Triple
T3632756
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | As I Lay Dying |
E76994
|
entity |
| Predicate | mainCharacter |
P1183
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Vardaman Bundren
Vardaman Bundren is the youngest, emotionally troubled son in William Faulkner’s novel "As I Lay Dying," known for his fragmented, childlike perspective and the famous line “My mother is a fish.”
|
E385179
|
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: Vardaman Bundren | Statement: [As I Lay Dying, mainCharacter, Vardaman Bundren]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Vardaman Bundren Context triple: [As I Lay Dying, mainCharacter, Vardaman Bundren]
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A.
Darl Bundren
Darl Bundren is a central, introspective and increasingly unstable member of the Bundren family in William Faulkner’s novel *As I Lay Dying*, known for his fragmented narration and eventual descent into madness.
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B.
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.
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C.
Jewel Bundren
Jewel Bundren is a fiercely independent and emotionally intense son in William Faulkner’s novel "As I Lay Dying," known for his deep attachment to his mother and his volatile, often isolated nature.
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D.
Dewey Dell Bundren
Dewey Dell Bundren is a central character in William Faulkner’s novel *As I Lay Dying*, a young, pregnant daughter in the Bundren family whose inner turmoil and limited agency highlight themes of isolation, gender, and desperation in the rural American South.
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E.
Anse Bundren
Anse Bundren is the indolent, self-absorbed patriarch of the Bundren family in William Faulkner’s novel "As I Lay Dying."
- 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: Vardaman Bundren Triple: [As I Lay Dying, mainCharacter, Vardaman Bundren]
Generated description
Vardaman Bundren is the youngest, emotionally troubled son in William Faulkner’s novel "As I Lay Dying," known for his fragmented, childlike perspective and the famous line “My mother is a fish.”
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Vardaman Bundren Target entity description: Vardaman Bundren is the youngest, emotionally troubled son in William Faulkner’s novel "As I Lay Dying," known for his fragmented, childlike perspective and the famous line “My mother is a fish.”
-
A.
Darl Bundren
Darl Bundren is a central, introspective and increasingly unstable member of the Bundren family in William Faulkner’s novel *As I Lay Dying*, known for his fragmented narration and eventual descent into madness.
-
B.
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.
-
C.
Jewel Bundren
Jewel Bundren is a fiercely independent and emotionally intense son in William Faulkner’s novel "As I Lay Dying," known for his deep attachment to his mother and his volatile, often isolated nature.
-
D.
Dewey Dell Bundren
Dewey Dell Bundren is a central character in William Faulkner’s novel *As I Lay Dying*, a young, pregnant daughter in the Bundren family whose inner turmoil and limited agency highlight themes of isolation, gender, and desperation in the rural American South.
-
E.
Anse Bundren
Anse Bundren is the indolent, self-absorbed patriarch of the Bundren family in William Faulkner’s novel "As I Lay Dying."
- 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_69b4daf8199481909fdeed33a4874b4b |
completed | March 14, 2026, 3:50 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69b4decbc158819096c41c738c85f228 |
completed | March 14, 2026, 4:06 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69b4df26a7688190881bbd07e9226bf1 |
completed | March 14, 2026, 4:08 a.m. |
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:23 p.m.