Triple
T4456008
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Alan Arkin |
E97723
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableRole |
P22
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
John Singer in The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
John Singer in *The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter* is a deaf-mute man whose quiet presence and compassionate listening make him the emotional center for a group of lonely, struggling characters in a Southern mill town.
|
E442209
|
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: John Singer in The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter | Statement: [Alan Arkin, notableRole, John Singer in The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Singer in The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter Context triple: [Alan Arkin, notableRole, John Singer in The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter]
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A.
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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B.
Reeves McCullers
Reeves McCullers was the husband of American novelist Carson McCullers and a key figure in her tumultuous personal life.
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C.
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."
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D.
Hazel Motes
Hazel Motes is the tormented, anti-religious preacher at the center of Flannery O’Connor’s novel "Wise Blood," known for founding the nihilistic Church Without Christ.
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E.
Katherine Anne Porter
Katherine Anne Porter was an American journalist, essayist, and Pulitzer Prize–winning author best known for her short stories and the novel "Ship of Fools."
- 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: John Singer in The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter Triple: [Alan Arkin, notableRole, John Singer in The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter]
Generated description
John Singer in *The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter* is a deaf-mute man whose quiet presence and compassionate listening make him the emotional center for a group of lonely, struggling characters in a Southern mill town.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Singer in The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter Target entity description: John Singer in *The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter* is a deaf-mute man whose quiet presence and compassionate listening make him the emotional center for a group of lonely, struggling characters in a Southern mill town.
-
A.
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.
-
B.
Reeves McCullers
Reeves McCullers was the husband of American novelist Carson McCullers and a key figure in her tumultuous personal life.
-
C.
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."
-
D.
Hazel Motes
Hazel Motes is the tormented, anti-religious preacher at the center of Flannery O’Connor’s novel "Wise Blood," known for founding the nihilistic Church Without Christ.
-
E.
Katherine Anne Porter
Katherine Anne Porter was an American journalist, essayist, and Pulitzer Prize–winning author best known for her short stories and the novel "Ship of Fools."
- 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_69b3454777808190b78aa9047ba1f018 |
completed | March 12, 2026, 10:59 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69b3564216b081908c41109100b36862 |
completed | March 13, 2026, 12:11 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b6282743e08190a2c84f3b80c6d260 |
completed | March 15, 2026, 3:31 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69b62af29d3c81908cb82d142c2a55a4 |
completed | March 15, 2026, 3:43 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69b62ba4d6c88190b4eaacd09a0b2b66 |
completed | March 15, 2026, 3:46 a.m. |
Created at: March 12, 2026, 11:33 p.m.