Triple

T18494191
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Elijah Wald E451896 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object Escaping the Delta: Robert Johnson and the Invention of the Blues — NE NERFINISHED

How this triple was built (3 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: Escaping the Delta: Robert Johnson and the Invention of the Blues | Statement: [Elijah Wald, notableWork, Escaping the Delta: Robert Johnson and the Invention of the Blues]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Escaping the Delta: Robert Johnson and the Invention of the Blues
Context triple: [Elijah Wald, notableWork, Escaping the Delta: Robert Johnson and the Invention of the Blues]
  • A. The Story of the Blues
    The Story of the Blues is a 1982 song by Pete Wylie’s band Wah! that became one of his best-known hits, blending post-punk and pop with reflective, socially conscious lyrics.
  • B. The Meaning of the Blues
    "The Meaning of the Blues" is a jazz composition best known for its evocative, melancholic melody and for being interpreted by Miles Davis on his landmark orchestral collaboration with Gil Evans.
  • C. Birth of the Blues
    "Birth of the Blues" is a rendition of the popular standard featured on Ray Charles’s influential 1961 compilation album *Genius + Soul = Jazz*.
  • D. Mother of the Blues
    Mother of the Blues is the honorific nickname given to Ma Rainey, a pioneering early 20th-century American blues singer who helped shape and popularize the genre.
  • E. Story of the Blues
    "Story of the Blues" is a song by English band After Hours, known for its emotive reflection on hardship and resilience in the blues tradition.
  • F. None of above. chosen
  • G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Escaping the Delta: Robert Johnson and the Invention of the Blues
Target entity description: Escaping the Delta: Robert Johnson and the Invention of the Blues is a music history book by Elijah Wald that reexamines Robert Johnson’s legacy and the development of the blues within its original cultural and historical context.
  • A. The Story of the Blues
    The Story of the Blues is a 1982 song by Pete Wylie’s band Wah! that became one of his best-known hits, blending post-punk and pop with reflective, socially conscious lyrics.
  • B. The Meaning of the Blues
    "The Meaning of the Blues" is a jazz composition best known for its evocative, melancholic melody and for being interpreted by Miles Davis on his landmark orchestral collaboration with Gil Evans.
  • C. Birth of the Blues
    "Birth of the Blues" is a rendition of the popular standard featured on Ray Charles’s influential 1961 compilation album *Genius + Soul = Jazz*.
  • D. Mother of the Blues
    Mother of the Blues is the honorific nickname given to Ma Rainey, a pioneering early 20th-century American blues singer who helped shape and popularize the genre.
  • E. Story of the Blues
    "Story of the Blues" is a song by English band After Hours, known for its emotive reflection on hardship and resilience in the blues tradition.
  • F. None of above. chosen

Provenance (2 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_69d8d3855d50819097fc8561b0299dd9 completed April 10, 2026, 10:40 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e532bf206c8190a146cd1abd752152 completed April 19, 2026, 7:53 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 11:35 a.m.