Triple
T10033925
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Colson Whitehead |
E204916
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableWork |
P4
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
John Henry Days
John Henry Days is a novel by Colson Whitehead that blends folklore, journalism, and satire to explore American mythmaking through the legend of the steel-driving man John Henry.
|
E836742
|
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: John Henry Days | Statement: [Colson Whitehead, notableWork, John Henry Days]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Henry Days Context triple: [Colson Whitehead, notableWork, John Henry Days]
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A.
The Great White Hope
"The Great White Hope" is a 1967 play by Howard Sackler, later adapted into a 1970 film, dramatizing the life of Black heavyweight boxing champion Jack Johnson and the racism he faced in early 20th-century America.
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B.
The Boys in Blue
The Boys in Blue is the popular nickname for Major League Soccer club Philadelphia Union, reflecting the team’s traditional blue kit and identity.
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C.
The Joe
The Joe is a famous indoor arena in Detroit, Michigan, best known as the longtime home of the NHL’s Detroit Red Wings.
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D.
The Champ
The Champ is a 1931 American drama film directed by King Vidor, renowned for its poignant story of a washed-up boxer and his devoted young son.
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E.
The Lion of the Blues
The Lion of the Blues is the nickname of Bobby "Blue" Bland, a seminal American blues and soul singer known for his smooth, expressive vocal style and major influence on modern R&B.
- 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: John Henry Days Triple: [Colson Whitehead, notableWork, John Henry Days]
Generated description
John Henry Days is a novel by Colson Whitehead that blends folklore, journalism, and satire to explore American mythmaking through the legend of the steel-driving man John Henry.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Henry Days Target entity description: John Henry Days is a novel by Colson Whitehead that blends folklore, journalism, and satire to explore American mythmaking through the legend of the steel-driving man John Henry.
-
A.
The Great White Hope
"The Great White Hope" is a 1967 play by Howard Sackler, later adapted into a 1970 film, dramatizing the life of Black heavyweight boxing champion Jack Johnson and the racism he faced in early 20th-century America.
-
B.
The Boys in Blue
The Boys in Blue is the popular nickname for Major League Soccer club Philadelphia Union, reflecting the team’s traditional blue kit and identity.
-
C.
The Joe
The Joe is a famous indoor arena in Detroit, Michigan, best known as the longtime home of the NHL’s Detroit Red Wings.
-
D.
The Champ
The Champ is a 1931 American drama film directed by King Vidor, renowned for its poignant story of a washed-up boxer and his devoted young son.
-
E.
The Lion of the Blues
The Lion of the Blues is the nickname of Bobby "Blue" Bland, a seminal American blues and soul singer known for his smooth, expressive vocal style and major influence on modern R&B.
- 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_69ca834d77188190ad645e33e8ca3200 |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:06 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cdce490ff08190963d841b05d150a7 |
completed | April 2, 2026, 2:02 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69d28250be608190b7e2b809672cdd78 |
completed | April 5, 2026, 3:40 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69d2834f6d488190812f91a5b4971c1e |
completed | April 5, 2026, 3:44 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69d28432d900819091ff0d324a6bb28a |
completed | April 5, 2026, 3:48 p.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 8:54 p.m.