Triple
T5281918
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | We Were Eight Years in Power |
E119517
|
entity |
| Predicate | author |
P4
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FINISHED |
| Object | Ta-Nehisi Coates |
E21469
|
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: Ta-Nehisi Coates | Statement: [We Were Eight Years in Power, author, Ta-Nehisi Coates]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ta-Nehisi Coates Context triple: [We Were Eight Years in Power, author, Ta-Nehisi Coates]
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A.
Ta-Nehisi Coates
chosen
Ta-Nehisi Coates is an American author and journalist renowned for his incisive writings on race, history, and politics, including the acclaimed book "Between the World and Me."
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B.
Colson Whitehead
Colson Whitehead is an acclaimed American novelist known for works such as "The Underground Railroad" and "The Nickel Boys," which blend historical fiction with sharp social commentary and have earned him multiple major literary awards.
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C.
Ibram X. Kendi
Ibram X. Kendi is an American historian, scholar of race and antiracism, and bestselling author of works such as "How to Be an Antiracist."
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D.
Ja'Net DuBois
Ja'Net DuBois was an American actress and singer best known for her role as Willona Woods on the sitcom "Good Times" and for co-writing and singing the theme song for "The Jeffersons."
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E.
W. Kamau Bell
W. Kamau Bell is an American stand-up comedian, television host, and sociopolitical commentator known for exploring race and social justice issues, notably as the host of the CNN series "United Shades of 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_69bd446d05a8819092ad333a3f9c8d5c |
completed | March 20, 2026, 12:58 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69bd84c69780819097a1ea9385e11077 |
completed | March 20, 2026, 5:32 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69bf6c3bfdc48190984c8b55ece53fbe |
completed | March 22, 2026, 4:12 a.m. |
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:52 p.m.