Triple
T16922669
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Ian Thomson (writer) |
E410478
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entity |
| Predicate | notableWork |
P4
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FINISHED |
| Object |
Bonjour Blanc: A Journey Through Haiti
Bonjour Blanc: A Journey Through Haiti is a travel memoir in which Ian Thomson explores Haiti’s history, culture, and politics through vivid reportage and personal encounters.
|
E1241224
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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: Bonjour Blanc: A Journey Through Haiti | Statement: [Ian Thomson (writer), notableWork, Bonjour Blanc: A Journey Through Haiti]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bonjour Blanc: A Journey Through Haiti Context triple: [Ian Thomson (writer), notableWork, Bonjour Blanc: A Journey Through Haiti]
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A.
Life in a Haitian Valley
Life in a Haitian Valley is a classic ethnographic study by anthropologist Melville J. Herskovits that examines Haitian rural life, culture, and African cultural survivals.
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B.
A Wedding in Haiti
A Wedding in Haiti is a memoir by Dominican-American author Julia Alvarez that recounts her decades-long friendship with a Haitian migrant worker and her journey to attend his wedding in Haiti, exploring themes of borders, family, and solidarity.
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C.
Les Cayes
Les Cayes is a coastal city in southern Haiti known as a regional commercial hub and gateway to nearby Caribbean beaches and islands.
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D.
The Kingdom of This World
The Kingdom of This World is a landmark novel by Alejo Carpentier that exemplifies the Latin American Boom’s blend of historical narrative and magical realism, depicting the Haitian Revolution through a richly baroque style.
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E.
The Farming of Bones
The Farming of Bones is a historical novel by Edwidge Danticat that explores the 1937 Parsley Massacre and its impact on Haitian immigrants in the Dominican Republic through a deeply personal, lyrical narrative.
- 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: Bonjour Blanc: A Journey Through Haiti Triple: [Ian Thomson (writer), notableWork, Bonjour Blanc: A Journey Through Haiti]
Generated description
Bonjour Blanc: A Journey Through Haiti is a travel memoir in which Ian Thomson explores Haiti’s history, culture, and politics through vivid reportage and personal encounters.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bonjour Blanc: A Journey Through Haiti Target entity description: Bonjour Blanc: A Journey Through Haiti is a travel memoir in which Ian Thomson explores Haiti’s history, culture, and politics through vivid reportage and personal encounters.
-
A.
Life in a Haitian Valley
Life in a Haitian Valley is a classic ethnographic study by anthropologist Melville J. Herskovits that examines Haitian rural life, culture, and African cultural survivals.
-
B.
A Wedding in Haiti
A Wedding in Haiti is a memoir by Dominican-American author Julia Alvarez that recounts her decades-long friendship with a Haitian migrant worker and her journey to attend his wedding in Haiti, exploring themes of borders, family, and solidarity.
-
C.
Les Cayes
Les Cayes is a coastal city in southern Haiti known as a regional commercial hub and gateway to nearby Caribbean beaches and islands.
-
D.
The Kingdom of This World
The Kingdom of This World is a landmark novel by Alejo Carpentier that exemplifies the Latin American Boom’s blend of historical narrative and magical realism, depicting the Haitian Revolution through a richly baroque style.
-
E.
The Farming of Bones
The Farming of Bones is a historical novel by Edwidge Danticat that explores the 1937 Parsley Massacre and its impact on Haitian immigrants in the Dominican Republic through a deeply personal, lyrical narrative.
- 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_69d886c7b1e481908c3766dfa8c13458 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 5:12 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e3cdf06e8c81908028efef2faa6c6b |
completed | April 18, 2026, 6:31 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_6a00cfd5e17481909fc4303fcc1342bf |
completed | May 10, 2026, 6:35 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_6a00d0a0852c8190991af93d50fa2216 |
completed | May 10, 2026, 6:38 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_6a00d14b83d88190b3dbc124d5b33029 |
completed | May 10, 2026, 6:41 p.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:30 a.m.