Triple
T5281941
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | We Were Eight Years in Power |
E119517
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasPart |
P35
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
“Fear of a Black President”
“Fear of a Black President” is an influential essay by Ta-Nehisi Coates that examines the racial politics, backlash, and symbolism surrounding Barack Obama’s presidency.
|
E508351
|
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: “Fear of a Black President” | Statement: [We Were Eight Years in Power, hasPart, “Fear of a Black President”]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: “Fear of a Black President” Context triple: [We Were Eight Years in Power, hasPart, “Fear of a Black President”]
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A.
Bicentennial Nigger
Bicentennial Nigger is a 1976 stand-up comedy album by Richard Pryor that showcases his sharp, politically charged humor about race and American society.
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B.
Mr. President
"Mr. President" is the formal style of address used for the presiding officer of the Chamber of Deputies.
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C.
Mr. President
"Mr. President" is the formal style of address used for the head of state of the Russian Federation.
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D.
Mr. President
"Mr. President" is the formal style of address used for the head of state of Austria.
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E.
Mr. President
"Mr. President" is the formal style of address used for the presiding officer of the Massachusetts Senate.
- 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: “Fear of a Black President” Triple: [We Were Eight Years in Power, hasPart, “Fear of a Black President”]
Generated description
“Fear of a Black President” is an influential essay by Ta-Nehisi Coates that examines the racial politics, backlash, and symbolism surrounding Barack Obama’s presidency.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: “Fear of a Black President” Target entity description: “Fear of a Black President” is an influential essay by Ta-Nehisi Coates that examines the racial politics, backlash, and symbolism surrounding Barack Obama’s presidency.
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A.
Bicentennial Nigger
Bicentennial Nigger is a 1976 stand-up comedy album by Richard Pryor that showcases his sharp, politically charged humor about race and American society.
-
B.
Mr. President
"Mr. President" is the formal style of address used for the presiding officer of the Chamber of Deputies.
-
C.
Mr. President
"Mr. President" is the formal style of address used for the presiding officer of the Massachusetts Senate.
-
D.
Mr. President
"Mr. President" is the formal style of address used for the head of state of the Russian Federation.
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E.
Mr. President
Mr. President is the formal style of address used for the head of state of Bulgaria.
- 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_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_69bf06e27b5081908b755a817d4c260a |
completed | March 21, 2026, 9 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69bf08bf26448190bd3a3f632ea79d85 |
completed | March 21, 2026, 9:08 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69bf091f09f88190aa382387e6b94662 |
completed | March 21, 2026, 9:09 p.m. |
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:52 p.m.