Triple

T2425499
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Cane E53515 entity
Predicate containsCharacter P5716 FINISHED
Object Tom Burwell
Tom Burwell is a central character in Jean Toomer’s modernist work "Cane," representing the struggles and inner life of African Americans in the rural South.
E314404 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: Tom Burwell | Statement: [Cane, containsCharacter, Tom Burwell]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Tom Burwell
Context triple: [Cane, containsCharacter, Tom Burwell]
  • A. Joe Bullock
    Joe Bullock is an Australian former trade union official and Labor Party senator for Western Australia known for his socially conservative views and controversial resignation from Parliament.
  • B. Don Burgess
    Don Burgess is an American cinematographer best known for his Oscar-nominated work on the film "Forrest Gump" and his frequent collaborations with director Robert Zemeckis.
  • C. Greg Stillson
    Greg Stillson is the ambitious, populist politician and primary antagonist in Stephen King’s novel "The Dead Zone," whose rise to power is foreseen to lead to catastrophic consequences.
  • D. Tom Burleson
    Tom Burleson is a retired American professional basketball center best known for his shot-blocking and rebounding in the NBA during the 1970s.
  • E. Buck Williams
    Buck Williams is a former American professional basketball player and three-time NBA All-Star best known for his rebounding prowess and long career with the New Jersey Nets and Portland Trail Blazers.
  • 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: Tom Burwell
Triple: [Cane, containsCharacter, Tom Burwell]
Generated description
Tom Burwell is a central character in Jean Toomer’s modernist work "Cane," representing the struggles and inner life of African Americans in the rural South.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Tom Burwell
Target entity description: Tom Burwell is a central character in Jean Toomer’s modernist work "Cane," representing the struggles and inner life of African Americans in the rural South.
  • A. Joe Bullock
    Joe Bullock is an Australian former trade union official and Labor Party senator for Western Australia known for his socially conservative views and controversial resignation from Parliament.
  • B. Don Burgess
    Don Burgess is an American cinematographer best known for his Oscar-nominated work on the film "Forrest Gump" and his frequent collaborations with director Robert Zemeckis.
  • C. Greg Stillson
    Greg Stillson is the ambitious, populist politician and primary antagonist in Stephen King’s novel "The Dead Zone," whose rise to power is foreseen to lead to catastrophic consequences.
  • D. Tom Burleson
    Tom Burleson is a retired American professional basketball center best known for his shot-blocking and rebounding in the NBA during the 1970s.
  • E. Buck Williams
    Buck Williams is a former American professional basketball player and three-time NBA All-Star best known for his rebounding prowess and long career with the New Jersey Nets and Portland Trail Blazers.
  • 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_69ab495c44d48190b7235b23719bc3f6 completed March 6, 2026, 9:38 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abc99a773c819092d5f3c297b83887 completed March 7, 2026, 6:45 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b0fc308f388190a10f79a02a867057 completed March 11, 2026, 5:22 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b0fd07b82881908d52ab2db2f2e54c completed March 11, 2026, 5:26 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b0fdba0fd88190a2e760f1770e846c completed March 11, 2026, 5:29 a.m.
Created at: March 6, 2026, 9:42 p.m.