Triple

T2569238
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Ma Joad E57624 entity
Predicate hasChild P369 FINISHED
Object Al Joad
Al Joad is a mechanically skilled, car-obsessed younger son of the Joad family in John Steinbeck’s novel "The Grapes of Wrath," known for his growth from a carefree youth to a more responsible family member during their migration.
E284129 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: Al Joad | Statement: [Ma Joad, hasChild, Al Joad]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Al Joad
Context triple: [Ma Joad, hasChild, Al Joad]
  • A. Joad family
    The Joad family is the central Dust Bowl-era migrant family in John Steinbeck’s novel "The Grapes of Wrath," whose journey from Oklahoma to California embodies the struggles of poverty, displacement, and resilience during the Great Depression.
  • B. Ma Joad
    Ma Joad is the resilient, compassionate matriarch of the Joad family in John Steinbeck's novel "The Grapes of Wrath," symbolizing strength and unity amid hardship during the Great Depression.
  • C. Pa Joad
    Pa Joad is the hard-working, increasingly disempowered patriarch of the Joad family in John Steinbeck’s novel "The Grapes of Wrath," embodying the struggles of Dust Bowl-era migrant farmers.
  • D. Rose of Sharon Joad
    Rose of Sharon Joad is a young, pregnant member of the Joad family in John Steinbeck’s novel "The Grapes of Wrath," whose experiences embody themes of hardship, loss, and ultimately selfless compassion during the Great Depression.
  • E. Tom Joad
    Tom Joad is the central, morally driven migrant worker in John Steinbeck's novel "The Grapes of Wrath," symbolizing social justice and the struggles of the American Dust Bowl era.
  • 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: Al Joad
Triple: [Ma Joad, hasChild, Al Joad]
Generated description
Al Joad is a mechanically skilled, car-obsessed younger son of the Joad family in John Steinbeck’s novel "The Grapes of Wrath," known for his growth from a carefree youth to a more responsible family member during their migration.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Al Joad
Target entity description: Al Joad is a mechanically skilled, car-obsessed younger son of the Joad family in John Steinbeck’s novel "The Grapes of Wrath," known for his growth from a carefree youth to a more responsible family member during their migration.
  • A. Joad family
    The Joad family is the central Dust Bowl-era migrant family in John Steinbeck’s novel "The Grapes of Wrath," whose journey from Oklahoma to California embodies the struggles of poverty, displacement, and resilience during the Great Depression.
  • B. Ma Joad
    Ma Joad is the resilient, compassionate matriarch of the Joad family in John Steinbeck's novel "The Grapes of Wrath," symbolizing strength and unity amid hardship during the Great Depression.
  • C. Pa Joad
    Pa Joad is the hard-working, increasingly disempowered patriarch of the Joad family in John Steinbeck’s novel "The Grapes of Wrath," embodying the struggles of Dust Bowl-era migrant farmers.
  • D. Rose of Sharon Joad
    Rose of Sharon Joad is a young, pregnant member of the Joad family in John Steinbeck’s novel "The Grapes of Wrath," whose experiences embody themes of hardship, loss, and ultimately selfless compassion during the Great Depression.
  • E. Tom Joad
    Tom Joad is the central, morally driven migrant worker in John Steinbeck's novel "The Grapes of Wrath," symbolizing social justice and the struggles of the American Dust Bowl era.
  • 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_69ab4a51410081908501dcf8bad9adc4 completed March 6, 2026, 9:42 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abd380d6e081909c124e8a0b7feef3 completed March 7, 2026, 7:28 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69af90721edc8190a80decc7195f80de completed March 10, 2026, 3:30 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69af92e781648190a4587c8a7691f819 completed March 10, 2026, 3:41 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69af935bb8ec81909282eb08976469e3 completed March 10, 2026, 3:43 a.m.
Created at: March 6, 2026, 9:48 p.m.