Triple

T15885384
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Vardaman Bundren E385179 entity
Predicate givenName P17 FINISHED
Object Vardaman
Vardaman is a young, psychologically complex character from William Faulkner’s novel "As I Lay Dying," known for his fragmented perception of his mother’s death.
 E1181136 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: Vardaman | Statement: [Vardaman Bundren, givenName, Vardaman]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Vardaman
Context triple: [Vardaman Bundren, givenName, Vardaman]
  • A. Thoosa
    Thoosa is a minor sea nymph in Greek mythology, known primarily as the mother of the Cyclops Polyphemus by the sea god Poseidon.
  • B. Kharis
    Kharis is a reanimated ancient Egyptian mummy who serves as the central monstrous antagonist in Universal Pictures’ classic Mummy film series.
  • C. Khamûl
    Khamûl is one of the chief Ringwraiths in J.R.R. Tolkien’s legendarium, second in power only to the Witch-king of Angmar.
  • D. Ninazu
    Ninazu is a Mesopotamian god associated primarily with the underworld and healing, often linked to serpents and chthonic powers.
  • E. Adonte
    Adonte is a town located within Aniocha South Local Government Area in Delta State, southern Nigeria.
  • 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: Vardaman
Triple: [Vardaman Bundren, givenName, Vardaman]
Generated description
Vardaman is a young, psychologically complex character from William Faulkner’s novel "As I Lay Dying," known for his fragmented perception of his mother’s death.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Vardaman
Target entity description: Vardaman is a young, psychologically complex character from William Faulkner’s novel "As I Lay Dying," known for his fragmented perception of his mother’s death.
  • A. Thoosa
    Thoosa is a minor sea nymph in Greek mythology, known primarily as the mother of the Cyclops Polyphemus by the sea god Poseidon.
  • B. Kharis
    Kharis is a reanimated ancient Egyptian mummy who serves as the central monstrous antagonist in Universal Pictures’ classic Mummy film series.
  • C. Khamûl
    Khamûl is one of the chief Ringwraiths in J.R.R. Tolkien’s legendarium, second in power only to the Witch-king of Angmar.
  • D. Ninazu
    Ninazu is a Mesopotamian god associated primarily with the underworld and healing, often linked to serpents and chthonic powers.
  • E. Adonte
    Adonte is a town located within Aniocha South Local Government Area in Delta State, southern Nigeria.
  • 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_69d86da5b800819083a31be937d738b0 completed April 10, 2026, 3:25 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e1561997bc8190a40e7d68defbbddd completed April 16, 2026, 9:35 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ffa95651f88190a9aac72a667b999f completed May 9, 2026, 9:38 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ffaa07df788190bae67f3d9a800331 completed May 9, 2026, 9:41 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ffaaa92a648190a09829ef3197223c completed May 9, 2026, 9:44 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 4:51 a.m.