Triple
T10252869
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Ragtime |
E240386
|
entity |
| Predicate | featuresFictionalCharacter |
P50141
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Coalhouse Walker Jr.
Coalhouse Walker Jr. is a proud and principled Black pianist in E.L. Doctorow’s novel "Ragtime," whose quest for justice after a racist attack drives much of the book’s central conflict.
|
E854051
|
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: Coalhouse Walker Jr. | Statement: [Ragtime, featuresFictionalCharacter, Coalhouse Walker Jr.]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Coalhouse Walker Jr. Context triple: [Ragtime, featuresFictionalCharacter, Coalhouse Walker Jr.]
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A.
Ruchell Magee
Ruchell Magee is an American prison activist and one of the longest-incarcerated political prisoners in the United States, known for his involvement in the 1970 Marin County courthouse incident and his writings on systemic racism and injustice.
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B.
Hambone Willie Newbern
Hambone Willie Newbern was an early 20th-century American blues guitarist and singer known for his influential country blues recordings.
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C.
Brownie McGhee
Brownie McGhee was an influential American blues singer and guitarist best known for his long partnership with harmonica player Sonny Terry and his contributions to the Piedmont blues style.
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D.
Henry Blanke
Henry Blanke was a prominent German-born American film producer best known for his long association with Warner Bros. and his work on numerous classic Hollywood films from the 1930s through the 1950s.
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E.
Eddie “Cleanhead” Vinson
Eddie “Cleanhead” Vinson was an American blues and jazz alto saxophonist and singer known for his gritty tone, swinging style, and influential blend of jump blues and bebop.
- 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: Coalhouse Walker Jr. Triple: [Ragtime, featuresFictionalCharacter, Coalhouse Walker Jr.]
Generated description
Coalhouse Walker Jr. is a proud and principled Black pianist in E.L. Doctorow’s novel "Ragtime," whose quest for justice after a racist attack drives much of the book’s central conflict.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Coalhouse Walker Jr. Target entity description: Coalhouse Walker Jr. is a proud and principled Black pianist in E.L. Doctorow’s novel "Ragtime," whose quest for justice after a racist attack drives much of the book’s central conflict.
-
A.
Ruchell Magee
Ruchell Magee is an American prison activist and one of the longest-incarcerated political prisoners in the United States, known for his involvement in the 1970 Marin County courthouse incident and his writings on systemic racism and injustice.
-
B.
Hambone Willie Newbern
Hambone Willie Newbern was an early 20th-century American blues guitarist and singer known for his influential country blues recordings.
-
C.
Brownie McGhee
Brownie McGhee was an influential American blues singer and guitarist best known for his long partnership with harmonica player Sonny Terry and his contributions to the Piedmont blues style.
-
D.
Henry Blanke
Henry Blanke was a prominent German-born American film producer best known for his long association with Warner Bros. and his work on numerous classic Hollywood films from the 1930s through the 1950s.
-
E.
Eddie “Cleanhead” Vinson
Eddie “Cleanhead” Vinson was an American blues and jazz alto saxophonist and singer known for his gritty tone, swinging style, and influential blend of jump blues and bebop.
- 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_69d381a7e198819090280d5ab885d59e |
completed | April 6, 2026, 9:49 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d4d23f106c81909c1ce20a2ffa86ea |
completed | April 7, 2026, 9:45 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69d6f7c6aca08190b15e3790cad12532 |
completed | April 9, 2026, 12:50 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69d6fcab0bfc8190b47bc165ef3eb15d |
completed | April 9, 2026, 1:11 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69d70fc3b15081908d1b67a7094c6210 |
completed | April 9, 2026, 2:32 a.m. |
Created at: April 6, 2026, 11:29 a.m.