Triple
T21435350
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Barn Burning |
E528792
|
entity |
| Predicate | mainCharacter |
P1183
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Colonel Sartoris Snopes |
E1169262
|
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: Colonel Sartoris Snopes | Statement: [Barn Burning, mainCharacter, Colonel Sartoris Snopes]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Colonel Sartoris Snopes Context triple: [Barn Burning, mainCharacter, Colonel Sartoris Snopes]
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A.
Flem Snopes
Flem Snopes is a cunning, opportunistic antihero in William Faulkner’s Yoknapatawpha County saga, known for his ruthless social climbing and moral ambiguity.
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B.
Darl Bundren
Darl Bundren is a central, introspective and increasingly unstable member of the Bundren family in William Faulkner’s novel *As I Lay Dying*, known for his fragmented narration and eventual descent into madness.
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C.
Ab Snopes
chosen
Ab Snopes is a recurring character in William Faulkner’s Yoknapatawpha County stories, often depicted as a poor, resentful sharecropper and arsonist whose actions embody themes of class conflict and moral corruption.
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D.
Mink Snopes
Mink Snopes is a violent, vengeful member of William Faulkner’s fictional Snopes family, best known for his role in the novel "The Mansion" as a murderer whose actions drive key events in the Yoknapatawpha saga.
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E.
Uncle Quentin
Uncle Quentin is the often-absent-minded, irritable but brilliant scientist and father of George in Enid Blyton’s Famous Five series.
- 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.