Triple
T10493597
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Alex Haley |
E247478
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableWork |
P4
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Roots: The Saga of an American Family |
E505937
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: Roots: The Saga of an American Family | Statement: [Alex Haley, notableWork, Roots: The Saga of an American Family]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Roots: The Saga of an American Family Context triple: [Alex Haley, notableWork, Roots: The Saga of an American Family]
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A.
Roots: The Saga of an American Family
chosen
Roots: The Saga of an American Family is Alex Haley’s landmark 1976 historical novel that traces multiple generations of an African American family from their origins in West Africa through slavery and beyond in the United States.
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B.
Eyes on the Prize
"Eyes on the Prize" is a traditional American civil rights anthem that became widely known through its use in the 1960s movement and later popular recordings, including Bruce Springsteen’s folk revival projects.
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C.
Black Like Me
Black Like Me is a 1961 nonfiction book by John Howard Griffin that chronicles his journey through the racially segregated American South while passing as a Black man to expose the realities of racism.
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D.
Roots (2016 miniseries)
Roots (2016 miniseries) is a 2016 television adaptation of Alex Haley’s landmark novel tracing multiple generations of an African American family from enslavement to emancipation.
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E.
Portrait of an American Family
Portrait of an American Family is the 1994 debut studio album by American rock band Marilyn Manson, known for its dark, provocative themes and industrial metal sound.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69d381c309b88190af78aa681cf6a4c2 |
completed | April 6, 2026, 9:49 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d5097fe2bc81909d66ce43f3533284 |
completed | April 7, 2026, 1:41 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69d8dcaeb6088190829b6c26eb1de7d5 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 11:19 a.m. |
Created at: April 6, 2026, 12:24 p.m.