Triple

T5587348
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Absalom, Absalom! E146787 entity
Predicate coNarrator P17575 FINISHED
Object Shreve McCannon
Shreve McCannon is a Canadian Harvard roommate of Quentin Compson who serves as a key narrative voice reconstructing the Sutpen family saga in William Faulkner’s novel "Absalom, Absalom!".
E536335 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: Shreve McCannon | Statement: [Absalom, Absalom!, coNarrator, Shreve McCannon]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Shreve McCannon
Context triple: [Absalom, Absalom!, coNarrator, Shreve McCannon]
  • A. Ward McAllister
    Ward McAllister was a prominent 19th-century New York social arbiter best known for codifying the rules of high society and helping define the elite circle known as "The Four Hundred."
  • B. J. S. T. Stranahan
    J. S. T. Stranahan was a prominent 19th-century American politician and civic leader, best known for his key role in the development of Brooklyn’s Prospect Park.
  • C. Hinton Blewett
    Hinton Blewett is a small rural village in Somerset, England, known for its historic church and scenic setting within the Chew Valley countryside.
  • D. Boyd Tinsley
    Boyd Tinsley is an American violinist and composer best known as a longtime member of the Dave Matthews Band.
  • E. Theodore Hickman
    Theodore Hickman is the charismatic yet self-deluding traveling salesman whose arrival and revelations drive the tragic unraveling of illusions in Eugene O’Neill’s play "The Iceman Cometh."
  • 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: Shreve McCannon
Triple: [Absalom, Absalom!, coNarrator, Shreve McCannon]
Generated description
Shreve McCannon is a Canadian Harvard roommate of Quentin Compson who serves as a key narrative voice reconstructing the Sutpen family saga in William Faulkner’s novel "Absalom, Absalom!".
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Shreve McCannon
Target entity description: Shreve McCannon is a Canadian Harvard roommate of Quentin Compson who serves as a key narrative voice reconstructing the Sutpen family saga in William Faulkner’s novel "Absalom, Absalom!".
  • A. Ward McAllister
    Ward McAllister was a prominent 19th-century New York social arbiter best known for codifying the rules of high society and helping define the elite circle known as "The Four Hundred."
  • B. J. S. T. Stranahan
    J. S. T. Stranahan was a prominent 19th-century American politician and civic leader, best known for his key role in the development of Brooklyn’s Prospect Park.
  • C. Hinton Blewett
    Hinton Blewett is a small rural village in Somerset, England, known for its historic church and scenic setting within the Chew Valley countryside.
  • D. Boyd Tinsley
    Boyd Tinsley is an American violinist and composer best known as a longtime member of the Dave Matthews Band.
  • E. Theodore Hickman
    Theodore Hickman is the charismatic yet self-deluding traveling salesman whose arrival and revelations drive the tragic unraveling of illusions in Eugene O’Neill’s play "The Iceman Cometh."
  • F. None of above. chosen
PD Predicate disambiguation gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: coNarrator
Context triple: [Absalom, Absalom!, coNarrator, Shreve McCannon]
  • A. storyBy
    Indicates that one entity is the creator or author of the story associated with another entity.
  • B. sectionNarrator
    Indicates that a given entity serves as the narrator or narrative voice for a particular section of a work.
  • C. narratorOf chosen
    Indicates that one entity serves as the narrator or storytelling voice for another entity, such as a text, story, or media work.
  • D. narratorType
    Indicates the narrative perspective or role from which a story or account is being told.
  • E. narratedTo
    Indicates that one entity tells or recounts a story, event, or information directly to another entity as the audience.
  • 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_69c009036c408190981a8d690b679b67 completed March 22, 2026, 3:21 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c0209d713081908b39ee8befb2faf7 completed March 22, 2026, 5:02 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c04d2f8710819094f5d052b767b9a6 completed March 22, 2026, 8:12 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c04e879a8c8190942968982223f6e4 completed March 22, 2026, 8:18 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c04f3c31b48190aeefd41bea55d367 completed March 22, 2026, 8:21 p.m.
PD Predicate disambiguation batch_69c01b16b9bc8190ab0b945507d90e05 completed March 22, 2026, 4:38 p.m.
Created at: March 22, 2026, 3:38 p.m.