Triple

T15621925
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Sutpen family E375577 entity
Predicate hasMember P10 FINISHED
Object Henry Sutpen
Henry Sutpen is a central character in William Faulkner’s novel "Absalom, Absalom!", known as Thomas Sutpen’s son whose conflicted loyalties and tragic choices drive much of the story’s drama.
E1170593 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: Henry Sutpen | Statement: [Sutpen family, hasMember, Henry Sutpen]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Henry Sutpen
Context triple: [Sutpen family, hasMember, Henry Sutpen]
  • A. Thomas Sutpen
    Thomas Sutpen is the ruthless, enigmatic plantation owner at the center of William Faulkner’s Southern Gothic novel, whose obsessive pursuit of a self-made dynasty drives the book’s tragic exploration of race, class, and the legacy of the American South.
  • B. Isaac McCaslin
    Isaac McCaslin is a central character in William Faulkner’s Yoknapatawpha saga, best known as the morally reflective heir who grapples with his family’s legacy of slavery and land ownership in the novel "Go Down, Moses."
  • C. Mr. Shelby
    Mr. Shelby is a character from the British television series "Peaky Blinders," known as a tough, impulsive member of the Shelby crime family.
  • D. Edwin Epps
    Edwin Epps is the brutal, sadistic plantation owner who enslaves Solomon Northup in the film and memoir "12 Years a Slave."
  • E. Judith Sutpen
    Judith Sutpen is a central figure in William Faulkner's novel "Absalom, Absalom!", embodying the tragic complexities of Southern aristocracy, family legacy, and doomed relationships in the post–Civil War American South.
  • 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: Henry Sutpen
Triple: [Sutpen family, hasMember, Henry Sutpen]
Generated description
Henry Sutpen is a central character in William Faulkner’s novel "Absalom, Absalom!", known as Thomas Sutpen’s son whose conflicted loyalties and tragic choices drive much of the story’s drama.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Henry Sutpen
Target entity description: Henry Sutpen is a central character in William Faulkner’s novel "Absalom, Absalom!", known as Thomas Sutpen’s son whose conflicted loyalties and tragic choices drive much of the story’s drama.
  • A. Thomas Sutpen
    Thomas Sutpen is the ruthless, enigmatic plantation owner at the center of William Faulkner’s Southern Gothic novel, whose obsessive pursuit of a self-made dynasty drives the book’s tragic exploration of race, class, and the legacy of the American South.
  • B. Isaac McCaslin
    Isaac McCaslin is a central character in William Faulkner’s Yoknapatawpha saga, best known as the morally reflective heir who grapples with his family’s legacy of slavery and land ownership in the novel "Go Down, Moses."
  • C. Mr. Shelby
    Mr. Shelby is a character from the British television series "Peaky Blinders," known as a tough, impulsive member of the Shelby crime family.
  • D. Edwin Epps
    Edwin Epps is the brutal, sadistic plantation owner who enslaves Solomon Northup in the film and memoir "12 Years a Slave."
  • E. Judith Sutpen
    Judith Sutpen is a central figure in William Faulkner's novel "Absalom, Absalom!", embodying the tragic complexities of Southern aristocracy, family legacy, and doomed relationships in the post–Civil War American South.
  • 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_69d85ccf2794819096cda4cbcb02d478 completed April 10, 2026, 2:13 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e04e9a95f08190b0013ba1428849d3 completed April 16, 2026, 2:51 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ff6ece07608190a705f108c8c2979a completed May 9, 2026, 5:28 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ff6fb61144819085460226d406161d completed May 9, 2026, 5:32 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ff705b1ea08190bf08b99c19715e57 completed May 9, 2026, 5:35 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 4:13 a.m.