Triple
T20127777
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | What Is the What |
E490802
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entity |
| Predicate | hasRealPersonAsProtagonist |
P107820
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Valentino Achak Deng |
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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: Valentino Achak Deng | Statement: [What Is the What, hasRealPersonAsProtagonist, Valentino Achak Deng]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Valentino Achak Deng Context triple: [What Is the What, hasRealPersonAsProtagonist, Valentino Achak Deng]
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A.
Valentino Achak Deng
chosen
Valentino Achak Deng is a South Sudanese former Lost Boy whose life story of war, displacement, and resettlement in the United States is portrayed in Dave Eggers’s novel "What Is the What."
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B.
Lou Nuer
Lou Nuer are a subgroup of the Nuer people of South Sudan, known for their pastoralist lifestyle, clan-based social structure, and distinctive variety of the Nuer language.
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C.
Riek Machar
Riek Machar is a South Sudanese politician and rebel leader who has served as a key opposition figure and former vice president in the country’s turbulent post-independence politics.
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D.
Salva Kiir Mayardit
Salva Kiir Mayardit is a South Sudanese politician and military leader who has served as the country’s president since its independence in 2011.
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E.
Joseph Gikatilla
Joseph Gikatilla was a prominent 13th-century Spanish Kabbalist and author whose works, such as "Ginnat Egoz" and "Sha'arei Orah," systematized and popularized mystical interpretations of the Hebrew Bible and divine names.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
PD
Predicate disambiguation
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: hasRealPersonAsProtagonist Context triple: [What Is the What, hasRealPersonAsProtagonist, Valentino Achak Deng]
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A.
hasProtagonist
Indicates that a work of narrative has a main character who serves as its central focus or driving agent.
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B.
protagonistIs
Indicates that one entity serves as the main character or central figure in relation to another entity or narrative context.
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C.
hasChildProtagonist
Indicates that the work features a child as its main or central character.
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D.
featuresRealPersonAsHimself
chosen
Indicates that a real person appears in the work portraying themself rather than a fictional character.
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E.
hasSpiritProtagonist
Indicates that the primary or central character in a narrative is a spirit or non-corporeal being.
- F. None of above.
Provenance (3 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_69da62651a0c8190a3e05e95e056a66b |
completed | April 11, 2026, 3:01 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e6675fe3d48190b0c20b483a951e68 |
completed | April 20, 2026, 5:50 p.m. |
| PD | Predicate disambiguation | batch_69e54cfb0d0081908e789b9b57e96668 |
completed | April 19, 2026, 9:45 p.m. |
Created at: April 11, 2026, 11:31 p.m.