Triple
T11465958
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Romulus Linney |
E271779
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableWork |
P4
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
A Lesson Before Dying (stage adaptation)
A Lesson Before Dying (stage adaptation) is a stage play by Romulus Linney based on Ernest J. Gaines’s novel about a Black man unjustly sentenced to death in 1940s Louisiana and the teacher who helps him reclaim his dignity.
|
E928001
|
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: A Lesson Before Dying (stage adaptation) | Statement: [Romulus Linney, notableWork, A Lesson Before Dying (stage adaptation)]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: A Lesson Before Dying (stage adaptation) Context triple: [Romulus Linney, notableWork, A Lesson Before Dying (stage adaptation)]
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A.
Joe Turner’s Come and Gone
Joe Turner’s Come and Gone is a 1984 play by August Wilson that explores African American identity, migration, and spiritual searching in a Pittsburgh boardinghouse in 1911.
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B.
The Piano Lesson (TV film)
The Piano Lesson is a television film adaptation of August Wilson's Pulitzer Prize–winning play about a 1930s African American family torn over whether to sell a heirloom piano carved with their ancestors’ history.
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C.
King Hedley II
King Hedley II is a drama by August Wilson that forms part of his Pittsburgh Cycle, exploring themes of legacy, violence, and redemption in an African American community in the 1980s.
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D.
Porgy (novel)
Porgy (novel) is a 1925 work by DuBose Heyward that portrays the lives of African American residents in Charleston’s Catfish Row and later served as the basis for the opera Porgy and Bess.
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E.
Master Harold...and the Boys
"Master Harold...and the Boys" is a critically acclaimed play by Athol Fugard that explores apartheid-era racial tensions and the complex relationship between a white teenager and two Black servants in South Africa.
- 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: A Lesson Before Dying (stage adaptation) Triple: [Romulus Linney, notableWork, A Lesson Before Dying (stage adaptation)]
Generated description
A Lesson Before Dying (stage adaptation) is a stage play by Romulus Linney based on Ernest J. Gaines’s novel about a Black man unjustly sentenced to death in 1940s Louisiana and the teacher who helps him reclaim his dignity.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: A Lesson Before Dying (stage adaptation) Target entity description: A Lesson Before Dying (stage adaptation) is a stage play by Romulus Linney based on Ernest J. Gaines’s novel about a Black man unjustly sentenced to death in 1940s Louisiana and the teacher who helps him reclaim his dignity.
-
A.
Joe Turner’s Come and Gone
Joe Turner’s Come and Gone is a 1984 play by August Wilson that explores African American identity, migration, and spiritual searching in a Pittsburgh boardinghouse in 1911.
-
B.
The Piano Lesson (TV film)
The Piano Lesson is a television film adaptation of August Wilson's Pulitzer Prize–winning play about a 1930s African American family torn over whether to sell a heirloom piano carved with their ancestors’ history.
-
C.
King Hedley II
King Hedley II is a drama by August Wilson that forms part of his Pittsburgh Cycle, exploring themes of legacy, violence, and redemption in an African American community in the 1980s.
-
D.
Porgy (novel)
Porgy (novel) is a 1925 work by DuBose Heyward that portrays the lives of African American residents in Charleston’s Catfish Row and later served as the basis for the opera Porgy and Bess.
-
E.
Master Harold...and the Boys
"Master Harold...and the Boys" is a critically acclaimed play by Athol Fugard that explores apartheid-era racial tensions and the complex relationship between a white teenager and two Black servants in South Africa.
- 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_69d6aae0c8d881908a5a360c0be3242e |
completed | April 8, 2026, 7:22 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d822f5eb988190b309b8e309f6d1a5 |
completed | April 9, 2026, 10:06 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69e5e9377ff4819096971a77e0181eaf |
completed | April 20, 2026, 8:52 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69e5f1593c2c8190885f80ad5eeba3ec |
completed | April 20, 2026, 9:26 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69e5f87bbd988190ac388a3c34b2e95a |
completed | April 20, 2026, 9:57 a.m. |
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:35 p.m.