Triple
T11532250
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Tressie McMillan Cottom |
E273450
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableWork |
P4
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Thick: And Other Essays
Thick: And Other Essays is a critically acclaimed collection of essays by sociologist Tressie McMillan Cottom that explores race, gender, class, and power in contemporary America through sharp cultural critique and personal narrative.
|
E931187
|
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: Thick: And Other Essays | Statement: [Tressie McMillan Cottom, notableWork, Thick: And Other Essays]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thick: And Other Essays Context triple: [Tressie McMillan Cottom, notableWork, Thick: And Other Essays]
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A.
Surviving and Other Essays
Surviving and Other Essays is a collection of psychological and autobiographical essays by Bruno Bettelheim reflecting on trauma, survival, and the human condition.
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B.
Less Than One: Selected Essays
Less Than One: Selected Essays is a celebrated collection of autobiographical and literary essays by Nobel Prize–winning poet Joseph Brodsky, reflecting on exile, Russian literature, and the moral responsibilities of the writer.
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C.
Leaves from the Notebook of a Tamed Cynic
Leaves from the Notebook of a Tamed Cynic is a reflective collection of early pastoral journals and theological insights by American theologian Reinhold Niebuhr.
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D.
Oneself as Another
"Oneself as Another" is a major philosophical work by Paul Ricoeur that explores personal identity, selfhood, and ethics through the lens of narrative and hermeneutic phenomenology.
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E.
Letters to a Young Contrarian
Letters to a Young Contrarian is a book by Christopher Hitchens that offers guidance on independent thinking, skepticism, and principled dissent through a series of reflective essays.
- 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: Thick: And Other Essays Triple: [Tressie McMillan Cottom, notableWork, Thick: And Other Essays]
Generated description
Thick: And Other Essays is a critically acclaimed collection of essays by sociologist Tressie McMillan Cottom that explores race, gender, class, and power in contemporary America through sharp cultural critique and personal narrative.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thick: And Other Essays Target entity description: Thick: And Other Essays is a critically acclaimed collection of essays by sociologist Tressie McMillan Cottom that explores race, gender, class, and power in contemporary America through sharp cultural critique and personal narrative.
-
A.
Surviving and Other Essays
Surviving and Other Essays is a collection of psychological and autobiographical essays by Bruno Bettelheim reflecting on trauma, survival, and the human condition.
-
B.
Less Than One: Selected Essays
Less Than One: Selected Essays is a celebrated collection of autobiographical and literary essays by Nobel Prize–winning poet Joseph Brodsky, reflecting on exile, Russian literature, and the moral responsibilities of the writer.
-
C.
Leaves from the Notebook of a Tamed Cynic
Leaves from the Notebook of a Tamed Cynic is a reflective collection of early pastoral journals and theological insights by American theologian Reinhold Niebuhr.
-
D.
Oneself as Another
"Oneself as Another" is a major philosophical work by Paul Ricoeur that explores personal identity, selfhood, and ethics through the lens of narrative and hermeneutic phenomenology.
-
E.
Letters to a Young Contrarian
Letters to a Young Contrarian is a book by Christopher Hitchens that offers guidance on independent thinking, skepticism, and principled dissent through a series of reflective essays.
- 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_69d6aae3fbec8190a14632a5df2538b6 |
completed | April 8, 2026, 7:22 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d8839a2c7081909c285d1f6beb971c |
completed | April 10, 2026, 4:59 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69e68577f5ec8190a46687119d288a36 |
completed | April 20, 2026, 7:58 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69e68fd8210c8190a7b0bbd8a50ff6b1 |
completed | April 20, 2026, 8:43 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69e69f12cfcc8190a06e0922c9faa49e |
completed | April 20, 2026, 9:48 p.m. |
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:37 p.m.