Triple
T5587425
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | The Reivers |
E146789
|
entity |
| Predicate | featuresCharacter |
P626
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Ned McCaslin
Ned McCaslin is a supporting character in William Faulkner’s novel "The Reivers," involved in the comic misadventures surrounding a stolen car and a trip from Mississippi to Memphis.
|
E536336
|
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: Ned McCaslin | Statement: [The Reivers, featuresCharacter, Ned McCaslin]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ned McCaslin Context triple: [The Reivers, featuresCharacter, Ned McCaslin]
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A.
Ned Washington
Ned Washington was an American lyricist renowned for his work on classic film songs and popular standards in the mid-20th century.
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B.
Isaac McCaslin
Isaac McCaslin is a central character in William Faulkner’s Yoknapatawpha saga, best known as the morally reflective heir who grapples with his family’s legacy of slavery and land ownership in the novel "Go Down, Moses."
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C.
Slimm Calhoun
Slimm Calhoun is an American rapper from Atlanta best known for his work with the Dungeon Family collective and his early-2000s solo material.
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D.
Taylor Dooley
Taylor Dooley is an American actress best known for playing Lavagirl in the family adventure film "The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl in 3-D."
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E.
Jack Gladney
Jack Gladney is the middle-aged, anxiety-ridden professor who founded the academic field of Hitler studies and narrates Don DeLillo’s novel "White Noise."
- 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: Ned McCaslin Triple: [The Reivers, featuresCharacter, Ned McCaslin]
Generated description
Ned McCaslin is a supporting character in William Faulkner’s novel "The Reivers," involved in the comic misadventures surrounding a stolen car and a trip from Mississippi to Memphis.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ned McCaslin Target entity description: Ned McCaslin is a supporting character in William Faulkner’s novel "The Reivers," involved in the comic misadventures surrounding a stolen car and a trip from Mississippi to Memphis.
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A.
Ned Washington
Ned Washington was an American lyricist renowned for his work on classic film songs and popular standards in the mid-20th century.
-
B.
Isaac McCaslin
Isaac McCaslin is a central character in William Faulkner’s Yoknapatawpha saga, best known as the morally reflective heir who grapples with his family’s legacy of slavery and land ownership in the novel "Go Down, Moses."
-
C.
Slimm Calhoun
Slimm Calhoun is an American rapper from Atlanta best known for his work with the Dungeon Family collective and his early-2000s solo material.
-
D.
Taylor Dooley
Taylor Dooley is an American actress best known for playing Lavagirl in the family adventure film "The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl in 3-D."
-
E.
Jack Gladney
Jack Gladney is the middle-aged, anxiety-ridden professor who founded the academic field of Hitler studies and narrates Don DeLillo’s novel "White Noise."
- 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_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. |
Created at: March 22, 2026, 3:38 p.m.