Triple

T13822627
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject How to Travel with a Salmon and Other Essays E332172 entity
Predicate hasEssay P27484 FINISHED
Object How to Be an African
"How to Be an African" is a humorous, satirical essay by Umberto Eco that playfully critiques Western stereotypes and perceptions of African identity.
E1063317 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: How to Be an African | Statement: [How to Travel with a Salmon and Other Essays, hasEssay, How to Be an African]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: How to Be an African
Context triple: [How to Travel with a Salmon and Other Essays, hasEssay, How to Be an African]
  • A. The Africa We Want
    "The Africa We Want" is the aspirational slogan encapsulating the African Union’s long-term vision for a peaceful, prosperous, and integrated continent under Agenda 2063.
  • B. Meet the Blacks
    Meet the Blacks is a 2016 American horror-comedy film that parodies home-invasion and Purge-style movies, featuring comedian Gary Owen among its cast.
  • C. Mama Africa: The Diary of an African Woman
    Mama Africa: The Diary of an African Woman is a music album by South African singer Miriam Makeba that blends African rhythms with socially conscious themes reflecting her life and activism.
  • D. How to Make Black America Better
    "How to Make Black America Better" is a nonfiction book edited by broadcaster Tavis Smiley that compiles essays and recommendations from prominent Black leaders on strategies for improving the social, economic, and political conditions of African Americans.
  • E. One Africa, One Voice
    One Africa, One Voice is the unifying slogan of the Pan-African Parliament, expressing its vision of a single, collective African voice in continental governance and decision-making.
  • 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: How to Be an African
Triple: [How to Travel with a Salmon and Other Essays, hasEssay, How to Be an African]
Generated description
"How to Be an African" is a humorous, satirical essay by Umberto Eco that playfully critiques Western stereotypes and perceptions of African identity.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: How to Be an African
Target entity description: "How to Be an African" is a humorous, satirical essay by Umberto Eco that playfully critiques Western stereotypes and perceptions of African identity.
  • A. The Africa We Want
    "The Africa We Want" is the aspirational slogan encapsulating the African Union’s long-term vision for a peaceful, prosperous, and integrated continent under Agenda 2063.
  • B. Meet the Blacks
    Meet the Blacks is a 2016 American horror-comedy film that parodies home-invasion and Purge-style movies, featuring comedian Gary Owen among its cast.
  • C. Mama Africa: The Diary of an African Woman
    Mama Africa: The Diary of an African Woman is a music album by South African singer Miriam Makeba that blends African rhythms with socially conscious themes reflecting her life and activism.
  • D. How to Make Black America Better
    "How to Make Black America Better" is a nonfiction book edited by broadcaster Tavis Smiley that compiles essays and recommendations from prominent Black leaders on strategies for improving the social, economic, and political conditions of African Americans.
  • E. One Africa, One Voice
    One Africa, One Voice is the unifying slogan of the Pan-African Parliament, expressing its vision of a single, collective African voice in continental governance and decision-making.
  • 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_69d81c5ae7c88190b0dd41bdafeb5999 completed April 9, 2026, 9:38 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69de0284428081908043c55caeefb833 completed April 14, 2026, 9:01 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f7b8e60e1c81908d51d723e85e0541 completed May 3, 2026, 9:06 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f7b9d81f488190875e9b3f885556ab completed May 3, 2026, 9:10 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f7ba936c4481908757699ff22d3904 completed May 3, 2026, 9:13 p.m.
Created at: April 9, 2026, 10:13 p.m.