Triple
T3632750
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | As I Lay Dying |
E76994
|
entity |
| Predicate | mainCharacter |
P1183
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Addie Bundren
Addie Bundren is the deceased matriarch of the Bundren family in William Faulkner’s Southern Gothic novel, whose death and complex inner life drive the story’s exploration of identity, suffering, and family.
|
E375591
|
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: Addie Bundren | Statement: [As I Lay Dying, mainCharacter, Addie Bundren]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Addie Bundren Context triple: [As I Lay Dying, mainCharacter, Addie Bundren]
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A.
Hazel Motes
Hazel Motes is the tormented, anti-religious preacher at the center of Flannery O’Connor’s novel "Wise Blood," known for founding the nihilistic Church Without Christ.
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B.
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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C.
Frank Gumm
Frank Gumm was an American vaudeville performer and theater owner best known as the father of legendary entertainer Judy Garland.
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D.
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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E.
Jack Gladney
Jack Gladney is the middle-aged, anxiety-ridden professor who founded the academic field of Hitler studies and narrates Don DeLillo’s novel "White Noise."
- 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: Addie Bundren Triple: [As I Lay Dying, mainCharacter, Addie Bundren]
Generated description
Addie Bundren is the deceased matriarch of the Bundren family in William Faulkner’s Southern Gothic novel, whose death and complex inner life drive the story’s exploration of identity, suffering, and family.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Addie Bundren Target entity description: Addie Bundren is the deceased matriarch of the Bundren family in William Faulkner’s Southern Gothic novel, whose death and complex inner life drive the story’s exploration of identity, suffering, and family.
-
A.
Hazel Motes
Hazel Motes is the tormented, anti-religious preacher at the center of Flannery O’Connor’s novel "Wise Blood," known for founding the nihilistic Church Without Christ.
-
B.
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.
-
C.
Frank Gumm
Frank Gumm was an American vaudeville performer and theater owner best known as the father of legendary entertainer Judy Garland.
-
D.
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.
-
E.
Jack Gladney
Jack Gladney is the middle-aged, anxiety-ridden professor who founded the academic field of Hitler studies and narrates Don DeLillo’s novel "White Noise."
- 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_69ad85dd0be48190b738990cb20c4731 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 2:21 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69adc30457608190840fb5b33f9965c4 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 6:42 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b44f1af1c48190a72effe80959bfb3 |
completed | March 13, 2026, 5:53 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69b4517370888190bd4082420c5d5a32 |
completed | March 13, 2026, 6:03 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69b458a3ad2c8190a0b50cc8a31ae5eb |
completed | March 13, 2026, 6:34 p.m. |
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:23 p.m.