Triple
T3632767
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | As I Lay Dying |
E76994
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasCharacter |
P2308
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Reverend Whitfield
Reverend Whitfield is a minor but pivotal clergyman in William Faulkner’s novel "As I Lay Dying," whose moral failings and secret guilt contrast sharply with his public image of piety.
|
E375594
|
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: Reverend Whitfield | Statement: [As I Lay Dying, hasCharacter, Reverend Whitfield]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Reverend Whitfield Context triple: [As I Lay Dying, hasCharacter, Reverend Whitfield]
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A.
Reverend Henry Biggs
Reverend Henry Biggs is the kind-hearted but overworked pastor and central figure in the film "The Preacher's Wife," whose faith and family life are tested until an angel intervenes to help him.
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B.
Reverend Jeremiah Brown
Reverend Jeremiah Brown is a fiery, fundamentalist preacher in the play "Inherit the Wind," known for his uncompromising religious zeal and harsh condemnation of evolution and its supporters.
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C.
Reverend Wicks Cherrycoke
Reverend Wicks Cherrycoke is a fictional clergyman and eccentric storyteller who serves as the framing narrator of Thomas Pynchon’s novel "Mason & Dixon."
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D.
Reverend Jonas Clarke
Reverend Jonas Clarke was an 18th-century Congregational minister in Lexington, Massachusetts, known for his influential role in the events leading up to and during the American Revolutionary War.
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E.
The Reverend William Burks
The Reverend William Burks was a clergyman and musician known for his vocal performance on the 1974 funk classic "Birth of a Prince."
- 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: Reverend Whitfield Triple: [As I Lay Dying, hasCharacter, Reverend Whitfield]
Generated description
Reverend Whitfield is a minor but pivotal clergyman in William Faulkner’s novel "As I Lay Dying," whose moral failings and secret guilt contrast sharply with his public image of piety.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Reverend Whitfield Target entity description: Reverend Whitfield is a minor but pivotal clergyman in William Faulkner’s novel "As I Lay Dying," whose moral failings and secret guilt contrast sharply with his public image of piety.
-
A.
Reverend Henry Biggs
Reverend Henry Biggs is the kind-hearted but overworked pastor and central figure in the film "The Preacher's Wife," whose faith and family life are tested until an angel intervenes to help him.
-
B.
Reverend Jeremiah Brown
Reverend Jeremiah Brown is a fiery, fundamentalist preacher in the play "Inherit the Wind," known for his uncompromising religious zeal and harsh condemnation of evolution and its supporters.
-
C.
Reverend Wicks Cherrycoke
Reverend Wicks Cherrycoke is a fictional clergyman and eccentric storyteller who serves as the framing narrator of Thomas Pynchon’s novel "Mason & Dixon."
-
D.
Reverend Jonas Clarke
Reverend Jonas Clarke was an 18th-century Congregational minister in Lexington, Massachusetts, known for his influential role in the events leading up to and during the American Revolutionary War.
-
E.
The Reverend William Burks
The Reverend William Burks was a clergyman and musician known for his vocal performance on the 1974 funk classic "Birth of a Prince."
- 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.