Triple

T21008723
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Nalo Hopkinson E517487 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object The Salt Roads 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: The Salt Roads | Statement: [Nalo Hopkinson, notableWork, The Salt Roads]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Salt Roads
Context triple: [Nalo Hopkinson, notableWork, The Salt Roads]
  • A. Cities of Salt
    Cities of Salt is a landmark Arabic novel by Abdelrahman Munif that powerfully depicts the social and environmental upheavals caused by the discovery of oil in a traditional desert society.
  • B. A Salty Piece of Land
    A Salty Piece of Land is a 2004 novel by Jimmy Buffett that follows a disillusioned Wyoming cowboy on a whimsical, escapist journey through the Caribbean.
  • C. The Road Between
    The Road Between is a work (likely a song or track) associated with the musical release "To Whom It May Concern."
  • D. The Land That Drank the Rain
    The Land That Drank the Rain is a literary novel by American author William Hoffman, known for its richly drawn Southern setting and exploration of moral and spiritual redemption.
  • E. Crossing the Salt Pan
    "Crossing the Salt Pan" is a track from the album *Long Walk Home*, Peter Gabriel’s soundtrack for the film *Rabbit-Proof Fence*, featuring atmospheric, world music–influenced instrumentation.
  • 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: The Salt Roads
Target entity description: The Salt Roads is a speculative historical novel by Nalo Hopkinson that intertwines the lives of three women across time and space through African diasporic spirituality and mythology.
  • A. Cities of Salt
    Cities of Salt is a landmark Arabic novel by Abdelrahman Munif that powerfully depicts the social and environmental upheavals caused by the discovery of oil in a traditional desert society.
  • B. A Salty Piece of Land
    A Salty Piece of Land is a 2004 novel by Jimmy Buffett that follows a disillusioned Wyoming cowboy on a whimsical, escapist journey through the Caribbean.
  • C. The Road Between
    The Road Between is a work (likely a song or track) associated with the musical release "To Whom It May Concern."
  • D. The Land That Drank the Rain
    The Land That Drank the Rain is a literary novel by American author William Hoffman, known for its richly drawn Southern setting and exploration of moral and spiritual redemption.
  • E. Crossing the Salt Pan
    "Crossing the Salt Pan" is a track from the album *Long Walk Home*, Peter Gabriel’s soundtrack for the film *Rabbit-Proof Fence*, featuring atmospheric, world music–influenced instrumentation.
  • 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_69e0b50192308190a284fcc89dd23a49 completed April 16, 2026, 10:08 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e6fc3dcb5081909b06d6db10fefba6 completed April 21, 2026, 4:25 a.m.
Created at: April 16, 2026, 1:53 p.m.