Triple

T4583969
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Milkman Dead E101922 entity
Predicate familyName P18 FINISHED
Object Dead
Dead is the surname of the central African American family in Toni Morrison’s novel "Song of Solomon," most notably borne by the protagonist Milkman Dead.
 E454602 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: Dead | Statement: [Milkman Dead, familyName, Dead]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Dead
Context triple: [Milkman Dead, familyName, Dead]
  • A. Death
    Death is an American proto-punk band from Detroit, formed in the early 1970s and later recognized as a pioneering influence on punk rock.
  • B. Death
    Death is the universal, irreversible cessation of life that marks the end of an organism’s biological functions and is a central theme in philosophy, religion, and mythology.
  • C. Die
    Die is a historic commune in southeastern France known for its medieval architecture and as a center of the Clairette de Die sparkling wine region.
  • D. Playdead
    Playdead is a Danish independent video game developer best known for creating the critically acclaimed puzzle-platformers Limbo and Inside.
  • E. Del
    Del is a common shortened form of the given name Derek, often used as an informal or familiar nickname.
  • 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: Dead
Triple: [Milkman Dead, familyName, Dead]
Generated description
Dead is the surname of the central African American family in Toni Morrison’s novel "Song of Solomon," most notably borne by the protagonist Milkman Dead.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Dead
Target entity description: Dead is the surname of the central African American family in Toni Morrison’s novel "Song of Solomon," most notably borne by the protagonist Milkman Dead.
  • A. Death
    Death is an American proto-punk band from Detroit, formed in the early 1970s and later recognized as a pioneering influence on punk rock.
  • B. Death
    Death is the universal, irreversible cessation of life that marks the end of an organism’s biological functions and is a central theme in philosophy, religion, and mythology.
  • C. Die
    Die is a historic commune in southeastern France known for its medieval architecture and as a center of the Clairette de Die sparkling wine region.
  • D. Playdead
    Playdead is a Danish independent video game developer best known for creating the critically acclaimed puzzle-platformers Limbo and Inside.
  • E. Del
    Del is a common shortened form of the given name Derek, often used as an informal or familiar nickname.
  • 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_69bd43d4ce208190b53158c882b222e3 completed March 20, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69bd590411dc81909c55d1c42a4d44ef completed March 20, 2026, 2:26 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69bde0a18c90819083953e78fc6de8db completed March 21, 2026, 12:04 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69bde2520f248190b746a322a3ec60bc completed March 21, 2026, 12:12 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69bde2aaf654819093e1cb3a533fead1 completed March 21, 2026, 12:13 a.m.
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:10 p.m.