Triple

T18190317
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Erskine Caldwell E435514 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object Afternoons in Mid-America
Afternoons in Mid-America is a lesser-known work by American author Erskine Caldwell, reflecting his characteristic focus on everyday life and social conditions in the United States.
E1310693 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: Afternoons in Mid-America | Statement: [Erskine Caldwell, notableWork, Afternoons in Mid-America]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Afternoons in Mid-America
Context triple: [Erskine Caldwell, notableWork, Afternoons in Mid-America]
  • A. Malibu of the Midwest
    "Malibu of the Midwest" is a nickname highlighting Sheboygan, Wisconsin’s reputation for its Lake Michigan shoreline, beaches, and surf-friendly waters reminiscent of a coastal resort town.
  • B. The American Seasons
    The American Seasons is a violin concerto by Mark O’Connor that reimagines Vivaldi’s Four Seasons through distinctly American folk, jazz, and classical influences.
  • C. Summer on the Bluffs
    Summer on the Bluffs is a contemporary novel by television personality and attorney Sunny Hostin that explores themes of family, identity, and Black privilege set against the backdrop of Martha’s Vineyard.
  • D. Autumn in America
    Autumn in America is a 19th-century landscape painting by Jasper Francis Cropsey that exemplifies the Hudson River School’s romantic portrayal of the American autumnal wilderness.
  • E. Heartland of Cities
    Heartland of Cities is a scholarly work by archaeologist Robert McCormick Adams Jr. that analyzes the development and organization of early urban centers in ancient Mesopotamia.
  • 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: Afternoons in Mid-America
Triple: [Erskine Caldwell, notableWork, Afternoons in Mid-America]
Generated description
Afternoons in Mid-America is a lesser-known work by American author Erskine Caldwell, reflecting his characteristic focus on everyday life and social conditions in the United States.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Afternoons in Mid-America
Target entity description: Afternoons in Mid-America is a lesser-known work by American author Erskine Caldwell, reflecting his characteristic focus on everyday life and social conditions in the United States.
  • A. Malibu of the Midwest
    "Malibu of the Midwest" is a nickname highlighting Sheboygan, Wisconsin’s reputation for its Lake Michigan shoreline, beaches, and surf-friendly waters reminiscent of a coastal resort town.
  • B. The American Seasons
    The American Seasons is a violin concerto by Mark O’Connor that reimagines Vivaldi’s Four Seasons through distinctly American folk, jazz, and classical influences.
  • C. Summer on the Bluffs
    Summer on the Bluffs is a contemporary novel by television personality and attorney Sunny Hostin that explores themes of family, identity, and Black privilege set against the backdrop of Martha’s Vineyard.
  • D. Autumn in America
    Autumn in America is a 19th-century landscape painting by Jasper Francis Cropsey that exemplifies the Hudson River School’s romantic portrayal of the American autumnal wilderness.
  • E. Heartland of Cities
    Heartland of Cities is a scholarly work by archaeologist Robert McCormick Adams Jr. that analyzes the development and organization of early urban centers in ancient Mesopotamia.
  • 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_69d8b90c7ec081909b4694ccecb449c6 completed April 10, 2026, 8:47 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e4e0016ec08190ae853dbc89865a41 completed April 19, 2026, 2 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a03980723a88190b58ce64860cb40e5 completed May 12, 2026, 9:13 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a0399364d988190a457415c9c64a68d completed May 12, 2026, 9:18 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a0399e221308190988e728b9efb0141 completed May 12, 2026, 9:21 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 10:31 a.m.