Triple

T11232706
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Kabnis E265863 entity
Predicate hasCharacter P2308 FINISHED
Object Layman
Layman is a character in Jean Toomer’s modernist work "Cane," appearing in the section "Kabnis" as part of its exploration of race, identity, and the Black experience in the American South.
 E912991 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: Layman | Statement: [Kabnis, hasCharacter, Layman]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Layman
Context triple: [Kabnis, hasCharacter, Layman]
  • A. Lay
    Lay is a surname most prominently associated with Kenneth Lay, the former CEO of Enron who was a central figure in one of the largest corporate fraud scandals in U.S. history.
  • B. Basic
    Basic is a 2003 mystery-thriller film directed by John McTiernan, centered on a complex investigation into the disappearance of U.S. Army Rangers during a training mission in Panama.
  • C. Basic
    Basic is a simple HTTP authentication scheme defined in RFC 2617 that transmits user credentials encoded in Base64, typically over a secure transport like HTTPS.
  • D. Basic
    Basic is a discount cigarette brand produced and marketed by Philip Morris USA.
  • E. Beginners
    Beginners is a 2010 romantic comedy-drama film written and directed by Mike Mills, known for its heartfelt exploration of love, family, and late-in-life coming out.
  • 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: Layman
Triple: [Kabnis, hasCharacter, Layman]
Generated description
Layman is a character in Jean Toomer’s modernist work "Cane," appearing in the section "Kabnis" as part of its exploration of race, identity, and the Black experience in the American South.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Layman
Target entity description: Layman is a character in Jean Toomer’s modernist work "Cane," appearing in the section "Kabnis" as part of its exploration of race, identity, and the Black experience in the American South.
  • A. Lay
    Lay is a surname most prominently associated with Kenneth Lay, the former CEO of Enron who was a central figure in one of the largest corporate fraud scandals in U.S. history.
  • B. Basic
    Basic is a 2003 mystery-thriller film directed by John McTiernan, centered on a complex investigation into the disappearance of U.S. Army Rangers during a training mission in Panama.
  • C. Basic
    Basic is a simple HTTP authentication scheme defined in RFC 2617 that transmits user credentials encoded in Base64, typically over a secure transport like HTTPS.
  • D. Basic
    Basic is a discount cigarette brand produced and marketed by Philip Morris USA.
  • E. Beginners
    Beginners is a 2010 romantic comedy-drama film written and directed by Mike Mills, known for its heartfelt exploration of love, family, and late-in-life coming out.
  • 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_69e4ad49b5cc8190b99cb2cd8de72109 completed April 19, 2026, 10:24 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69e4b12dd658819085c25d3edac2d66c completed April 19, 2026, 10:40 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69e4b3d23b18819096f3a11aecc732bd completed April 19, 2026, 10:52 a.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:30 p.m.