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]
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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."
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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.
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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.
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D.
Boyd Tinsley
Boyd Tinsley is an American violinist and composer best known as a longtime member of the Dave Matthews Band.
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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!".
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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."
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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.
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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.
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D.
Boyd Tinsley
Boyd Tinsley is an American violinist and composer best known as a longtime member of the Dave Matthews Band.
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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]
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A.
storyBy
Indicates that one entity is the creator or author of the story associated with another entity.
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B.
sectionNarrator
Indicates that a given entity serves as the narrator or narrative voice for a particular section of a work.
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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.
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D.
narratorType
Indicates the narrative perspective or role from which a story or account is being told.
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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.