Triple
T20417083
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil |
E500740
|
entity |
| Predicate | basedOnAuthor |
P2806
|
FINISHED |
| Object | John Berendt |
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|
NE NERFINISHED |
How this triple was built (3 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: John Berendt | Statement: [Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, basedOnAuthor, John Berendt]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Berendt Context triple: [Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, basedOnAuthor, John Berendt]
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A.
David Ebershoff
David Ebershoff is an American author and editor best known for his novel "The Danish Girl," which was adapted into an acclaimed feature film.
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B.
Gregg Mayles
Gregg Mayles is a British video game designer best known for his long-time work at Rare on classic titles such as the Donkey Kong Country series and Banjo-Kazooie.
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C.
Alexander McCall Smith
Alexander McCall Smith is a Scottish author best known for his internationally popular "The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency" series of mystery novels set in Botswana.
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D.
Tom Wolfe
Tom Wolfe was an American author and journalist renowned for pioneering New Journalism and writing influential works such as "The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test" and "The Bonfire of the Vanities."
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E.
Pat Conroy
Pat Conroy was an American novelist and memoirist known for his lyrical prose and emotionally charged stories often set in the American South, including works like "The Prince of Tides" and "The Great Santini."
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Berendt Target entity description: John Berendt is an American author and journalist best known for his nonfiction book "Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil," which became a long-running bestseller and cultural phenomenon.
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A.
David Ebershoff
David Ebershoff is an American author and editor best known for his novel "The Danish Girl," which was adapted into an acclaimed feature film.
-
B.
Gregg Mayles
Gregg Mayles is a British video game designer best known for his long-time work at Rare on classic titles such as the Donkey Kong Country series and Banjo-Kazooie.
-
C.
Alexander McCall Smith
Alexander McCall Smith is a Scottish author best known for his internationally popular "The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency" series of mystery novels set in Botswana.
-
D.
Tom Wolfe
Tom Wolfe was an American author and journalist renowned for pioneering New Journalism and writing influential works such as "The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test" and "The Bonfire of the Vanities."
-
E.
Pat Conroy
Pat Conroy was an American novelist and memoirist known for his lyrical prose and emotionally charged stories often set in the American South, including works like "The Prince of Tides" and "The Great Santini."
- F. None of above. chosen
Provenance (2 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_69e0b4a935588190b9446a99b37ced44 |
completed | April 16, 2026, 10:06 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e67a4437448190b07b6e6e3de5830f |
completed | April 20, 2026, 7:11 p.m. |
Created at: April 16, 2026, 11:30 a.m.