Triple
T3279036
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Thomas Clarkson |
E68828
|
entity |
| Predicate | wrote |
P2831
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Thoughts on the African Slave Trade |
E334098
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: Thoughts on the African Slave Trade | Statement: [Thomas Clarkson, wrote, Thoughts on the African Slave Trade]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thoughts on the African Slave Trade Context triple: [Thomas Clarkson, wrote, Thoughts on the African Slave Trade]
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A.
Thoughts Upon the African Slave Trade
chosen
Thoughts Upon the African Slave Trade is an influential 1788 pamphlet by former slave ship captain turned Anglican clergyman John Newton, in which he condemns and details the horrors of the transatlantic slave trade.
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B.
The African Slave Trade and Its Remedy
The African Slave Trade and Its Remedy is an 1839 abolitionist treatise by Thomas Fowell Buxton that analyzes the transatlantic slave trade and advocates practical measures, including legitimate commerce and political action, to end it.
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C.
An Essay on the Treatment and Conversion of African Slaves
An Essay on the Treatment and Conversion of African Slaves is an 18th-century abolitionist tract arguing for the humane treatment and moral reform of enslaved Africans within the British Empire.
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D.
Dahomey and the Slave Trade
"Dahomey and the Slave Trade" is a historical study by Karl Polanyi examining the economic and social structures of the Kingdom of Dahomey in relation to the Atlantic slave trade.
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E.
The History of the Rise, Progress and Accomplishment of the Abolition of the African Slave-Trade by the British Parliament
"The History of the Rise, Progress and Accomplishment of the Abolition of the African Slave-Trade by the British Parliament" is a seminal 1808 work by Thomas Clarkson chronicling the British campaign and legislative struggle to end the transatlantic slave trade.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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_69ad859c463481909ca4be267336c290 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 2:20 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69adb0155430819097c806ee407dc1e4 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 5:21 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b2e84ddd24819094a47269023f9889 |
completed | March 12, 2026, 4:22 p.m. |
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:10 p.m.