Triple

T12273326
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Zakes Mda E292523 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object Cion
Cion is a novel by South African writer Zakes Mda that explores themes of slavery, memory, and African diaspora through the experiences of a South African émigré in the United States.
 E974746 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: Cion | Statement: [Zakes Mda, notableWork, Cion]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Cion
Context triple: [Zakes Mda, notableWork, Cion]
  • A. Cionnaith
    Cionnaith is an Irish Gaelic given name of ancient origin, from which the surname McKenna is derived.
  • B. Dooneen
    Dooneen is a small rural village located in County Tipperary, Ireland.
  • C. Aegan
    Aegan is a 2008 Tamil action-comedy film starring Ajith Kumar, loosely inspired by the Bollywood movie Main Hoon Na.
  • D. Cillae
    Cillae was an ancient city located in the historical region of Mysia in northwestern Asia Minor (modern-day Turkey).
  • E. Ciarforon
    Ciarforon is a prominent alpine peak in the Italian Alps, known for its distinctive pyramid shape and glaciated slopes within the Gran Paradiso region.
  • 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: Cion
Triple: [Zakes Mda, notableWork, Cion]
Generated description
Cion is a novel by South African writer Zakes Mda that explores themes of slavery, memory, and African diaspora through the experiences of a South African émigré in the United States.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Cion
Target entity description: Cion is a novel by South African writer Zakes Mda that explores themes of slavery, memory, and African diaspora through the experiences of a South African émigré in the United States.
  • A. Cionnaith
    Cionnaith is an Irish Gaelic given name of ancient origin, from which the surname McKenna is derived.
  • B. Dooneen
    Dooneen is a small rural village located in County Tipperary, Ireland.
  • C. Aegan
    Aegan is a 2008 Tamil action-comedy film starring Ajith Kumar, loosely inspired by the Bollywood movie Main Hoon Na.
  • D. Cillae
    Cillae was an ancient city located in the historical region of Mysia in northwestern Asia Minor (modern-day Turkey).
  • E. Ciarforon
    Ciarforon is a prominent alpine peak in the Italian Alps, known for its distinctive pyramid shape and glaciated slopes within the Gran Paradiso region.
  • 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_69d6ab6856488190b5d31178d5015f8e completed April 8, 2026, 7:24 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d91cee7158819093fff74db6867896 completed April 10, 2026, 3:53 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f61e6b50a48190b1beabd149d5830f completed May 2, 2026, 3:55 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f61f9386548190a749445a404db3a2 completed May 2, 2026, 4 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f6207f164c8190b663a50ee3c761d6 completed May 2, 2026, 4:04 p.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:52 p.m.