Triple
T1009268
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Ibram X. Kendi |
E21783
|
entity |
| Predicate | fullName |
P16
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Ibram Xolani Kendi
Ibram Xolani Kendi is an American historian, scholar of race and discriminatory policy, and bestselling author known for works such as "Stamped from the Beginning" and "How to Be an Antiracist."
|
E123759
|
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: Ibram Xolani Kendi | Statement: [Ibram X. Kendi, fullName, Ibram Xolani Kendi]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ibram Xolani Kendi Context triple: [Ibram X. Kendi, fullName, Ibram Xolani Kendi]
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A.
Njongonkulu Ndungane
Njongonkulu Ndungane is a South African Anglican cleric who served as Archbishop of Cape Town and was a prominent anti-apartheid activist and church leader.
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B.
Thabana Ntlenyana
Thabana Ntlenyana is the highest mountain in southern Africa, located in the Drakensberg range within Lesotho.
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C.
Yusuf Dadoo
Yusuf Dadoo was a prominent South African Indian anti-apartheid leader, physician, and communist activist who played a key role in uniting Indian and African resistance against racial segregation.
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D.
Lobengula Khumalo
Lobengula Khumalo was the second and last king of the Ndebele (Matabele) Kingdom in what is now Zimbabwe, known for his resistance to British colonial encroachment in the late 19th century.
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E.
Kenyatta Matthews
Kenyatta Matthews is the wife of American author and journalist Ta-Nehisi Coates, known for her private life outside of his public literary career.
- 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: Ibram Xolani Kendi Triple: [Ibram X. Kendi, fullName, Ibram Xolani Kendi]
Generated description
Ibram Xolani Kendi is an American historian, scholar of race and discriminatory policy, and bestselling author known for works such as "Stamped from the Beginning" and "How to Be an Antiracist."
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ibram Xolani Kendi Target entity description: Ibram Xolani Kendi is an American historian, scholar of race and discriminatory policy, and bestselling author known for works such as "Stamped from the Beginning" and "How to Be an Antiracist."
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A.
Njongonkulu Ndungane
Njongonkulu Ndungane is a South African Anglican cleric who served as Archbishop of Cape Town and was a prominent anti-apartheid activist and church leader.
-
B.
Thabana Ntlenyana
Thabana Ntlenyana is the highest mountain in southern Africa, located in the Drakensberg range within Lesotho.
-
C.
Yusuf Dadoo
Yusuf Dadoo was a prominent South African Indian anti-apartheid leader, physician, and communist activist who played a key role in uniting Indian and African resistance against racial segregation.
-
D.
Lobengula Khumalo
Lobengula Khumalo was the second and last king of the Ndebele (Matabele) Kingdom in what is now Zimbabwe, known for his resistance to British colonial encroachment in the late 19th century.
-
E.
Kenyatta Matthews
Kenyatta Matthews is the wife of American author and journalist Ta-Nehisi Coates, known for her private life outside of his public literary career.
- 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_69a493c53e648190ae8cb76c433fd9a7 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:30 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a4b7a3cb608190a2de34a09cd55146 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 10:03 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ac428db9bc81909304802e2b50686c |
completed | March 7, 2026, 3:21 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69ac4311f7f08190ae86aacb7f2103d7 |
completed | March 7, 2026, 3:24 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69ac43891ed88190a5b8b51341e98929 |
completed | March 7, 2026, 3:26 p.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:41 p.m.