Triple

T21435353
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Barn Burning E528792 entity
Predicate mainCharacter P1183 FINISHED
Object Major de Spain
Major de Spain is a wealthy Southern landowner in William Faulkner’s fiction, notably appearing in the short story "Barn Burning" as the employer and antagonist of Abner Snopes.
 E1484267 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: Major de Spain | Statement: [Barn Burning, mainCharacter, Major de Spain]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Major de Spain
Context triple: [Barn Burning, mainCharacter, Major de Spain]
  • A. Square of Spain
    Square of Spain is the English name for Plaza de España, a prominent and architecturally significant public square found in various Spanish-speaking cities, most famously in Seville and Madrid.
  • B. Defence Staff of Spain
    The Defence Staff of Spain is the senior military body that provides strategic direction, coordination, and joint operational planning for the Spanish Armed Forces under the authority of the government.
  • C. Peris-Mencheta
    Peris-Mencheta is the surname of Spanish actor and director Sergio Peris-Mencheta, known for his work in film, television, and theater.
  • D. Cervera
    Cervera is a Spanish surname historically associated with notable figures such as Admiral Pascual Cervera y Topete.
  • E. Balazote
    Balazote is a municipality in the province of Albacete, Spain, known for its archaeological heritage and rural Castilian-La Mancha setting.
  • 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: Major de Spain
Triple: [Barn Burning, mainCharacter, Major de Spain]
Generated description
Major de Spain is a wealthy Southern landowner in William Faulkner’s fiction, notably appearing in the short story "Barn Burning" as the employer and antagonist of Abner Snopes.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Major de Spain
Target entity description: Major de Spain is a wealthy Southern landowner in William Faulkner’s fiction, notably appearing in the short story "Barn Burning" as the employer and antagonist of Abner Snopes.
  • A. Square of Spain
    Square of Spain is the English name for Plaza de España, a prominent and architecturally significant public square found in various Spanish-speaking cities, most famously in Seville and Madrid.
  • B. Defence Staff of Spain
    The Defence Staff of Spain is the senior military body that provides strategic direction, coordination, and joint operational planning for the Spanish Armed Forces under the authority of the government.
  • C. Peris-Mencheta
    Peris-Mencheta is the surname of Spanish actor and director Sergio Peris-Mencheta, known for his work in film, television, and theater.
  • D. Cervera
    Cervera is a Spanish surname historically associated with notable figures such as Admiral Pascual Cervera y Topete.
  • E. Balazote
    Balazote is a municipality in the province of Albacete, Spain, known for its archaeological heritage and rural Castilian-La Mancha setting.
  • 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.