Triple

T12273328
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Zakes Mda E292523 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object Rachel’s Blue
Rachel’s Blue is a novel by South African writer Zakes Mda that explores themes of trauma, justice, and community in a small American town.
 E974747 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: Rachel’s Blue | Statement: [Zakes Mda, notableWork, Rachel’s Blue]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Rachel’s Blue
Context triple: [Zakes Mda, notableWork, Rachel’s Blue]
  • A. A Patch of Blue
    A Patch of Blue is a 1965 American drama film about the relationship between a blind white girl and a Black man, noted for its exploration of racism and disability.
  • B. Roses Blue
    "Roses Blue" is a song by Joni Mitchell from her 1969 album *Clouds*, noted for its introspective lyrics and folk-influenced style.
  • C. Shades of Blue
    Shades of Blue is a hip hop album by producer Madlib that reimagines and remixes classic Blue Note jazz recordings into innovative, sample-based beats.
  • D. Shades of Blue
    Shades of Blue is an American crime drama television series starring Jennifer Lopez as a conflicted NYPD detective caught between corrupt colleagues and an FBI anti-corruption investigation.
  • E. Dazzling Blue
    "Dazzling Blue" is a reflective, folk-infused song by Paul Simon that blends intricate acoustic guitar work with poetic lyrics on love and spirituality.
  • 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: Rachel’s Blue
Triple: [Zakes Mda, notableWork, Rachel’s Blue]
Generated description
Rachel’s Blue is a novel by South African writer Zakes Mda that explores themes of trauma, justice, and community in a small American town.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Rachel’s Blue
Target entity description: Rachel’s Blue is a novel by South African writer Zakes Mda that explores themes of trauma, justice, and community in a small American town.
  • A. A Patch of Blue
    A Patch of Blue is a 1965 American drama film about the relationship between a blind white girl and a Black man, noted for its exploration of racism and disability.
  • B. Roses Blue
    "Roses Blue" is a song by Joni Mitchell from her 1969 album *Clouds*, noted for its introspective lyrics and folk-influenced style.
  • C. Shades of Blue
    Shades of Blue is a hip hop album by producer Madlib that reimagines and remixes classic Blue Note jazz recordings into innovative, sample-based beats.
  • D. Shades of Blue
    Shades of Blue is an American crime drama television series starring Jennifer Lopez as a conflicted NYPD detective caught between corrupt colleagues and an FBI anti-corruption investigation.
  • E. Dazzling Blue
    "Dazzling Blue" is a reflective, folk-infused song by Paul Simon that blends intricate acoustic guitar work with poetic lyrics on love and spirituality.
  • 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.