Triple
T614524
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | The Sound and the Fury |
E12173
|
entity |
| Predicate | mainCharacter |
P1183
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Quentin Compson
Quentin Compson is a tormented, introspective member of the Compson family in William Faulkner’s Yoknapatawpha saga, best known for his obsessive concern with time, honor, and his sister Caddy.
|
E77265
|
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: Quentin Compson | Statement: [The Sound and the Fury, mainCharacter, Quentin Compson]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Quentin Compson Context triple: [The Sound and the Fury, mainCharacter, Quentin Compson]
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A.
Benjy Compson
Benjy Compson is a cognitively disabled, emotionally sensitive member of the Compson family whose fragmented, non-linear perspective opens William Faulkner’s novel "The Sound and the Fury."
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B.
Ashley Wilkes
Ashley Wilkes is a central fictional character in Margaret Mitchell's novel "Gone with the Wind," portrayed as the honorable yet emotionally conflicted Southern gentleman who is the object of Scarlett O'Hara's unrequited love.
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C.
Sartoris
Sartoris is William Faulkner’s first published novel, introducing the fictional Yoknapatawpha County and the Sartoris family that recur throughout his later works.
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D.
Silas Phelps
Silas Phelps is a kindly but morally conflicted Southern farmer and slave owner who appears as Tom Sawyer’s uncle in Mark Twain’s novel "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn."
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E.
Teddy Daniels
Teddy Daniels is the troubled U.S. Marshal protagonist of the psychological thriller film "Shutter Island," known for his investigation of a mysterious disappearance at a remote mental institution.
- 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: Quentin Compson Triple: [The Sound and the Fury, mainCharacter, Quentin Compson]
Generated description
Quentin Compson is a tormented, introspective member of the Compson family in William Faulkner’s Yoknapatawpha saga, best known for his obsessive concern with time, honor, and his sister Caddy.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Quentin Compson Target entity description: Quentin Compson is a tormented, introspective member of the Compson family in William Faulkner’s Yoknapatawpha saga, best known for his obsessive concern with time, honor, and his sister Caddy.
-
A.
Benjy Compson
Benjy Compson is a cognitively disabled, emotionally sensitive member of the Compson family whose fragmented, non-linear perspective opens William Faulkner’s novel "The Sound and the Fury."
-
B.
Ashley Wilkes
Ashley Wilkes is a central fictional character in Margaret Mitchell's novel "Gone with the Wind," portrayed as the honorable yet emotionally conflicted Southern gentleman who is the object of Scarlett O'Hara's unrequited love.
-
C.
Sartoris
Sartoris is William Faulkner’s first published novel, introducing the fictional Yoknapatawpha County and the Sartoris family that recur throughout his later works.
-
D.
Silas Phelps
Silas Phelps is a kindly but morally conflicted Southern farmer and slave owner who appears as Tom Sawyer’s uncle in Mark Twain’s novel "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn."
-
E.
Teddy Daniels
Teddy Daniels is the troubled U.S. Marshal protagonist of the psychological thriller film "Shutter Island," known for his investigation of a mysterious disappearance at a remote mental institution.
- 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_69a493309df48190a327f748e88049a6 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:27 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a49e0a0f588190b953fdb585263307 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 8:14 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69a55a7561dc81908e2e2516c63c18a7 |
completed | March 2, 2026, 9:37 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69a55b2152ac8190b034523d3a01f835 |
completed | March 2, 2026, 9:40 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69a55b77d6448190acb5adc7a37aacd7 |
completed | March 2, 2026, 9:42 a.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:35 p.m.