Triple

T13467054
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Compson E311529 entity
Predicate documentedIn P309 FINISHED
Object Appendix: Compson 1699–1945 (Faulkner’s 1945 appendix)
Appendix: Compson 1699–1945 is William Faulkner’s 1945 genealogical and narrative addendum to The Sound and the Fury that traces the history and decline of the Compson family.
E12173 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: Appendix: Compson 1699–1945 (Faulkner’s 1945 appendix) | Statement: [Compson, documentedIn, Appendix: Compson 1699–1945 (Faulkner’s 1945 appendix)]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Appendix: Compson 1699–1945 (Faulkner’s 1945 appendix)
Context triple: [Compson, documentedIn, Appendix: Compson 1699–1945 (Faulkner’s 1945 appendix)]
  • A. The Portable Faulkner
    The Portable Faulkner is a 1946 anthology edited by Malcolm Cowley that presents a curated selection of William Faulkner’s fiction, helping to establish his reputation and highlight the interconnected world of his Yoknapatawpha County stories.
  • B. Collected Stories of William Faulkner
    Collected Stories of William Faulkner is a celebrated anthology that brings together many of Faulkner’s most important short stories, showcasing his complex narrative style and exploration of the American South.
  • C. The Sound and the Fury
    The Sound and the Fury is a landmark modernist novel by William Faulkner, renowned for its experimental narrative structure and stream-of-consciousness portrayal of the declining Compson family in the American South.
  • D. Absalom, Absalom!
    Absalom, Absalom! is a 1936 novel by William Faulkner that intricately explores themes of Southern history, race, and family through a fragmented, multi-perspective narrative centered on the rise and fall of Thomas Sutpen in Mississippi.
  • E. The Death of the Past
    The Death of the Past is a historical study by Sir John H. Plumb that examines how modern societies have transformed their relationship with history and collective memory.
  • 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: Appendix: Compson 1699–1945 (Faulkner’s 1945 appendix)
Triple: [Compson, documentedIn, Appendix: Compson 1699–1945 (Faulkner’s 1945 appendix)]
Generated description
Appendix: Compson 1699–1945 is William Faulkner’s 1945 genealogical and narrative addendum to The Sound and the Fury that traces the history and decline of the Compson family.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Appendix: Compson 1699–1945 (Faulkner’s 1945 appendix)
Target entity description: Appendix: Compson 1699–1945 is William Faulkner’s 1945 genealogical and narrative addendum to The Sound and the Fury that traces the history and decline of the Compson family.
  • A. The Portable Faulkner
    The Portable Faulkner is a 1946 anthology edited by Malcolm Cowley that presents a curated selection of William Faulkner’s fiction, helping to establish his reputation and highlight the interconnected world of his Yoknapatawpha County stories.
  • B. Collected Stories of William Faulkner
    Collected Stories of William Faulkner is a celebrated anthology that brings together many of Faulkner’s most important short stories, showcasing his complex narrative style and exploration of the American South.
  • C. The Sound and the Fury chosen
    The Sound and the Fury is a landmark modernist novel by William Faulkner, renowned for its experimental narrative structure and stream-of-consciousness portrayal of the declining Compson family in the American South.
  • D. Absalom, Absalom!
    Absalom, Absalom! is a 1936 novel by William Faulkner that intricately explores themes of Southern history, race, and family through a fragmented, multi-perspective narrative centered on the rise and fall of Thomas Sutpen in Mississippi.
  • E. The Death of the Past
    The Death of the Past is a historical study by Sir John H. Plumb that examines how modern societies have transformed their relationship with history and collective memory.
  • F. None of above.

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_69d806a938b8819097ec43a2229fc7f9 completed April 9, 2026, 8:06 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69dbaf101a1081909f2aba6da47baacc completed April 12, 2026, 2:41 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f746282318819090e47c324807dc1e completed May 3, 2026, 12:57 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f7494fab548190bb187af742ed176f completed May 3, 2026, 1:10 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f749ab11048190a85f3114eecd19df completed May 3, 2026, 1:12 p.m.
Created at: April 9, 2026, 9:42 p.m.