Triple
T14410751
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Arturo Alfonso Schomburg |
E357316
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableWork |
P4
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
essay "The Negro Digs Up His Past"
"The Negro Digs Up His Past" is an influential essay by historian and bibliophile Arturo Alfonso Schomburg that argues for the recovery and celebration of Black history and cultural achievements as a foundation for racial pride and empowerment.
|
E1098172
|
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: essay "The Negro Digs Up His Past" | Statement: [Arturo Alfonso Schomburg, notableWork, essay "The Negro Digs Up His Past"]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: essay "The Negro Digs Up His Past" Context triple: [Arturo Alfonso Schomburg, notableWork, essay "The Negro Digs Up His Past"]
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A.
“The Negro and His Needs”
“The Negro and His Needs” is a significant work by African American Presbyterian minister and civil rights advocate Francis James Grimké addressing the social, political, and spiritual challenges facing Black Americans in the post–Civil War era.
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B.
“Unspeakable Things Unspoken: The Afro-American Presence in American Literature”
“Unspeakable Things Unspoken: The Afro-American Presence in American Literature” is a seminal critical essay by Toni Morrison that examines how Black writers and racialized perspectives have been marginalized, erased, and yet structurally central within the American literary canon.
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C.
The Myth of the Negro Past
The Myth of the Negro Past is a pioneering 1941 anthropological study by Melville J. Herskovits that challenged prevailing racist assumptions by documenting the enduring African cultural heritage among African Americans.
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D.
The Future of the American Negro
"The Future of the American Negro" is an 1899 book by Booker T. Washington in which he outlines his views on African American progress through industrial education, self-help, and economic advancement in the post–Civil War United States.
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E.
Message to the Blackman in America
Message to the Blackman in America is a foundational 1965 book by Nation of Islam leader Elijah Muhammad that outlines his religious, social, and political teachings directed primarily toward African Americans.
- 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: essay "The Negro Digs Up His Past" Triple: [Arturo Alfonso Schomburg, notableWork, essay "The Negro Digs Up His Past"]
Generated description
"The Negro Digs Up His Past" is an influential essay by historian and bibliophile Arturo Alfonso Schomburg that argues for the recovery and celebration of Black history and cultural achievements as a foundation for racial pride and empowerment.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: essay "The Negro Digs Up His Past" Target entity description: "The Negro Digs Up His Past" is an influential essay by historian and bibliophile Arturo Alfonso Schomburg that argues for the recovery and celebration of Black history and cultural achievements as a foundation for racial pride and empowerment.
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A.
“The Negro and His Needs”
“The Negro and His Needs” is a significant work by African American Presbyterian minister and civil rights advocate Francis James Grimké addressing the social, political, and spiritual challenges facing Black Americans in the post–Civil War era.
-
B.
“Unspeakable Things Unspoken: The Afro-American Presence in American Literature”
“Unspeakable Things Unspoken: The Afro-American Presence in American Literature” is a seminal critical essay by Toni Morrison that examines how Black writers and racialized perspectives have been marginalized, erased, and yet structurally central within the American literary canon.
-
C.
The Myth of the Negro Past
The Myth of the Negro Past is a pioneering 1941 anthropological study by Melville J. Herskovits that challenged prevailing racist assumptions by documenting the enduring African cultural heritage among African Americans.
-
D.
The Future of the American Negro
"The Future of the American Negro" is an 1899 book by Booker T. Washington in which he outlines his views on African American progress through industrial education, self-help, and economic advancement in the post–Civil War United States.
-
E.
Message to the Blackman in America
Message to the Blackman in America is a foundational 1965 book by Nation of Islam leader Elijah Muhammad that outlines his religious, social, and political teachings directed primarily toward African Americans.
- 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_69d82793421c8190861eb0e673b085de |
completed | April 9, 2026, 10:26 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69de90c9b3448190aec1608836a5e913 |
completed | April 14, 2026, 7:08 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69fd55269d8c81909592277741a93db6 |
completed | May 8, 2026, 3:14 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69fd58216a8c8190b1fffcb670f15e16 |
completed | May 8, 2026, 3:27 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69fd589144b8819099aadef126b8728f |
completed | May 8, 2026, 3:29 a.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:17 a.m.