Triple
T21435352
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Barn Burning |
E528792
|
entity |
| Predicate | mainCharacter |
P1183
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Lennie Snopes
Lennie Snopes is a central figure in William Faulkner’s short story “Barn Burning,” representing the conflicted loyalty and moral awakening of a boy torn between his family and his own emerging sense of justice.
|
E1484266
|
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: Lennie Snopes | Statement: [Barn Burning, mainCharacter, Lennie Snopes]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Lennie Snopes Context triple: [Barn Burning, mainCharacter, Lennie Snopes]
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A.
Lennie Small
Lennie Small is a large, mentally disabled migrant ranch worker whose childlike innocence and unintentional violence drive the central tragedy of John Steinbeck’s novella "Of Mice and Men."
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B.
Lennie
Lennie is a common diminutive form of the given name Leonard, often used as a familiar or affectionate nickname.
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C.
Grampa Joad
Grampa Joad is the cantankerous, hard-drinking patriarch of the Joad family in John Steinbeck’s novel "The Grapes of Wrath."
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D.
Tom Joad
Tom Joad is the central, morally driven migrant worker in John Steinbeck's novel "The Grapes of Wrath," symbolizing social justice and the struggles of the American Dust Bowl era.
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E.
Joad
Joad is the surname of the central Dust Bowl migrant family in John Steinbeck’s novel "The Grapes of Wrath."
- 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: Lennie Snopes Triple: [Barn Burning, mainCharacter, Lennie Snopes]
Generated description
Lennie Snopes is a central figure in William Faulkner’s short story “Barn Burning,” representing the conflicted loyalty and moral awakening of a boy torn between his family and his own emerging sense of justice.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Lennie Snopes Target entity description: Lennie Snopes is a central figure in William Faulkner’s short story “Barn Burning,” representing the conflicted loyalty and moral awakening of a boy torn between his family and his own emerging sense of justice.
-
A.
Lennie Small
Lennie Small is a large, mentally disabled migrant ranch worker whose childlike innocence and unintentional violence drive the central tragedy of John Steinbeck’s novella "Of Mice and Men."
-
B.
Lennie
Lennie is a common diminutive form of the given name Leonard, often used as a familiar or affectionate nickname.
-
C.
Grampa Joad
Grampa Joad is the cantankerous, hard-drinking patriarch of the Joad family in John Steinbeck’s novel "The Grapes of Wrath."
-
D.
Tom Joad
Tom Joad is the central, morally driven migrant worker in John Steinbeck's novel "The Grapes of Wrath," symbolizing social justice and the struggles of the American Dust Bowl era.
-
E.
Joad
Joad is the surname of the central Dust Bowl migrant family in John Steinbeck’s novel "The Grapes of Wrath."
- 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_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. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_6a09c9dd8b048190bbd7c0364613ad0e |
completed | May 17, 2026, 1:59 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_6a09ca559f88819087c13d885e66d67a |
completed | May 17, 2026, 2:01 p.m. |
Created at: April 16, 2026, 6:02 p.m.