Triple

T21447260

Position	Surface form	Disambiguated ID	Type / Status
Subject	Isaac McCaslin	`E529108`	entity
Predicate	grandfather	`P979`	FINISHED
Object	Carothers McCaslin	`—`	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: Carothers McCaslin | Statement: [Isaac McCaslin, grandfather, Carothers McCaslin]

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Carothers McCaslin
Context triple: [Isaac McCaslin, grandfather, Carothers McCaslin]

A. 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."
B. Ned McCaslin
Ned McCaslin is a supporting character in William Faulkner’s novel "The Reivers," involved in the comic misadventures surrounding a stolen car and a trip from Mississippi to Memphis.
C. Uncle Quentin
Uncle Quentin is the often-absent-minded, irritable but brilliant scientist and father of George in Enid Blyton’s Famous Five series.
D. Finn Abernathy
Finn Abernathy is a recurring intern and forensic anthropology student on the TV series "Bones," known for his troubled past and sharp analytical skills.
E. George Shelby
George Shelby is a lesser-known member of the Shelby family connected to Arthur Shelby in the Peaky Blinders universe.
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: Carothers McCaslin
Target entity description: Carothers McCaslin is a fictional Southern plantation owner and patriarch in William Faulkner’s Yoknapatawpha County saga, central to the tangled legacy explored in the novel "Go Down, Moses."

A. Isaac McCaslin chosen
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."
B. Ned McCaslin
Ned McCaslin is a supporting character in William Faulkner’s novel "The Reivers," involved in the comic misadventures surrounding a stolen car and a trip from Mississippi to Memphis.
C. Uncle Quentin
Uncle Quentin is the often-absent-minded, irritable but brilliant scientist and father of George in Enid Blyton’s Famous Five series.
D. Finn Abernathy
Finn Abernathy is a recurring intern and forensic anthropology student on the TV series "Bones," known for his troubled past and sharp analytical skills.
E. George Shelby
George Shelby is a lesser-known member of the Shelby family connected to Arthur Shelby in the Peaky Blinders universe.
F. None of above.

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_69e0c457579481909db68053ed99750c`	completed	April 16, 2026, 11:13 a.m.
NER	Named-entity recognition	`batch_69e9e9d04548819086594c20faa5217d`	completed	April 23, 2026, 9:43 a.m.

Created at: April 16, 2026, 6:06 p.m.