Triple
T3632533
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Benjy Compson |
E76989
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entity |
| Predicate | originalName |
P65
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FINISHED |
| Object |
Maury Compson
Maury Compson is a character in William Faulkner’s novel "The Sound and the Fury," later renamed Benjy Compson, whose intellectual disability and fragmented narrative perspective are central to the book’s experimental structure.
|
E76989
|
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: Maury Compson | Statement: [Benjy Compson, originalName, Maury Compson]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Maury Compson Context triple: [Benjy Compson, originalName, Maury Compson]
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A.
Mr. Jason Compson III
Mr. Jason Compson III is a bitter, cynical, and financially obsessed member of the Compson family in William Faulkner’s novel "The Sound and the Fury," embodying the decay and moral corruption of the Southern aristocracy.
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B.
Quentin Compson
Quentin Compson is a tormented, introspective member of the Compson family in William Faulkner’s Yoknapatawpha saga, best known for his obsessive concern with time, honor, and his sister Caddy.
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C.
Caddy Compson
Caddy Compson is a central, elusive figure in William Faulkner’s novel "The Sound and the Fury," whose troubled life and moral transgressions profoundly shape the fate and inner turmoil of the Compson family.
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D.
Benjy Compson
Benjy Compson is a cognitively disabled, emotionally sensitive member of the Compson family whose fragmented, non-linear perspective opens William Faulkner’s novel "The Sound and the Fury."
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E.
Caroline Compson
Caroline Compson is the self-pitying, hypochondriacal matriarch of the Compson family in William Faulkner’s novel *The Sound and the Fury*, whose emotional fragility and narcissism contribute to her family’s decline.
- 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: Maury Compson Triple: [Benjy Compson, originalName, Maury Compson]
Generated description
Maury Compson is a character in William Faulkner’s novel "The Sound and the Fury," later renamed Benjy Compson, whose intellectual disability and fragmented narrative perspective are central to the book’s experimental structure.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Maury Compson Target entity description: Maury Compson is a character in William Faulkner’s novel "The Sound and the Fury," later renamed Benjy Compson, whose intellectual disability and fragmented narrative perspective are central to the book’s experimental structure.
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A.
Mr. Jason Compson III
Mr. Jason Compson III is a bitter, cynical, and financially obsessed member of the Compson family in William Faulkner’s novel "The Sound and the Fury," embodying the decay and moral corruption of the Southern aristocracy.
-
B.
Quentin Compson
Quentin Compson is a tormented, introspective member of the Compson family in William Faulkner’s Yoknapatawpha saga, best known for his obsessive concern with time, honor, and his sister Caddy.
-
C.
Caddy Compson
Caddy Compson is a central, elusive figure in William Faulkner’s novel "The Sound and the Fury," whose troubled life and moral transgressions profoundly shape the fate and inner turmoil of the Compson family.
-
D.
Benjy Compson
chosen
Benjy Compson is a cognitively disabled, emotionally sensitive member of the Compson family whose fragmented, non-linear perspective opens William Faulkner’s novel "The Sound and the Fury."
-
E.
Caroline Compson
Caroline Compson is the self-pitying, hypochondriacal matriarch of the Compson family in William Faulkner’s novel *The Sound and the Fury*, whose emotional fragility and narcissism contribute to her family’s decline.
- 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_69ad85dc03948190b35b7189e4175bcc |
completed | March 8, 2026, 2:21 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69adc30251d881908284edeb7fe69ad8 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 6:42 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b4cddcfeec8190920648ec66b2a53c |
completed | March 14, 2026, 2:54 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69b4ce60cf88819094616f7c2a604946 |
completed | March 14, 2026, 2:56 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69b4cea9c7008190a69e3fa4cdd90fd8 |
completed | March 14, 2026, 2:57 a.m. |
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:23 p.m.