Triple

T14684277
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Olaudah Equiano E344868 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, the African
*The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, the African* is an 18th-century autobiographical slave narrative that powerfully recounts Equiano’s kidnapping, enslavement, and eventual freedom while serving as a foundational text of both abolitionist literature and Black Atlantic history.
E1113142 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 Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, the African | Statement: [Olaudah Equiano, notableWork, The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, the African]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, the African
Context triple: [Olaudah Equiano, notableWork, The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, the African]
  • A. Narrative of the Life of Moses Grandy, Late a Slave in the United States of America
    Narrative of the Life of Moses Grandy, Late a Slave in the United States of America is a 19th-century slave narrative memoir in which Moses Grandy recounts his experiences of enslavement and eventual freedom, contributing to the abolitionist movement.
  • B. The History of Mary Prince, a West Indian Slave, Related by Herself
    *The History of Mary Prince, a West Indian Slave, Related by Herself* is a groundbreaking 1831 slave narrative and abolitionist text, recounting the life and suffering of Mary Prince and recognized as the first account of a Black woman’s life published in Britain.
  • C. Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave
    "Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave" is a landmark 1845 autobiography that powerfully recounts Douglass’s experiences in slavery and his journey to freedom, becoming a foundational work of American abolitionist literature.
  • D. An Essay on the Treatment and Conversion of African Slaves
    An Essay on the Treatment and Conversion of African Slaves is an 18th-century abolitionist tract arguing for the humane treatment and moral reform of enslaved Africans within the British Empire.
  • E. American Slavery As It Is: Testimony of a Thousand Witnesses
    American Slavery As It Is: Testimony of a Thousand Witnesses is an 1839 abolitionist compendium that exposes the brutality of slavery in the United States through extensive firsthand accounts and documentary evidence.
  • 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 Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, the African
Triple: [Olaudah Equiano, notableWork, The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, the African]
Generated description
*The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, the African* is an 18th-century autobiographical slave narrative that powerfully recounts Equiano’s kidnapping, enslavement, and eventual freedom while serving as a foundational text of both abolitionist literature and Black Atlantic history.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, the African
Target entity description: *The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, the African* is an 18th-century autobiographical slave narrative that powerfully recounts Equiano’s kidnapping, enslavement, and eventual freedom while serving as a foundational text of both abolitionist literature and Black Atlantic history.
  • A. Narrative of the Life of Moses Grandy, Late a Slave in the United States of America
    Narrative of the Life of Moses Grandy, Late a Slave in the United States of America is a 19th-century slave narrative memoir in which Moses Grandy recounts his experiences of enslavement and eventual freedom, contributing to the abolitionist movement.
  • B. The History of Mary Prince, a West Indian Slave, Related by Herself
    *The History of Mary Prince, a West Indian Slave, Related by Herself* is a groundbreaking 1831 slave narrative and abolitionist text, recounting the life and suffering of Mary Prince and recognized as the first account of a Black woman’s life published in Britain.
  • C. Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave
    "Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave" is a landmark 1845 autobiography that powerfully recounts Douglass’s experiences in slavery and his journey to freedom, becoming a foundational work of American abolitionist literature.
  • D. An Essay on the Treatment and Conversion of African Slaves
    An Essay on the Treatment and Conversion of African Slaves is an 18th-century abolitionist tract arguing for the humane treatment and moral reform of enslaved Africans within the British Empire.
  • E. American Slavery As It Is: Testimony of a Thousand Witnesses
    American Slavery As It Is: Testimony of a Thousand Witnesses is an 1839 abolitionist compendium that exposes the brutality of slavery in the United States through extensive firsthand accounts and documentary evidence.
  • 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_69d822e34b348190ada4d1cdb6c7c226 completed April 9, 2026, 10:06 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69deb56bdb8081909ff86440ba20fb1f completed April 14, 2026, 9:45 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69fde18592088190892ae1cc371165be completed May 8, 2026, 1:13 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69fde4782f188190aa2071e39d768168 completed May 8, 2026, 1:26 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69fde4d080148190a0df7aae8b3afc93 completed May 8, 2026, 1:27 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:28 a.m.