Triple
T11385507
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Thomas Wentworth Higginson |
E269705
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableWork |
P4
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Army Life in a Black Regiment
"Army Life in a Black Regiment" is Thomas Wentworth Higginson’s classic Civil War memoir recounting his experiences commanding one of the first African American regiments in the Union Army.
|
E922915
|
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: Army Life in a Black Regiment | Statement: [Thomas Wentworth Higginson, notableWork, Army Life in a Black Regiment]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Army Life in a Black Regiment Context triple: [Thomas Wentworth Higginson, notableWork, Army Life in a Black Regiment]
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A.
The Negro Soldier
The Negro Soldier is a 1944 U.S. Army propaganda and documentary film highlighting the contributions of African American soldiers during World War II and challenging racial stereotypes.
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B.
Memoirs of the War in the Southern Department of the United States
Memoirs of the War in the Southern Department of the United States is a historical account of the American Revolutionary War’s Southern campaigns written by Continental Army cavalry officer Henry “Light-Horse Harry” Lee.
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C.
The Blue and the Gray
The Blue and the Gray is a 1982 American television miniseries that dramatizes the American Civil War through the intertwined lives of two families on opposing sides of the conflict.
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D.
Negro Life at the South
"Negro Life at the South" is an 1859 genre painting by American artist Eastman Johnson that depicts the everyday lives of enslaved African Americans in a Washington, D.C. backyard, offering a complex, nuanced view of slavery on the eve of the Civil War.
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E.
Up from Slavery
Up from Slavery is Booker T. Washington’s influential 1901 autobiography recounting his rise from enslavement to national prominence as an educator and leader in the African American community.
- 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: Army Life in a Black Regiment Triple: [Thomas Wentworth Higginson, notableWork, Army Life in a Black Regiment]
Generated description
"Army Life in a Black Regiment" is Thomas Wentworth Higginson’s classic Civil War memoir recounting his experiences commanding one of the first African American regiments in the Union Army.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Army Life in a Black Regiment Target entity description: "Army Life in a Black Regiment" is Thomas Wentworth Higginson’s classic Civil War memoir recounting his experiences commanding one of the first African American regiments in the Union Army.
-
A.
The Negro Soldier
The Negro Soldier is a 1944 U.S. Army propaganda and documentary film highlighting the contributions of African American soldiers during World War II and challenging racial stereotypes.
-
B.
Memoirs of the War in the Southern Department of the United States
Memoirs of the War in the Southern Department of the United States is a historical account of the American Revolutionary War’s Southern campaigns written by Continental Army cavalry officer Henry “Light-Horse Harry” Lee.
-
C.
The Blue and the Gray
The Blue and the Gray is a 1982 American television miniseries that dramatizes the American Civil War through the intertwined lives of two families on opposing sides of the conflict.
-
D.
Negro Life at the South
"Negro Life at the South" is an 1859 genre painting by American artist Eastman Johnson that depicts the everyday lives of enslaved African Americans in a Washington, D.C. backyard, offering a complex, nuanced view of slavery on the eve of the Civil War.
-
E.
Up from Slavery
Up from Slavery is Booker T. Washington’s influential 1901 autobiography recounting his rise from enslavement to national prominence as an educator and leader in the African American community.
- 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_69d6aacdbc6c8190af6dc3d5f5d22836 |
completed | April 8, 2026, 7:21 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d7fc378d808190b587a044ede67e1e |
completed | April 9, 2026, 7:21 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69e58c1d4b188190b83cfad0cc95483e |
completed | April 20, 2026, 2:14 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69e5932d3cb88190807acdcdc3aaa9fc |
completed | April 20, 2026, 2:45 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69e59a0ab7e081908cb8761c4f82c664 |
completed | April 20, 2026, 3:14 a.m. |
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:34 p.m.