Triple
T21008723
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Nalo Hopkinson |
E517487
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableWork |
P4
|
FINISHED |
| Object | The Salt Roads |
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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: 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]
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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.
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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.
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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."
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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.
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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.
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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.