Triple
T21447129
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | The Old People |
E529105
|
entity |
| Predicate | featuresCharacter |
P626
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
McCaslin Edmonds
McCaslin Edmonds is a character in William Faulkner’s Yoknapatawpha County fiction, notably appearing in the story “The Old People” as part of the extended McCaslin family central to Faulkner’s exploration of Southern history and identity.
|
E1484906
|
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: McCaslin Edmonds | Statement: [The Old People, featuresCharacter, McCaslin Edmonds]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: McCaslin Edmonds Context triple: [The Old People, featuresCharacter, McCaslin Edmonds]
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A.
Wilder Gladney
Wilder Gladney is an individual known primarily as the sibling of Steffie Gladney.
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B.
Kay Hilliard
Kay Hilliard is the central female protagonist in the 1956 musical film "The Opposite Sex," navigating love, betrayal, and personal growth within the world of high society marriages.
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C.
Reg E. Cathey
Reg E. Cathey was an American actor known for his deep, resonant voice and memorable roles in series such as "The Wire," "House of Cards," and "Oz."
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D.
Kelly Bolden
Kelly Bolden is one of the children of Charles F. Bolden Jr., the former NASA Administrator and astronaut.
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E.
Dade Faison
Dade Faison is one of the children of actor Donald Faison and his former partner Lisa Askey.
- 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: McCaslin Edmonds Triple: [The Old People, featuresCharacter, McCaslin Edmonds]
Generated description
McCaslin Edmonds is a character in William Faulkner’s Yoknapatawpha County fiction, notably appearing in the story “The Old People” as part of the extended McCaslin family central to Faulkner’s exploration of Southern history and identity.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: McCaslin Edmonds Target entity description: McCaslin Edmonds is a character in William Faulkner’s Yoknapatawpha County fiction, notably appearing in the story “The Old People” as part of the extended McCaslin family central to Faulkner’s exploration of Southern history and identity.
-
A.
Wilder Gladney
Wilder Gladney is an individual known primarily as the sibling of Steffie Gladney.
-
B.
Kay Hilliard
Kay Hilliard is the central female protagonist in the 1956 musical film "The Opposite Sex," navigating love, betrayal, and personal growth within the world of high society marriages.
-
C.
Reg E. Cathey
Reg E. Cathey was an American actor known for his deep, resonant voice and memorable roles in series such as "The Wire," "House of Cards," and "Oz."
-
D.
Kelly Bolden
Kelly Bolden is one of the children of Charles F. Bolden Jr., the former NASA Administrator and astronaut.
-
E.
Dade Faison
Dade Faison is one of the children of actor Donald Faison and his former partner Lisa Askey.
- 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_69e0c457579481909db68053ed99750c |
completed | April 16, 2026, 11:13 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e9e9cea7bc81909ee3e1cdeda1fe7e |
completed | April 23, 2026, 9:43 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_6a09c9054e0c81908f13a2240c200b9e |
completed | May 17, 2026, 1:56 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_6a09c993004c81909cc0224947c178e0 |
completed | May 17, 2026, 1:58 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_6a09ca14cfcc81908565427b504d815e |
completed | May 17, 2026, 2 p.m. |
Created at: April 16, 2026, 6:06 p.m.