Triple
T4398913
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Erskine |
E99563
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasNotableBearer |
P458
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Erskine Caldwell
Erskine Caldwell was an American author best known for his novels and short stories depicting poverty and social issues in the rural American South, including works like "Tobacco Road" and "God's Little Acre."
|
E435514
|
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: Erskine Caldwell | Statement: [Erskine, hasNotableBearer, Erskine Caldwell]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Erskine Caldwell Context triple: [Erskine, hasNotableBearer, Erskine Caldwell]
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A.
William Aiken
William Aiken was a prominent 19th-century South Carolina politician and governor whose influence led to places such as Aiken County being named in his honor.
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B.
Walter Van Tilburg Clark
Walter Van Tilburg Clark was an American author best known for his classic Western novel "The Ox-Bow Incident," which explores themes of mob justice and moral responsibility.
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C.
T.S. Nowlin
T.S. Nowlin is an American screenwriter best known for his work on major science fiction and action films, including entries in the Maze Runner series and other blockbuster franchises.
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D.
Hamlin Garland
Hamlin Garland was an American author best known for his realistic portrayals of Midwestern farm life and his influential role in the development of regionalist, or local color, fiction.
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E.
Cecil Purdy
Cecil Purdy was an Australian chess player, writer, and the first official World Correspondence Chess Champion, renowned for his instructional contributions to the game.
- 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: Erskine Caldwell Triple: [Erskine, hasNotableBearer, Erskine Caldwell]
Generated description
Erskine Caldwell was an American author best known for his novels and short stories depicting poverty and social issues in the rural American South, including works like "Tobacco Road" and "God's Little Acre."
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Erskine Caldwell Target entity description: Erskine Caldwell was an American author best known for his novels and short stories depicting poverty and social issues in the rural American South, including works like "Tobacco Road" and "God's Little Acre."
-
A.
William Aiken
William Aiken was a prominent 19th-century South Carolina politician and governor whose influence led to places such as Aiken County being named in his honor.
-
B.
Walter Van Tilburg Clark
Walter Van Tilburg Clark was an American author best known for his classic Western novel "The Ox-Bow Incident," which explores themes of mob justice and moral responsibility.
-
C.
T.S. Nowlin
T.S. Nowlin is an American screenwriter best known for his work on major science fiction and action films, including entries in the Maze Runner series and other blockbuster franchises.
-
D.
Hamlin Garland
Hamlin Garland was an American author best known for his realistic portrayals of Midwestern farm life and his influential role in the development of regionalist, or local color, fiction.
-
E.
Cecil Purdy
Cecil Purdy was an Australian chess player, writer, and the first official World Correspondence Chess Champion, renowned for his instructional contributions to the game.
- 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_69b345506b408190b0e3dee616738a7d |
completed | March 12, 2026, 10:59 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69b352cc4ab081908bc45d2f76cd4da8 |
completed | March 12, 2026, 11:57 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b5e53d34cc81909969d86efc441dee |
completed | March 14, 2026, 10:46 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69b5e6562abc8190bbd7b8ffdfcd0f14 |
completed | March 14, 2026, 10:51 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69b5e6b800d48190bed53f28b767471e |
completed | March 14, 2026, 10:52 p.m. |
Created at: March 12, 2026, 11:20 p.m.