Triple

T11987509
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject James McEachin E285318 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object Tell Me a Tale: A Novel of the Old South
"Tell Me a Tale: A Novel of the Old South" is a historical novel by James McEachin that explores life, race, and identity in the American South before and during the Civil War.
E958413 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: Tell Me a Tale: A Novel of the Old South | Statement: [James McEachin, notableWork, Tell Me a Tale: A Novel of the Old South]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Tell Me a Tale: A Novel of the Old South
Context triple: [James McEachin, notableWork, Tell Me a Tale: A Novel of the Old South]
  • A. A Letter from the South
    "A Letter from the South" is an essay by James Baldwin that reflects on race, history, and the Black experience in the American South.
  • B. The Lees of Old Virginia
    "The Lees of Old Virginia" is a lively, character-establishing song from the Broadway musical *1776* that humorously introduces Richard Henry Lee and his proud Virginia lineage.
  • C. The Unvanquished
    The Unvanquished is a novel by William Faulkner that follows a Southern family's experiences during and after the American Civil War, exploring themes of honor, change, and the legacy of the Old South.
  • D. The Unvanquished
    The Unvanquished is a historical novel by Howard Fast that dramatizes George Washington’s leadership and the struggles of the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War.
  • E. Gone: An Historical Romance of a Civil War as It Occurred Between the Dusky Thighs of One Young Negress and Her Heart
    "Gone: An Historical Romance of a Civil War as It Occurred Between the Dusky Thighs of One Young Negress and Her Heart" is a provocative cut-paper silhouette installation by Kara Walker that critiques antebellum racism, slavery, and sexual violence through stark, cartoon-like imagery.
  • 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: Tell Me a Tale: A Novel of the Old South
Triple: [James McEachin, notableWork, Tell Me a Tale: A Novel of the Old South]
Generated description
"Tell Me a Tale: A Novel of the Old South" is a historical novel by James McEachin that explores life, race, and identity in the American South before and during the Civil War.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Tell Me a Tale: A Novel of the Old South
Target entity description: "Tell Me a Tale: A Novel of the Old South" is a historical novel by James McEachin that explores life, race, and identity in the American South before and during the Civil War.
  • A. A Letter from the South
    "A Letter from the South" is an essay by James Baldwin that reflects on race, history, and the Black experience in the American South.
  • B. The Lees of Old Virginia
    "The Lees of Old Virginia" is a lively, character-establishing song from the Broadway musical *1776* that humorously introduces Richard Henry Lee and his proud Virginia lineage.
  • C. The Unvanquished
    The Unvanquished is a novel by William Faulkner that follows a Southern family's experiences during and after the American Civil War, exploring themes of honor, change, and the legacy of the Old South.
  • D. The Unvanquished
    The Unvanquished is a historical novel by Howard Fast that dramatizes George Washington’s leadership and the struggles of the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War.
  • E. Gone: An Historical Romance of a Civil War as It Occurred Between the Dusky Thighs of One Young Negress and Her Heart
    "Gone: An Historical Romance of a Civil War as It Occurred Between the Dusky Thighs of One Young Negress and Her Heart" is a provocative cut-paper silhouette installation by Kara Walker that critiques antebellum racism, slavery, and sexual violence through stark, cartoon-like imagery.
  • 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_69d6ab44a77c8190a652f4b27164e4ef completed April 8, 2026, 7:23 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d903ae28708190a826bad1624343eb completed April 10, 2026, 2:05 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f472492ebc8190b064e691bb70e356 completed May 1, 2026, 9:28 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f47b7c5af08190ab0bff1232530a0c completed May 1, 2026, 10:07 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f47dd51e648190bddd41766221e22d completed May 1, 2026, 10:17 a.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:46 p.m.