Triple
T505700
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Southern Gothic |
E10497
|
entity |
| Predicate | associatedWithAuthor |
P2830
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Cormac McCarthy
Cormac McCarthy was an American novelist renowned for his bleak, lyrical prose and violent, existential explorations of the American South and West in works such as "Blood Meridian" and "The Road."
|
E62689
|
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: Cormac McCarthy | Statement: [Southern Gothic, associatedWithAuthor, Cormac McCarthy]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Cormac McCarthy Context triple: [Southern Gothic, associatedWithAuthor, Cormac McCarthy]
-
A.
William Faulks
William Faulks is known as the son of British novelist Sebastian Faulks.
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B.
Don DeLillo
Don DeLillo is a critically acclaimed American novelist known for his postmodern works that explore themes of consumerism, technology, and the anxieties of contemporary life, including novels such as "White Noise" and "Underworld."
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C.
Flannery O'Connor
Flannery O'Connor was a 20th-century American writer known for her Southern Gothic short stories and novels that explore morality, faith, and violence through darkly comic, often grotesque characters.
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D.
Raymond Carver
Raymond Carver was an American short story writer and poet renowned for his minimalist, emotionally resonant depictions of working-class life.
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E.
Thomas Pynchon
Thomas Pynchon is a reclusive American novelist known for his dense, complex, and postmodern works such as "Gravity’s Rainbow" and "The Crying of Lot 49."
- 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: Cormac McCarthy Triple: [Southern Gothic, associatedWithAuthor, Cormac McCarthy]
Generated description
Cormac McCarthy was an American novelist renowned for his bleak, lyrical prose and violent, existential explorations of the American South and West in works such as "Blood Meridian" and "The Road."
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Cormac McCarthy Target entity description: Cormac McCarthy was an American novelist renowned for his bleak, lyrical prose and violent, existential explorations of the American South and West in works such as "Blood Meridian" and "The Road."
-
A.
William Faulks
William Faulks is known as the son of British novelist Sebastian Faulks.
-
B.
Don DeLillo
Don DeLillo is a critically acclaimed American novelist known for his postmodern works that explore themes of consumerism, technology, and the anxieties of contemporary life, including novels such as "White Noise" and "Underworld."
-
C.
Flannery O'Connor
Flannery O'Connor was a 20th-century American writer known for her Southern Gothic short stories and novels that explore morality, faith, and violence through darkly comic, often grotesque characters.
-
D.
Raymond Carver
Raymond Carver was an American short story writer and poet renowned for his minimalist, emotionally resonant depictions of working-class life.
-
E.
Thomas Pynchon
Thomas Pynchon is a reclusive American novelist known for his dense, complex, and postmodern works such as "Gravity’s Rainbow" and "The Crying of Lot 49."
- 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_69a2e848adf881908e5e04f7af030093 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 1:06 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a2f14b2acc8190818e8a53eac69c54 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 1:44 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69a48a7d47cc8190be1741f95f967f25 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 6:50 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69a48ae58a288190b4fa3e7a052477ca |
completed | March 1, 2026, 6:52 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69a48b35abe881909029c02557da0819 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 6:53 p.m. |
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:12 p.m.