Triple
T21447263
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Isaac McCaslin |
E529108
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entity |
| Predicate | father |
P120
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FINISHED |
| Object | Theophilus McCaslin (Buck) or Amodeus McCaslin (Buddy) (family line, depending on interpretation) |
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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: Theophilus McCaslin (Buck) or Amodeus McCaslin (Buddy) (family line, depending on interpretation) | Statement: [Isaac McCaslin, father, Theophilus McCaslin (Buck) or Amodeus McCaslin (Buddy) (family line, depending on interpretation)]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Theophilus McCaslin (Buck) or Amodeus McCaslin (Buddy) (family line, depending on interpretation) Context triple: [Isaac McCaslin, father, Theophilus McCaslin (Buck) or Amodeus McCaslin (Buddy) (family line, depending on interpretation)]
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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."
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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.
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C.
Amos McCoy – Walter Brennan
Amos McCoy, portrayed by Walter Brennan, is the gruff but warm-hearted patriarch of a West Virginia farm family who relocates to California in the classic American sitcom "The Real McCoys."
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D.
Uncle Quentin
Uncle Quentin is the often-absent-minded, irritable but brilliant scientist and father of George in Enid Blyton’s Famous Five series.
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E.
Mink Snopes
Mink Snopes is a violent, vengeful member of William Faulkner’s fictional Snopes family, best known for his role in the novel "The Mansion" as a murderer whose actions drive key events in the Yoknapatawpha saga.
- 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: Theophilus McCaslin (Buck) or Amodeus McCaslin (Buddy) (family line, depending on interpretation) Target entity description: Theophilus “Buck” McCaslin and Amodeus “Buddy” McCaslin are fictional brothers in William Faulkner’s Yoknapatawpha saga, central to the founding and moral legacy of the McCaslin plantation family line in works such as *Go Down, Moses*.
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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."
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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.
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C.
Amos McCoy – Walter Brennan
Amos McCoy, portrayed by Walter Brennan, is the gruff but warm-hearted patriarch of a West Virginia farm family who relocates to California in the classic American sitcom "The Real McCoys."
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D.
Uncle Quentin
Uncle Quentin is the often-absent-minded, irritable but brilliant scientist and father of George in Enid Blyton’s Famous Five series.
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E.
Mink Snopes
Mink Snopes is a violent, vengeful member of William Faulkner’s fictional Snopes family, best known for his role in the novel "The Mansion" as a murderer whose actions drive key events in the Yoknapatawpha saga.
- 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.