Triple
T12522754
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Reflections in a Golden Eye |
E299358
|
entity |
| Predicate | character |
P662
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Major Weldon Penderton
Major Weldon Penderton is a repressed, emotionally tormented army officer whose inner conflicts and obsessions drive much of the psychological drama in Carson McCullers’ novel "Reflections in a Golden Eye."
|
E986608
|
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: Major Weldon Penderton | Statement: [Reflections in a Golden Eye, character, Major Weldon Penderton]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Major Weldon Penderton Context triple: [Reflections in a Golden Eye, character, Major Weldon Penderton]
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A.
Gideon J. Pillow
Gideon J. Pillow was a controversial American lawyer, politician, and general who served in both the Mexican–American War and the Confederate Army during the Civil War.
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B.
William J. Hardee
William J. Hardee was a career U.S. Army officer and later Confederate lieutenant general best known for authoring a widely used infantry tactics manual before and during the American Civil War.
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C.
Henry Heth
Henry Heth was a Confederate major general in the American Civil War, best known for commanding a division in the Army of Northern Virginia and for initiating the first day’s fighting at the Battle of Gettysburg.
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D.
Patrick Cleburne
Patrick Cleburne was an Irish-born Confederate major general in the American Civil War, renowned for his tactical skill and his controversial proposal to arm enslaved people in exchange for their freedom.
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E.
Winfield S. Cunningham
Winfield S. Cunningham was a U.S. Navy officer best known for leading the outnumbered American defense of Wake Island against Japanese forces early in World War II.
- 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: Major Weldon Penderton Triple: [Reflections in a Golden Eye, character, Major Weldon Penderton]
Generated description
Major Weldon Penderton is a repressed, emotionally tormented army officer whose inner conflicts and obsessions drive much of the psychological drama in Carson McCullers’ novel "Reflections in a Golden Eye."
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Major Weldon Penderton Target entity description: Major Weldon Penderton is a repressed, emotionally tormented army officer whose inner conflicts and obsessions drive much of the psychological drama in Carson McCullers’ novel "Reflections in a Golden Eye."
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A.
Gideon J. Pillow
Gideon J. Pillow was a controversial American lawyer, politician, and general who served in both the Mexican–American War and the Confederate Army during the Civil War.
-
B.
William J. Hardee
William J. Hardee was a career U.S. Army officer and later Confederate lieutenant general best known for authoring a widely used infantry tactics manual before and during the American Civil War.
-
C.
Henry Heth
Henry Heth was a Confederate major general in the American Civil War, best known for commanding a division in the Army of Northern Virginia and for initiating the first day’s fighting at the Battle of Gettysburg.
-
D.
Patrick Cleburne
Patrick Cleburne was an Irish-born Confederate major general in the American Civil War, renowned for his tactical skill and his controversial proposal to arm enslaved people in exchange for their freedom.
-
E.
Winfield S. Cunningham
Winfield S. Cunningham was a U.S. Navy officer best known for leading the outnumbered American defense of Wake Island against Japanese forces early in World War II.
- 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_69d6ada5cdd48190860d9ce30aff69be |
completed | April 8, 2026, 7:33 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d9545c2aa081908e8a5a94d30e23eb |
completed | April 10, 2026, 7:49 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69f64bc159c88190835fea5c0d9ee799 |
completed | May 2, 2026, 7:08 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69f64def9a6081908c3048f948829051 |
completed | May 2, 2026, 7:18 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69f64ea1719c8190b91ffaab60db25ad |
completed | May 2, 2026, 7:21 p.m. |
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:57 p.m.