Triple

T21708683
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Joanna Burden E535839 entity
Predicate deathInWork P34448 FINISHED
Object Murdered in Light in August
Murdered in *Light in August* is a pivotal plot event in William Faulkner’s novel in which the reclusive, Northern-born Joanna Burden is violently killed, triggering racial and social tensions in the Southern community.
E1498451 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: Murdered in Light in August | Statement: [Joanna Burden, deathInWork, Murdered in Light in August]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Murdered in Light in August
Context triple: [Joanna Burden, deathInWork, Murdered in Light in August]
  • A. The Lonesome Death of Jordy Verrill
    "The Lonesome Death of Jordy Verrill" is a darkly comic horror segment from the anthology film Creepshow, based on a Stephen King story about a backwoods farmer whose encounter with a meteorite leads to a grotesque, plant-like transformation.
  • B. In My Time of Dyin’
    "In My Time of Dyin’" is a traditional gospel-blues song that has been interpreted and recorded by numerous artists across folk, blues, and rock music.
  • C. Milkman Dead
    Milkman Dead is the introspective African American protagonist of Toni Morrison’s novel "Song of Solomon," whose journey of self-discovery explores themes of identity, heritage, and personal freedom.
  • D. Death in the Deep South
    Death in the Deep South is a crime novel by American writer Ward Greene, best known as the literary basis for the film "They Won't Forget."
  • E. The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll
    "The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll" is a 1964 protest song by Bob Dylan that recounts the racially charged killing of Black barmaid Hattie Carroll and condemns the lenient sentence given to her wealthy white assailant.
  • 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: Murdered in Light in August
Triple: [Joanna Burden, deathInWork, Murdered in Light in August]
Generated description
Murdered in *Light in August* is a pivotal plot event in William Faulkner’s novel in which the reclusive, Northern-born Joanna Burden is violently killed, triggering racial and social tensions in the Southern community.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Murdered in Light in August
Target entity description: Murdered in *Light in August* is a pivotal plot event in William Faulkner’s novel in which the reclusive, Northern-born Joanna Burden is violently killed, triggering racial and social tensions in the Southern community.
  • A. The Lonesome Death of Jordy Verrill
    "The Lonesome Death of Jordy Verrill" is a darkly comic horror segment from the anthology film Creepshow, based on a Stephen King story about a backwoods farmer whose encounter with a meteorite leads to a grotesque, plant-like transformation.
  • B. In My Time of Dyin’
    "In My Time of Dyin’" is a traditional gospel-blues song that has been interpreted and recorded by numerous artists across folk, blues, and rock music.
  • C. Milkman Dead
    Milkman Dead is the introspective African American protagonist of Toni Morrison’s novel "Song of Solomon," whose journey of self-discovery explores themes of identity, heritage, and personal freedom.
  • D. Death in the Deep South
    Death in the Deep South is a crime novel by American writer Ward Greene, best known as the literary basis for the film "They Won't Forget."
  • E. The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll
    "The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll" is a 1964 protest song by Bob Dylan that recounts the racially charged killing of Black barmaid Hattie Carroll and condemns the lenient sentence given to her wealthy white assailant.
  • 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_69e0c46b44c0819088ab883ebd44e0e8 completed April 16, 2026, 11:13 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69efb5314a288190b4b8347cca15aaa8 completed April 27, 2026, 7:12 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a0a24ad3fe88190ad0a240928367700 completed May 17, 2026, 8:27 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a0a27c5795c81909e41d7e8e1f95e81 completed May 17, 2026, 8:40 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a0a28a016a08190b67eae1e64619b62 completed May 17, 2026, 8:44 p.m.
Created at: April 16, 2026, 6:46 p.m.