Triple
T14851967
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Spoken Soul: The Story of Black English |
E349250
|
entity |
| Predicate | author |
P4
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
John Russell Rickford
John Russell Rickford is a prominent sociolinguist known for his influential research and writing on African American Vernacular English and language variation.
|
E1124024
|
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: John Russell Rickford | Statement: [Spoken Soul: The Story of Black English, author, John Russell Rickford]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Russell Rickford Context triple: [Spoken Soul: The Story of Black English, author, John Russell Rickford]
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A.
Charles W. Bailey II
Charles W. Bailey II was an American journalist and novelist best known for co-authoring the political thriller "Seven Days in May."
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B.
Warner T. Washington
Warner T. Washington is a music producer best known for his work on the project "Write Me Back."
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C.
Kwame R. Brown
Kwame R. Brown is an American politician who served as the chairman of the Council of the District of Columbia before resigning amid a federal bank fraud investigation.
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D.
Leroy Hicks
Leroy Hicks is an individual notable enough to be specifically recorded as a bearer of the surname Hicks, though widely recognized public information about him is limited.
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E.
True W. Williams
True W. Williams was an illustrator known for providing the original illustrations for Mark Twain’s semi-autobiographical travel book "Roughing It."
- 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: John Russell Rickford Triple: [Spoken Soul: The Story of Black English, author, John Russell Rickford]
Generated description
John Russell Rickford is a prominent sociolinguist known for his influential research and writing on African American Vernacular English and language variation.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Russell Rickford Target entity description: John Russell Rickford is a prominent sociolinguist known for his influential research and writing on African American Vernacular English and language variation.
-
A.
Charles W. Bailey II
Charles W. Bailey II was an American journalist and novelist best known for co-authoring the political thriller "Seven Days in May."
-
B.
Warner T. Washington
Warner T. Washington is a music producer best known for his work on the project "Write Me Back."
-
C.
Kwame R. Brown
Kwame R. Brown is an American politician who served as the chairman of the Council of the District of Columbia before resigning amid a federal bank fraud investigation.
-
D.
Leroy Hicks
Leroy Hicks is an individual notable enough to be specifically recorded as a bearer of the surname Hicks, though widely recognized public information about him is limited.
-
E.
True W. Williams
True W. Williams was an illustrator known for providing the original illustrations for Mark Twain’s semi-autobiographical travel book "Roughing It."
- 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_69d822ed7e1881909b90fca143ad7e34 |
completed | April 9, 2026, 10:06 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69ded441e70881909bbf62b66d932aff |
completed | April 14, 2026, 11:56 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69fe6506ace48190819504b93f575660 |
completed | May 8, 2026, 10:34 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69fe66a5f3a88190827c6c9247323153 |
completed | May 8, 2026, 10:41 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69fe6736ff34819098524e4401a414aa |
completed | May 8, 2026, 10:44 p.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:54 a.m.