Triple
T21434990
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Thomas Sutpen |
E528784
|
entity |
| Predicate | fullName |
P16
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Thomas Sutpen |
E528784
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: Thomas Sutpen | Statement: [Thomas Sutpen, fullName, Thomas Sutpen]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thomas Sutpen Context triple: [Thomas Sutpen, fullName, Thomas Sutpen]
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A.
Thomas Sutpen
chosen
Thomas Sutpen is the ruthless, enigmatic plantation owner at the center of William Faulkner’s Southern Gothic novel, whose obsessive pursuit of a self-made dynasty drives the book’s tragic exploration of race, class, and the legacy of the American South.
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B.
Henry Sutpen
Henry Sutpen is a central character in William Faulkner’s novel "Absalom, Absalom!", known as Thomas Sutpen’s son whose conflicted loyalties and tragic choices drive much of the story’s drama.
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C.
Isaac McCaslin
Isaac McCaslin is a central character in William Faulkner’s Yoknapatawpha saga, best known as the morally reflective heir who grapples with his family’s legacy of slavery and land ownership in the novel "Go Down, Moses."
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D.
Judith Sutpen
Judith Sutpen is a central figure in William Faulkner's novel "Absalom, Absalom!", embodying the tragic complexities of Southern aristocracy, family legacy, and doomed relationships in the post–Civil War American South.
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E.
Cornelius Suttree
Cornelius Suttree is the disillusioned, self-exiled protagonist of Cormac McCarthy’s novel "Suttree," living on the margins of Knoxville society in the early 1950s.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69e0c4569fa081908101baa24f8745db |
completed | April 16, 2026, 11:13 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e8b536274c8190809bd3cdf4ef899e |
completed | April 22, 2026, 11:47 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_6a09c8fb4e108190ab7531f9b8a757da |
completed | May 17, 2026, 1:56 p.m. |
Created at: April 16, 2026, 6:02 p.m.