Triple
T4584117
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Macon Dead Jr. |
E101925
|
entity |
| Predicate | father |
P120
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Milkman Dead |
E101922
|
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: Milkman Dead | Statement: [Macon Dead Jr., father, Milkman Dead]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Milkman Dead Context triple: [Macon Dead Jr., father, Milkman Dead]
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A.
Milkman Dead
chosen
Milkman Dead is the introspective African American protagonist of Toni Morrison’s novel "Song of Solomon," whose journey of self-discovery explores themes of identity, heritage, and personal freedom.
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B.
Men We Reaped
Men We Reaped is a memoir by Jesmyn Ward that reflects on the lives and deaths of five young Black men close to her in rural Mississippi, exploring themes of race, poverty, and grief.
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C.
A Night This Side of Dying
"A Night This Side of Dying" is a song by Carole King featured on her 1974 album *Wrap Around Joy*.
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D.
Jitney
Jitney is a critically acclaimed play by August Wilson that portrays the lives and struggles of Black taxi drivers in 1970s Pittsburgh.
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E.
The Ghost of Tom Joad
The Ghost of Tom Joad is a stark, acoustic-driven folk album by Bruce Springsteen that explores themes of social injustice, poverty, and the struggles of marginalized people in contemporary America.
- 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_69bd43d4ce208190b53158c882b222e3 |
completed | March 20, 2026, 12:55 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69bd590411dc81909c55d1c42a4d44ef |
completed | March 20, 2026, 2:26 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69be4d6a6c4c819083dfbc276150d38b |
completed | March 21, 2026, 7:48 a.m. |
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:10 p.m.