Triple
T3327229
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | John R. Rickford |
E69943
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableWork |
P4
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Spoken Soul: The Story of Black English
Spoken Soul: The Story of Black English is a book that explores the history, structure, and cultural significance of African American Vernacular English and argues for its legitimacy as a rich and expressive language variety.
|
E349250
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (4 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: Spoken Soul: The Story of Black English | Statement: [John R. Rickford, notableWork, Spoken Soul: The Story of Black English]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Spoken Soul: The Story of Black English Context triple: [John R. Rickford, notableWork, Spoken Soul: The Story of Black English]
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A.
The Development of African American English
"The Development of African American English" is a scholarly work that examines the historical origins, structural features, and sociolinguistic evolution of African American English.
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B.
The Signifying Monkey
The Signifying Monkey is a seminal scholarly work by Henry Louis Gates Jr. that analyzes African American literary theory and vernacular traditions through the lens of signifying and rhetorical play.
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C.
The Norton Anthology of African American Literature
The Norton Anthology of African American Literature is a widely used scholarly collection that surveys and contextualizes major works by African American writers from the eighteenth century to the present.
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D.
Language: An Introduction to the Study of Speech
"Language: An Introduction to the Study of Speech" is a foundational 1921 work in linguistics that systematically explores the nature, structure, and function of human language.
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E.
Black Atlantic
Black Atlantic refers to the transnational cultural, historical, and political space shaped by the movements, experiences, and creative expressions of African-descended peoples across Africa, the Americas, the Caribbean, and Europe.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NEDg
Description generation
gpt-5.1
Instruction
Generate a one-sentence description of the target entity. You are given a context triple in the form (subject, predicate, object), where the object is the target entity. # Instructions Use the triple to infer relevant information about the entity. Describe the entity based on what is most defining, well-known. Avoid repeating the information from the triple, unless really essential. # Response Format Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the target entity]"
Input
Entity: Spoken Soul: The Story of Black English Triple: [John R. Rickford, notableWork, Spoken Soul: The Story of Black English]
Generated description
Spoken Soul: The Story of Black English is a book that explores the history, structure, and cultural significance of African American Vernacular English and argues for its legitimacy as a rich and expressive language variety.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Spoken Soul: The Story of Black English Target entity description: Spoken Soul: The Story of Black English is a book that explores the history, structure, and cultural significance of African American Vernacular English and argues for its legitimacy as a rich and expressive language variety.
-
A.
The Development of African American English
"The Development of African American English" is a scholarly work that examines the historical origins, structural features, and sociolinguistic evolution of African American English.
-
B.
The Signifying Monkey
The Signifying Monkey is a seminal scholarly work by Henry Louis Gates Jr. that analyzes African American literary theory and vernacular traditions through the lens of signifying and rhetorical play.
-
C.
The Norton Anthology of African American Literature
The Norton Anthology of African American Literature is a widely used scholarly collection that surveys and contextualizes major works by African American writers from the eighteenth century to the present.
-
D.
Language: An Introduction to the Study of Speech
"Language: An Introduction to the Study of Speech" is a foundational 1921 work in linguistics that systematically explores the nature, structure, and function of human language.
-
E.
Black Atlantic
Black Atlantic refers to the transnational cultural, historical, and political space shaped by the movements, experiences, and creative expressions of African-descended peoples across Africa, the Americas, the Caribbean, and Europe.
- F. None of above. chosen
Provenance (5 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_69ad85a1829881908942c14075644d0d |
completed | March 8, 2026, 2:20 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69adb16f61248190bab10f4ac9e066f7 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 5:27 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b31a7ce34c81908df0c30a41fd925c |
completed | March 12, 2026, 7:56 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69b31c368e4c8190a011833fce090a7d |
completed | March 12, 2026, 8:04 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69b31d3fa6088190a5abf858c01c25bc |
completed | March 12, 2026, 8:08 p.m. |
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:12 p.m.