Triple
T15700462
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Joe Christmas |
E380578
|
entity |
| Predicate | adoptiveMother |
P1909
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Mrs. McEachern
Mrs. McEachern is the stern, deeply religious adoptive mother of Joe Christmas in William Faulkner’s novel "Light in August."
|
E1171968
|
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: Mrs. McEachern | Statement: [Joe Christmas, adoptiveMother, Mrs. McEachern]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mrs. McEachern Context triple: [Joe Christmas, adoptiveMother, Mrs. McEachern]
-
A.
Edith McGuire
Edith McGuire is an American sprinter and Olympic gold medalist who rose to prominence in the 1960s as one of the world’s leading female track athletes.
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B.
Mrs. Haggett
Mrs. Haggett is a central, socially ambitious matriarch in Sidney Howard’s play "The Late Christopher Bean," whose reactions to an unexpected artistic legacy drive much of the story’s comedy and conflict.
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C.
Mrs. Beakley
Mrs. Beakley is a central character in the 2017 DuckTales reboot, portrayed as Scrooge McDuck’s highly capable housekeeper, Webby Vanderquack’s grandmother, and a former spy with formidable combat and intelligence skills.
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D.
Mrs. Newsome
Mrs. Newsome is the mother of Chad Newsome, a character referenced in literary contexts where family relationships are central to the narrative.
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E.
Mrs. Newsome
Mrs. Newsome is a wealthy, strong-willed New England matron in Henry James’s novel "The Ambassadors," who sends her fiancé Lambert Strether to Europe to retrieve her son from its perceived moral dangers.
- 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: Mrs. McEachern Triple: [Joe Christmas, adoptiveMother, Mrs. McEachern]
Generated description
Mrs. McEachern is the stern, deeply religious adoptive mother of Joe Christmas in William Faulkner’s novel "Light in August."
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mrs. McEachern Target entity description: Mrs. McEachern is the stern, deeply religious adoptive mother of Joe Christmas in William Faulkner’s novel "Light in August."
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A.
Edith McGuire
Edith McGuire is an American sprinter and Olympic gold medalist who rose to prominence in the 1960s as one of the world’s leading female track athletes.
-
B.
Mrs. Haggett
Mrs. Haggett is a central, socially ambitious matriarch in Sidney Howard’s play "The Late Christopher Bean," whose reactions to an unexpected artistic legacy drive much of the story’s comedy and conflict.
-
C.
Mrs. Beakley
Mrs. Beakley is a central character in the 2017 DuckTales reboot, portrayed as Scrooge McDuck’s highly capable housekeeper, Webby Vanderquack’s grandmother, and a former spy with formidable combat and intelligence skills.
-
D.
Mrs. Newsome
Mrs. Newsome is the mother of Chad Newsome, a character referenced in literary contexts where family relationships are central to the narrative.
-
E.
Mrs. Newsome
Mrs. Newsome is a wealthy, strong-willed New England matron in Henry James’s novel "The Ambassadors," who sends her fiancé Lambert Strether to Europe to retrieve her son from its perceived moral dangers.
- 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_69d86d99e860819094b6957cde470f2c |
completed | April 10, 2026, 3:25 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e04f6d71308190971c10c599da9645 |
completed | April 16, 2026, 2:54 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ff75756ecc8190bd2123ddfd080fd1 |
completed | May 9, 2026, 5:57 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69ff763d40348190bf102da746420390 |
completed | May 9, 2026, 6 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69ff76ec45948190bee47609c0d2fd10 |
completed | May 9, 2026, 6:03 p.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 4:45 a.m.