Triple

T12855632
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Clock Without Hands E307446 entity
Predicate character P662 FINISHED
Object Sherman Pew
Sherman Pew is a central character in Carson McCullers' novel "Clock Without Hands," portrayed as a young, blind Black man whose complex relationships and experiences illuminate themes of race, identity, and moral conflict in the American South.
 E1006834 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: Sherman Pew | Statement: [Clock Without Hands, character, Sherman Pew]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Sherman Pew
Context triple: [Clock Without Hands, character, Sherman Pew]
  • A. Patrick Wheeler
    Patrick Wheeler is a central character in the 2013 American drama film "Ain't Them Bodies Saints," which explores love, crime, and sacrifice in rural Texas.
  • B. Bayard
    Bayard is a small town in Grant County, West Virginia, known historically as a coal and timber community in the Appalachian region.
  • C. Bayard
    Bayard is a small rural city in western Nebraska known for its agricultural community and proximity to landmarks like Chimney Rock.
  • D. Bayard
    Bayard is a masculine given name most notably associated with civil rights leader Bayard Rustin.
  • E. Bayard
    Bayard is a small city located in Guthrie County in the state of Iowa, United States.
  • 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: Sherman Pew
Triple: [Clock Without Hands, character, Sherman Pew]
Generated description
Sherman Pew is a central character in Carson McCullers' novel "Clock Without Hands," portrayed as a young, blind Black man whose complex relationships and experiences illuminate themes of race, identity, and moral conflict in the American South.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Sherman Pew
Target entity description: Sherman Pew is a central character in Carson McCullers' novel "Clock Without Hands," portrayed as a young, blind Black man whose complex relationships and experiences illuminate themes of race, identity, and moral conflict in the American South.
  • A. Patrick Wheeler
    Patrick Wheeler is a central character in the 2013 American drama film "Ain't Them Bodies Saints," which explores love, crime, and sacrifice in rural Texas.
  • B. Bayard
    Bayard is a small town in Grant County, West Virginia, known historically as a coal and timber community in the Appalachian region.
  • C. Bayard
    Bayard is a masculine given name most notably associated with civil rights leader Bayard Rustin.
  • D. Bayard
    Bayard is a small rural city in western Nebraska known for its agricultural community and proximity to landmarks like Chimney Rock.
  • E. Bayard
    Bayard is a small city located in Guthrie County in the state of Iowa, United States.
  • 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_69d7bdf5e7cc8190be357278bc5ba3bb completed April 9, 2026, 2:55 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d970231ce48190a4eabc4b8c24a3ff completed April 10, 2026, 9:48 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f69ba9a53c81908e9ed120f6cb94af completed May 3, 2026, 12:49 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f69d48e6948190a13afe3b8943d877 completed May 3, 2026, 12:56 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f69dfa2b8481908827025a28bfb056 completed May 3, 2026, 12:59 a.m.
Created at: April 9, 2026, 5:37 p.m.