Triple

T2895600
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Carson McCullers E63932 entity
Predicate birthName P65 FINISHED
Object Lula Carson Smith
Lula Carson Smith, better known as Carson McCullers, was an American novelist, short story writer, and playwright renowned for her explorations of loneliness and the human condition in the American South.
E364912 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: Lula Carson Smith | Statement: [Carson McCullers, birthName, Lula Carson Smith]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Lula Carson Smith
Context triple: [Carson McCullers, birthName, Lula Carson Smith]
  • A. Dixie Lee
    Dixie Lee was an American singer and actress of the early 20th century, best known for her work in film and music as well as her marriage to Bing Crosby.
  • B. Nellie W. Carter
    Nellie W. Carter was the mother of American actor and entertainer Mickey Rooney.
  • C. Doris Fallon
    Doris Fallon is the central teenage protagonist of the film "Teenage Rebel," whose struggles with family and identity drive the story’s emotional conflict.
  • D. Susan Holbert McDaniel
    Susan Holbert McDaniel was the mother of pioneering African American actress Hattie McDaniel, the first Black performer to win an Academy Award.
  • E. Ettie R. Garner
    Ettie R. Garner was the wife of John Nance Garner, the 32nd vice president of the United States, and served as his political partner and supporter throughout his long career in public office.
  • 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: Lula Carson Smith
Triple: [Carson McCullers, birthName, Lula Carson Smith]
Generated description
Lula Carson Smith, better known as Carson McCullers, was an American novelist, short story writer, and playwright renowned for her explorations of loneliness and the human condition in the American South.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Lula Carson Smith
Target entity description: Lula Carson Smith, better known as Carson McCullers, was an American novelist, short story writer, and playwright renowned for her explorations of loneliness and the human condition in the American South.
  • A. Dixie Lee
    Dixie Lee was an American singer and actress of the early 20th century, best known for her work in film and music as well as her marriage to Bing Crosby.
  • B. Nellie W. Carter
    Nellie W. Carter was the mother of American actor and entertainer Mickey Rooney.
  • C. Doris Fallon
    Doris Fallon is the central teenage protagonist of the film "Teenage Rebel," whose struggles with family and identity drive the story’s emotional conflict.
  • D. Susan Holbert McDaniel
    Susan Holbert McDaniel was the mother of pioneering African American actress Hattie McDaniel, the first Black performer to win an Academy Award.
  • E. Ettie R. Garner
    Ettie R. Garner was the wife of John Nance Garner, the 32nd vice president of the United States, and served as his political partner and supporter throughout his long career in public office.
  • 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_69ab4c45822c8190830c5f2bb97bcfd0 completed March 6, 2026, 9:51 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abe06509808190b673222b9ae3d599 completed March 7, 2026, 8:23 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b37e412a6c81908109b2afafe126cc completed March 13, 2026, 3:02 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b37eba29348190bfb3687afefe217b completed March 13, 2026, 3:04 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b37f1515f88190816c73aab8d2300e completed March 13, 2026, 3:05 a.m.
Created at: March 6, 2026, 10:08 p.m.