Triple

T18600367
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Dead E454602 entity
Predicate hasNotableBearer P458 FINISHED
Object Macon Dead I
Macon Dead I is a fictional character in Toni Morrison’s novel "Song of Solomon," known as the illiterate former slave whose misrecorded name becomes the symbolic surname of his descendants.
E1336579 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: Macon Dead I | Statement: [Dead, hasNotableBearer, Macon Dead I]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Macon Dead I
Context triple: [Dead, hasNotableBearer, Macon Dead I]
  • A. Macon Dead III
    Macon Dead III, better known as Milkman Dead, is the introspective protagonist of Toni Morrison’s novel "Song of Solomon," whose journey explores themes of identity, heritage, and personal freedom.
  • B. Macon Dead II
    Macon Dead II is a central character in Toni Morrison’s novel "Song of Solomon," a wealthy, materialistic landlord whose troubled past and family relationships shape much of the story’s exploration of identity and heritage.
  • C. Macon Dead Jr.
    Macon Dead Jr. is a central character in Toni Morrison’s novel "Song of Solomon," portrayed as a wealthy, materialistic Black landlord whose harshness and obsession with property profoundly shape his family’s lives.
  • D. The Glorious Dead
    "The Glorious Dead" is a solemn commemorative phrase honoring those who lost their lives in war, famously inscribed on the Cenotaph in Whitehall, London.
  • E. From the Dead
    "From the Dead" is a song from the Broadway musical adaptation of Anne Rice's Vampire Chronicles, Lestat, composed by Elton John with lyrics by Bernie Taupin.
  • 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: Macon Dead I
Triple: [Dead, hasNotableBearer, Macon Dead I]
Generated description
Macon Dead I is a fictional character in Toni Morrison’s novel "Song of Solomon," known as the illiterate former slave whose misrecorded name becomes the symbolic surname of his descendants.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Macon Dead I
Target entity description: Macon Dead I is a fictional character in Toni Morrison’s novel "Song of Solomon," known as the illiterate former slave whose misrecorded name becomes the symbolic surname of his descendants.
  • A. Macon Dead III
    Macon Dead III, better known as Milkman Dead, is the introspective protagonist of Toni Morrison’s novel "Song of Solomon," whose journey explores themes of identity, heritage, and personal freedom.
  • B. Macon Dead II
    Macon Dead II is a central character in Toni Morrison’s novel "Song of Solomon," a wealthy, materialistic landlord whose troubled past and family relationships shape much of the story’s exploration of identity and heritage.
  • C. Macon Dead Jr.
    Macon Dead Jr. is a central character in Toni Morrison’s novel "Song of Solomon," portrayed as a wealthy, materialistic Black landlord whose harshness and obsession with property profoundly shape his family’s lives.
  • D. The Glorious Dead
    "The Glorious Dead" is a solemn commemorative phrase honoring those who lost their lives in war, famously inscribed on the Cenotaph in Whitehall, London.
  • E. From the Dead
    "From the Dead" is a song from the Broadway musical adaptation of Anne Rice's Vampire Chronicles, Lestat, composed by Elton John with lyrics by Bernie Taupin.
  • 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_69d8d38ae7e081908a98df1251842402 completed April 10, 2026, 10:40 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e5475018548190a2f497081af7ce55 completed April 19, 2026, 9:21 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a05170f76188190912e8f79bd110b09 completed May 14, 2026, 12:27 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a05192a654481908235ea8e16150c9b completed May 14, 2026, 12:36 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a05199a9abc8190baba3e1ba422fd03 completed May 14, 2026, 12:38 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 11:45 a.m.