Triple
T2798104
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Let Us Now Praise Famous Men (photographs by Walker Evans) |
E53086
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasAuthorOfAccompanyingText |
P36598
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
James Agee
James Agee was an American writer, film critic, and screenwriter best known for his lyrical prose, influential criticism, and posthumously awarded Pulitzer Prize for his novel "A Death in the Family."
|
E298382
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (5 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: James Agee | Statement: [Let Us Now Praise Famous Men (photographs by Walker Evans), hasAuthorOfAccompanyingText, James Agee]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: James Agee Context triple: [Let Us Now Praise Famous Men (photographs by Walker Evans), hasAuthorOfAccompanyingText, James Agee]
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A.
Thomas Wolfe
Thomas Wolfe was a major early 20th-century American novelist best known for his sprawling, autobiographical works such as "Look Homeward, Angel."
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B.
Carson McCullers
Carson McCullers was an American novelist and short story writer known for her haunting explorations of loneliness, identity, and the human condition in the mid-20th-century American South.
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C.
Sherwood Anderson
Sherwood Anderson was an American modernist writer best known for his influential short story cycle "Winesburg, Ohio," which deeply explored small-town life and psychological realism.
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D.
Kay Boyle
Kay Boyle was an American writer and political activist associated with the Lost Generation, known for her experimental fiction, poetry, and short stories set in Europe between the World Wars.
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E.
Randall Jarrell
Randall Jarrell was an American poet, critic, and novelist known for his war-themed poetry and influential literary criticism in the mid-20th century.
- 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: James Agee Triple: [Let Us Now Praise Famous Men (photographs by Walker Evans), hasAuthorOfAccompanyingText, James Agee]
Generated description
James Agee was an American writer, film critic, and screenwriter best known for his lyrical prose, influential criticism, and posthumously awarded Pulitzer Prize for his novel "A Death in the Family."
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: James Agee Target entity description: James Agee was an American writer, film critic, and screenwriter best known for his lyrical prose, influential criticism, and posthumously awarded Pulitzer Prize for his novel "A Death in the Family."
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A.
Thomas Wolfe
Thomas Wolfe was a major early 20th-century American novelist best known for his sprawling, autobiographical works such as "Look Homeward, Angel."
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B.
Carson McCullers
Carson McCullers was an American novelist and short story writer known for her haunting explorations of loneliness, identity, and the human condition in the mid-20th-century American South.
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C.
Sherwood Anderson
Sherwood Anderson was an American modernist writer best known for his influential short story cycle "Winesburg, Ohio," which deeply explored small-town life and psychological realism.
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D.
Kay Boyle
Kay Boyle was an American writer and political activist associated with the Lost Generation, known for her experimental fiction, poetry, and short stories set in Europe between the World Wars.
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E.
Randall Jarrell
Randall Jarrell was an American poet, critic, and novelist known for his war-themed poetry and influential literary criticism in the mid-20th century.
- F. None of above. chosen
PD
Predicate disambiguation
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: hasAuthorOfAccompanyingText Context triple: [Let Us Now Praise Famous Men (photographs by Walker Evans), hasAuthorOfAccompanyingText, James Agee]
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A.
hasAuthor
Indicates that an entity is written or created by a specific author.
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B.
hasAuthorRelationship
Indicates a relationship where one entity serves as the author or creator of another entity (such as a work, document, or resource).
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C.
hasCompanionBook
Indicates that one entity (typically a primary work) is associated with another entity that serves as its companion book, providing supplementary or related content.
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D.
hasCoauthor
Indicates that two or more entities have jointly authored the same work or publication.
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E.
hasAuthorRelationshipToSubject
chosen
Indicates that an entity serves as the author or creator of the specified subject.
- F. None of above.
Provenance (6 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_69ab495a90788190941b6917e1eca3a6 |
completed | March 6, 2026, 9:38 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69abddf204148190a53f3f30d645d94c |
completed | March 7, 2026, 8:12 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69afc66798148190bd7b163043167409 |
completed | March 10, 2026, 7:21 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69afc6e808708190a6fecd30f47d7e5a |
completed | March 10, 2026, 7:23 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69afc766c2508190af1d598eb18d38f7 |
completed | March 10, 2026, 7:25 a.m. |
| PD | Predicate disambiguation | batch_69abdd040f9481908e9c7a2df88ea1ae |
completed | March 7, 2026, 8:08 a.m. |
Created at: March 6, 2026, 9:58 p.m.