Triple

T4372488
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Toni Morrison bibliography E98928 entity
Predicate includesSpeech P56446 FINISHED
Object “The Future of Time: Literature and Diminished Expectations”
“The Future of Time: Literature and Diminished Expectations” is a speech by Toni Morrison that reflects on how contemporary literature engages with changing notions of time, hope, and the future.
E435416 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: “The Future of Time: Literature and Diminished Expectations” | Statement: [Toni Morrison bibliography, includesSpeech, “The Future of Time: Literature and Diminished Expectations”]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: “The Future of Time: Literature and Diminished Expectations”
Context triple: [Toni Morrison bibliography, includesSpeech, “The Future of Time: Literature and Diminished Expectations”]
  • A. Between Past and Future
    "Between Past and Future" is a collection of political and philosophical essays by Hannah Arendt that examines the crises of modernity and the challenges of freedom, authority, and tradition in contemporary society.
  • B. The Mutability of Literature
    "The Mutability of Literature" is a reflective essay by Washington Irving, presented as part of his Sketch Book, that meditates wryly on the transience of books and literary fame.
  • C. No Time Like the Future: An Optimist Considers Mortality
    "No Time Like the Future: An Optimist Considers Mortality" is Michael J. Fox’s reflective memoir that candidly explores his experiences with Parkinson’s disease, aging, and resilience while maintaining his characteristic humor and optimism.
  • D. The Future Poetry
    The Future Poetry is a critical work by Indian philosopher and yogi Sri Aurobindo that explores the spiritual evolution of poetry and envisions a higher, more intuitive poetic expression for the future.
  • E. The Philosophy of the Present
    The Philosophy of the Present is a posthumously published collection of lectures and essays by American pragmatist philosopher George Herbert Mead that explores the nature of time, experience, and social reality.
  • 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: “The Future of Time: Literature and Diminished Expectations”
Triple: [Toni Morrison bibliography, includesSpeech, “The Future of Time: Literature and Diminished Expectations”]
Generated description
“The Future of Time: Literature and Diminished Expectations” is a speech by Toni Morrison that reflects on how contemporary literature engages with changing notions of time, hope, and the future.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: “The Future of Time: Literature and Diminished Expectations”
Target entity description: “The Future of Time: Literature and Diminished Expectations” is a speech by Toni Morrison that reflects on how contemporary literature engages with changing notions of time, hope, and the future.
  • A. Between Past and Future
    "Between Past and Future" is a collection of political and philosophical essays by Hannah Arendt that examines the crises of modernity and the challenges of freedom, authority, and tradition in contemporary society.
  • B. The Mutability of Literature
    "The Mutability of Literature" is a reflective essay by Washington Irving, presented as part of his Sketch Book, that meditates wryly on the transience of books and literary fame.
  • C. No Time Like the Future: An Optimist Considers Mortality
    "No Time Like the Future: An Optimist Considers Mortality" is Michael J. Fox’s reflective memoir that candidly explores his experiences with Parkinson’s disease, aging, and resilience while maintaining his characteristic humor and optimism.
  • D. The Future Poetry
    The Future Poetry is a critical work by Indian philosopher and yogi Sri Aurobindo that explores the spiritual evolution of poetry and envisions a higher, more intuitive poetic expression for the future.
  • E. The Philosophy of the Present
    The Philosophy of the Present is a posthumously published collection of lectures and essays by American pragmatist philosopher George Herbert Mead that explores the nature of time, experience, and social reality.
  • 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_69b3454db3708190aeafd814413c4c3d completed March 12, 2026, 10:59 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69b35640269c8190a88fc6b59070561b completed March 13, 2026, 12:11 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b5e50ec35481908cf1e1afffda19cb completed March 14, 2026, 10:45 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b5e5e96aac819093c43dc355de4509 completed March 14, 2026, 10:49 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b5e6587be88190884f61a7350ce5a9 completed March 14, 2026, 10:51 p.m.
Created at: March 12, 2026, 11:17 p.m.