Triple
T15621992
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Snopes family |
E375578
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasMember |
P10
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Hoake Snopes
Hoake Snopes is a minor member of William Faulkner’s fictional Snopes family, representing the clan’s characteristic opportunism and moral ambiguity in the Yoknapatawpha County saga.
|
E1167907
|
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: Hoake Snopes | Statement: [Snopes family, hasMember, Hoake Snopes]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Hoake Snopes Context triple: [Snopes family, hasMember, Hoake Snopes]
-
A.
Flem Snopes
Flem Snopes is a cunning, opportunistic antihero in William Faulkner’s Yoknapatawpha County saga, known for his ruthless social climbing and moral ambiguity.
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B.
Mink Snopes
Mink Snopes is a violent, vengeful member of William Faulkner’s fictional Snopes family, best known for his role in the novel "The Mansion" as a murderer whose actions drive key events in the Yoknapatawpha saga.
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C.
Ab Snopes
Ab Snopes is a recurring character in William Faulkner’s Yoknapatawpha County stories, often depicted as a poor, resentful sharecropper and arsonist whose actions embody themes of class conflict and moral corruption.
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D.
Eppa Hunton
Eppa Hunton was a Confederate brigadier general in the American Civil War who later became a U.S. Congressman and Senator from Virginia.
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E.
Bryon Snopes
Bryon Snopes is a fictional member of the Snopes family in William Faulkner’s Yoknapatawpha County saga, known for his involvement in the family’s morally ambiguous and often unscrupulous activities.
- 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: Hoake Snopes Triple: [Snopes family, hasMember, Hoake Snopes]
Generated description
Hoake Snopes is a minor member of William Faulkner’s fictional Snopes family, representing the clan’s characteristic opportunism and moral ambiguity in the Yoknapatawpha County saga.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Hoake Snopes Target entity description: Hoake Snopes is a minor member of William Faulkner’s fictional Snopes family, representing the clan’s characteristic opportunism and moral ambiguity in the Yoknapatawpha County saga.
-
A.
Flem Snopes
Flem Snopes is a cunning, opportunistic antihero in William Faulkner’s Yoknapatawpha County saga, known for his ruthless social climbing and moral ambiguity.
-
B.
Mink Snopes
Mink Snopes is a violent, vengeful member of William Faulkner’s fictional Snopes family, best known for his role in the novel "The Mansion" as a murderer whose actions drive key events in the Yoknapatawpha saga.
-
C.
Ab Snopes
Ab Snopes is a recurring character in William Faulkner’s Yoknapatawpha County stories, often depicted as a poor, resentful sharecropper and arsonist whose actions embody themes of class conflict and moral corruption.
-
D.
Eppa Hunton
Eppa Hunton was a Confederate brigadier general in the American Civil War who later became a U.S. Congressman and Senator from Virginia.
-
E.
Bryon Snopes
chosen
Bryon Snopes is a fictional member of the Snopes family in William Faulkner’s Yoknapatawpha County saga, known for his involvement in the family’s morally ambiguous and often unscrupulous activities.
- F. None of above.
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_69d85ccf2794819096cda4cbcb02d478 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 2:13 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e04e9a95f08190b0013ba1428849d3 |
completed | April 16, 2026, 2:51 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ff82e73534819095fca1b804d5db58 |
completed | May 9, 2026, 6:54 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69ff83f35f088190a7506cf7152ebb88 |
completed | May 9, 2026, 6:58 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69ff846436e48190b711da134c9a3b81 |
completed | May 9, 2026, 7 p.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 4:14 a.m.