Triple

T4641953
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Glenn Ligon E101674 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object America (neon sculpture)
America (neon sculpture) is a conceptual neon artwork by Glenn Ligon that interrogates race, identity, and the American experience through the glowing, often inverted word “America.”
 E458740 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: America (neon sculpture) | Statement: [Glenn Ligon, notableWork, America (neon sculpture)]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: America (neon sculpture)
Context triple: [Glenn Ligon, notableWork, America (neon sculpture)]
  • A. America (Four Continents sculpture)
    America (Four Continents sculpture) is an allegorical monumental figure representing the continent of America, created as part of the "Four Continents" sculptural group adorning the Alexander Hamilton U.S. Custom House in New York City.
  • B. Asia (Four Continents sculpture)
    Asia (Four Continents sculpture) is an allegorical monumental figure representing the continent of Asia, created as part of the sculptural group adorning the Alexander Hamilton U.S. Custom House in New York City.
  • C. Stone of Hope sculpture
    The Stone of Hope sculpture is the central carved likeness of Martin Luther King Jr. that visitors pass through at his Washington, D.C. memorial, symbolizing his enduring legacy and vision for civil rights.
  • D. La Mano sculpture
    La Mano sculpture is an iconic seaside artwork in Punta del Este, Uruguay, depicting a giant hand emerging from the sand and serving as one of the city's most recognizable symbols.
  • E. Sun Voyager sculpture
    The Sun Voyager sculpture is a striking steel artwork on Reykjavík’s waterfront that resembles a Viking ship and symbolizes exploration, hope, and the promise of undiscovered territory.
  • 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: America (neon sculpture)
Triple: [Glenn Ligon, notableWork, America (neon sculpture)]
Generated description
America (neon sculpture) is a conceptual neon artwork by Glenn Ligon that interrogates race, identity, and the American experience through the glowing, often inverted word “America.”
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: America (neon sculpture)
Target entity description: America (neon sculpture) is a conceptual neon artwork by Glenn Ligon that interrogates race, identity, and the American experience through the glowing, often inverted word “America.”
  • A. America (Four Continents sculpture)
    America (Four Continents sculpture) is an allegorical monumental figure representing the continent of America, created as part of the "Four Continents" sculptural group adorning the Alexander Hamilton U.S. Custom House in New York City.
  • B. Asia (Four Continents sculpture)
    Asia (Four Continents sculpture) is an allegorical monumental figure representing the continent of Asia, created as part of the sculptural group adorning the Alexander Hamilton U.S. Custom House in New York City.
  • C. Stone of Hope sculpture
    The Stone of Hope sculpture is the central carved likeness of Martin Luther King Jr. that visitors pass through at his Washington, D.C. memorial, symbolizing his enduring legacy and vision for civil rights.
  • D. La Mano sculpture
    La Mano sculpture is an iconic seaside artwork in Punta del Este, Uruguay, depicting a giant hand emerging from the sand and serving as one of the city's most recognizable symbols.
  • E. Sun Voyager sculpture
    The Sun Voyager sculpture is a striking steel artwork on Reykjavík’s waterfront that resembles a Viking ship and symbolizes exploration, hope, and the promise of undiscovered territory.
  • 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_69bd43d3bc7c81908f81fcf380476b0f completed March 20, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69bd5a91b7748190b0b080af76e7b39f completed March 20, 2026, 2:32 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69bdfad80f14819097e022c9d9da17eb completed March 21, 2026, 1:56 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69bdfdd7d3b881909dd8b362802005d8 completed March 21, 2026, 2:09 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69bdfe48ed088190ba1de18bba4e9977 completed March 21, 2026, 2:11 a.m.
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:14 p.m.