Triple

T12273330
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Zakes Mda E292523 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object The Zulus of New York
The Zulus of New York is a historical novel by South African writer Zakes Mda that explores the experiences of Zulu performers exhibited in 19th-century New York.
E974749 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: The Zulus of New York | Statement: [Zakes Mda, notableWork, The Zulus of New York]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Zulus of New York
Context triple: [Zakes Mda, notableWork, The Zulus of New York]
  • A. King of the Zulu
    The King of the Zulu is the traditional monarch and cultural leader of the Zulu people, a major ethnic group primarily located in South Africa’s KwaZulu-Natal province.
  • B. Zulu Dawn
    Zulu Dawn is a 1979 British war film dramatizing the 1879 Battle of Isandlwana during the Anglo-Zulu War.
  • C. Nacimiento de los Negros
    Nacimiento de los Negros is a historic community in Coahuila, Mexico, founded by Black Seminoles who migrated there in the 19th century to escape slavery and persecution in the United States.
  • D. The Boys from the Bush
    The Boys from the Bush is an Australian television drama-comedy series that follows country characters navigating life and work in the city, blending humor with social observation.
  • E. Zulu Screams
    "Zulu Screams" is a 2019 Afrobeat-influenced hip-hop single by American rapper GoldLink featuring Maleek Berry and Bibi Bourelly.
  • 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: The Zulus of New York
Triple: [Zakes Mda, notableWork, The Zulus of New York]
Generated description
The Zulus of New York is a historical novel by South African writer Zakes Mda that explores the experiences of Zulu performers exhibited in 19th-century New York.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Zulus of New York
Target entity description: The Zulus of New York is a historical novel by South African writer Zakes Mda that explores the experiences of Zulu performers exhibited in 19th-century New York.
  • A. King of the Zulu
    The King of the Zulu is the traditional monarch and cultural leader of the Zulu people, a major ethnic group primarily located in South Africa’s KwaZulu-Natal province.
  • B. Zulu Dawn
    Zulu Dawn is a 1979 British war film dramatizing the 1879 Battle of Isandlwana during the Anglo-Zulu War.
  • C. Nacimiento de los Negros
    Nacimiento de los Negros is a historic community in Coahuila, Mexico, founded by Black Seminoles who migrated there in the 19th century to escape slavery and persecution in the United States.
  • D. The Boys from the Bush
    The Boys from the Bush is an Australian television drama-comedy series that follows country characters navigating life and work in the city, blending humor with social observation.
  • E. Zulu Screams
    "Zulu Screams" is a 2019 Afrobeat-influenced hip-hop single by American rapper GoldLink featuring Maleek Berry and Bibi Bourelly.
  • 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.