Triple
T10921678
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Nairobi to Shenzhen: A Novel of Love in the East |
E257960
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasAuthorBackground |
P938
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Mark Obama Ndesandjo has African and American heritage |
E47584
|
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: Mark Obama Ndesandjo has African and American heritage | Statement: [Nairobi to Shenzhen: A Novel of Love in the East, hasAuthorBackground, Mark Obama Ndesandjo has African and American heritage]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mark Obama Ndesandjo has African and American heritage Context triple: [Nairobi to Shenzhen: A Novel of Love in the East, hasAuthorBackground, Mark Obama Ndesandjo has African and American heritage]
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A.
Mark Obama Ndesandjo
chosen
Mark Obama Ndesandjo is an American businessman, author, and pianist known for his work in China and for being a half-brother of former U.S. President Barack Obama.
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B.
Malik Obama
Malik Obama is a Kenyan-American businessman and politician best known as the older half-brother of former U.S. President Barack Obama.
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C.
Hussein Onyango Obama
Hussein Onyango Obama was the Kenyan grandfather of U.S. President Barack Obama, known for his service as a cook for the British in World War II and his role in the Obama family’s roots in western Kenya.
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D.
Bernard Obama
Bernard Obama is a Kenyan man known primarily as a member of Barack Obama’s extended family and the brother of Auma Obama.
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E.
Max Ellington Nixon-Marinoni
Max Ellington Nixon-Marinoni is one of the children of American actress and activist Cynthia Nixon and her wife, education activist Christine Marinoni.
- 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_69d6aa864ed88190818280ab6791d065 |
completed | April 8, 2026, 7:20 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d77082a1488190850a4409339c3e1e |
completed | April 9, 2026, 9:25 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69e2172894d88190b7b27f78e9fd1521 |
completed | April 17, 2026, 11:19 a.m. |
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:22 p.m.