Triple
T8316664
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | The Lottery |
E194721
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableCharacter |
P1481
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Mr. Summers
Mr. Summers is the town official in Shirley Jackson’s short story “The Lottery” who organizes and oversees the annual ritual, embodying the community’s unquestioned adherence to tradition.
|
E725662
|
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: Mr. Summers | Statement: [The Lottery, notableCharacter, Mr. Summers]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mr. Summers Context triple: [The Lottery, notableCharacter, Mr. Summers]
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A.
Judge Merle
Judge Merle is a fictional judge who presides over the central courtroom trial in the play and film "Inherit the Wind."
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B.
Judge Rutherford
Judge Rutherford was the second president of the Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society and a key figure in shaping the doctrines and global expansion of Jehovah’s Witnesses in the early 20th century.
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C.
Walden Schmidt
Walden Schmidt is a wealthy, socially awkward internet billionaire who becomes one of the central characters in the sitcom "Two and a Half Men."
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D.
Stringer Bell
Stringer Bell is a central character in the television series "The Wire," a calculating drug kingpin who studies business and economics to run his criminal organization like a legitimate enterprise.
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E.
Franklin Simmons
Franklin Simmons was a 19th-century American sculptor known for his public monuments and commemorative statues, particularly those related to the Civil War.
- 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: Mr. Summers Triple: [The Lottery, notableCharacter, Mr. Summers]
Generated description
Mr. Summers is the town official in Shirley Jackson’s short story “The Lottery” who organizes and oversees the annual ritual, embodying the community’s unquestioned adherence to tradition.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mr. Summers Target entity description: Mr. Summers is the town official in Shirley Jackson’s short story “The Lottery” who organizes and oversees the annual ritual, embodying the community’s unquestioned adherence to tradition.
-
A.
Judge Merle
Judge Merle is a fictional judge who presides over the central courtroom trial in the play and film "Inherit the Wind."
-
B.
Judge Rutherford
Judge Rutherford was the second president of the Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society and a key figure in shaping the doctrines and global expansion of Jehovah’s Witnesses in the early 20th century.
-
C.
Walden Schmidt
Walden Schmidt is a wealthy, socially awkward internet billionaire who becomes one of the central characters in the sitcom "Two and a Half Men."
-
D.
Stringer Bell
Stringer Bell is a central character in the television series "The Wire," a calculating drug kingpin who studies business and economics to run his criminal organization like a legitimate enterprise.
-
E.
Franklin Simmons
Franklin Simmons was a 19th-century American sculptor known for his public monuments and commemorative statues, particularly those related to the Civil War.
- 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_69ca82e6e2648190a31eaf6f4f757b2a |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:04 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cb7f557a7881908adcf353f7297848 |
completed | March 31, 2026, 8:01 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69cd958cf0808190af59e36c35b91e58 |
completed | April 1, 2026, 10 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69cdab5d649c819098a7643d5a0b7827 |
completed | April 1, 2026, 11:33 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69cdb2c2e2248190bf52466abaebfe29 |
completed | April 2, 2026, 12:05 a.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 5:55 p.m.