabnis, featuresCharacter, Ralph Kabnis]
Generated description
Ralph Kabnis is the troubled, introspective schoolteacher protagonist of Jean Toomer’s Cane, whose experiences in the Jim Crow South explore themes of racial identity, alienation, and spiritual crisis.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ralph Kabnis
Target entity description: Ralph Kabnis is the troubled, introspective schoolteacher protagonist of Jean Toomer’s Cane, whose experiences in the Jim Crow South explore themes of racial identity, alienation, and spiritual crisis.
  • A. Rex Kramer
    Rex Kramer is a tough, no-nonsense former fighter pilot and aviation expert who serves as a key authority figure in the parody disaster film "Airplane!".
  • B. Leo Klier
    Leo Klier was an American professional basketball player and two-time All-American at Notre Dame who played in the early years of the Basketball Association of America (BAA).
  • C. Ralph Monclar
    Ralph Monclar was a French Army general best known for volunteering to lead the French Battalion of the United Nations during the Korean War, despite having previously retired.
  • D. Kurt Kasznar
    Kurt Kasznar was an Austrian-American character actor known for his prolific work in mid-20th-century film, television, and theater, often portraying urbane or authoritative supporting roles.
  • E. Walter Scheib
    Walter Scheib was an American chef best known for serving as the White House Executive Chef for the Clinton and George W. Bush administrations.
  • 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_69d6aac656d48190b275efaa7d6074ee completed April 8, 2026, 7:21 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d7e9026e1c81909456ac946bbba972 completed April 9, 2026, 5:59 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f61e3185fc81908c1b838e6883de2f completed May 2, 2026, 3:54 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f61f5b107c819082094791fcf7c5f4 completed May 2, 2026, 3:59 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f62009766c8190985fafe9ba53ae7b completed May 2, 2026, 4:02 p.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:30 p.m.