Triple
T12942477
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Child of God |
E309668
|
entity |
| Predicate | mainCharacter |
P1183
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Lester Ballard
Lester Ballard is the violent, mentally unstable drifter and antihero at the center of Cormac McCarthy’s novel "Child of God," known for his descent into extreme depravity and isolation in rural Tennessee.
|
E1031910
|
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: Lester Ballard | Statement: [Child of God, mainCharacter, Lester Ballard]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Lester Ballard Context triple: [Child of God, mainCharacter, Lester Ballard]
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A.
Lester Burdon
Lester Burdon is a conflicted police officer whose personal and moral struggles drive much of the tension and tragedy in the novel and film "House of Sand and Fog."
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B.
Lloyd Barker
Lloyd Barker was an American gangster best known as a member of the notorious Barker–Karpis crime gang during the early 20th century.
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C.
Lester Whittington
Lester Whittington was an architect best known for designing the Alaska State Capitol building in Juneau.
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D.
Russ Ballard
Russ Ballard is an English singer, songwriter, and musician best known for writing hit songs for artists like Argent, Rainbow, and Kiss, as well as for his own solo work.
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E.
Leland Patton
Leland Patton is a theatre professional best known as a founder of the Crossroads Theatre Company, a prominent African-American theater organization.
- 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: Lester Ballard Triple: [Child of God, mainCharacter, Lester Ballard]
Generated description
Lester Ballard is the violent, mentally unstable drifter and antihero at the center of Cormac McCarthy’s novel "Child of God," known for his descent into extreme depravity and isolation in rural Tennessee.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Lester Ballard Target entity description: Lester Ballard is the violent, mentally unstable drifter and antihero at the center of Cormac McCarthy’s novel "Child of God," known for his descent into extreme depravity and isolation in rural Tennessee.
-
A.
Lester Burdon
Lester Burdon is a conflicted police officer whose personal and moral struggles drive much of the tension and tragedy in the novel and film "House of Sand and Fog."
-
B.
Lloyd Barker
Lloyd Barker was an American gangster best known as a member of the notorious Barker–Karpis crime gang during the early 20th century.
-
C.
Lester Whittington
Lester Whittington was an architect best known for designing the Alaska State Capitol building in Juneau.
-
D.
Russ Ballard
Russ Ballard is an English singer, songwriter, and musician best known for writing hit songs for artists like Argent, Rainbow, and Kiss, as well as for his own solo work.
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E.
Leland Patton
Leland Patton is a theatre professional best known as a founder of the Crossroads Theatre Company, a prominent African-American theater organization.
- 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_69f716b63ad481909eb461d923f0d0c2 |
completed | May 3, 2026, 9:34 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69f7179da5488190a10acadbf60ea470 |
completed | May 3, 2026, 9:38 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69f71847e7308190ac6f59a7dcafa452 |
completed | May 3, 2026, 9:41 a.m. |
Created at: April 9, 2026, 5:43 p.m.