Triple

T12942337
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Blood Meridian E309665 entity
Predicate mainCharacter P1183 FINISHED
Object the Kid
The Kid is the nameless teenage drifter and violent wanderer who serves as the central, morally ambiguous protagonist of Cormac McCarthy’s novel *Blood Meridian*.
 E1010867 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: the Kid | Statement: [Blood Meridian, mainCharacter, the Kid]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: the Kid
Context triple: [Blood Meridian, mainCharacter, the Kid]
  • A. The Kid
    "The Kid" is the early-career nickname of NBA Hall of Famer Kevin Garnett, reflecting his youthful energy and precocious talent when he entered the league straight out of high school.
  • B. The Kid
    The Kid is the nickname of Meldrick Taylor, an American former professional boxer known for his exceptional speed and as a two-weight world champion in the 1980s and early 1990s.
  • C. The Kid
    The Kid was the famous nickname of Ted Williams, the legendary Boston Red Sox slugger widely regarded as one of the greatest hitters in baseball history.
  • D. The Kid
    The Kid is the charismatic, emotionally troubled musician portrayed by Prince in the 1984 film *Purple Rain*.
  • E. The Kid
    The Kid is the nickname of Ken Griffey Jr., a Hall of Fame Major League Baseball outfielder renowned for his smooth left-handed swing and prolific home run hitting.
  • 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: the Kid
Triple: [Blood Meridian, mainCharacter, the Kid]
Generated description
The Kid is the nameless teenage drifter and violent wanderer who serves as the central, morally ambiguous protagonist of Cormac McCarthy’s novel *Blood Meridian*.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: the Kid
Target entity description: The Kid is the nameless teenage drifter and violent wanderer who serves as the central, morally ambiguous protagonist of Cormac McCarthy’s novel *Blood Meridian*.
  • A. The Kid
    "The Kid" is the early-career nickname of NBA Hall of Famer Kevin Garnett, reflecting his youthful energy and precocious talent when he entered the league straight out of high school.
  • B. The Kid
    The Kid is the nickname of Meldrick Taylor, an American former professional boxer known for his exceptional speed and as a two-weight world champion in the 1980s and early 1990s.
  • C. The Kid
    The Kid was the famous nickname of Ted Williams, the legendary Boston Red Sox slugger widely regarded as one of the greatest hitters in baseball history.
  • D. The Kid
    The Kid is the charismatic, emotionally troubled musician portrayed by Prince in the 1984 film *Purple Rain*.
  • E. The Kid
    The Kid is the nickname of Ken Griffey Jr., a Hall of Fame Major League Baseball outfielder renowned for his smooth left-handed swing and prolific home run hitting.
  • 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_69d7bdfb57a88190836b743e2825feca completed April 9, 2026, 2:55 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d97e1a28688190ab9fd1307bc76b4a completed April 10, 2026, 10:47 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f6af73e6348190be114e8c5ad181bf completed May 3, 2026, 2:14 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f6b066f3888190b925e5a43be57965 completed May 3, 2026, 2:18 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f6b1ae645c8190a7c3e5f926c6a487 completed May 3, 2026, 2:23 a.m.
Created at: April 9, 2026, 5:43 p.m.