Triple
T5452811
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Four Hundred Souls: A Community History of African America, 1619–2019 |
E122407
|
entity |
| Predicate | editor |
P1954
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Keisha N. Blain
Keisha N. Blain is an American historian and author known for her influential scholarship on African American history, Black internationalism, and civil rights movements.
|
E520704
|
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: Keisha N. Blain | Statement: [Four Hundred Souls: A Community History of African America, 1619–2019, editor, Keisha N. Blain]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Keisha N. Blain Context triple: [Four Hundred Souls: A Community History of African America, 1619–2019, editor, Keisha N. Blain]
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A.
Barbara Ransby
Barbara Ransby is an American historian, writer, and activist known for her influential scholarship on Black women’s leadership in civil rights and Black freedom movements.
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B.
Patricia Hill Collins
Patricia Hill Collins is an influential American sociologist and Black feminist theorist known for her work on intersectionality, Black women's intellectual traditions, and critical race theory.
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C.
Barbara Franklin
Barbara Franklin is an American business executive and former U.S. Secretary of Commerce known for advancing women’s roles in government and corporate leadership.
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D.
Tressie McMillan Cottom
Tressie McMillan Cottom is an American sociologist, writer, and public intellectual known for her work on race, inequality, and higher education.
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E.
Laura Waters Giddings
Laura Waters Giddings was the wife of prominent 19th-century American abolitionist and politician Joshua R. Giddings.
- 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: Keisha N. Blain Triple: [Four Hundred Souls: A Community History of African America, 1619–2019, editor, Keisha N. Blain]
Generated description
Keisha N. Blain is an American historian and author known for her influential scholarship on African American history, Black internationalism, and civil rights movements.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Keisha N. Blain Target entity description: Keisha N. Blain is an American historian and author known for her influential scholarship on African American history, Black internationalism, and civil rights movements.
-
A.
Barbara Ransby
Barbara Ransby is an American historian, writer, and activist known for her influential scholarship on Black women’s leadership in civil rights and Black freedom movements.
-
B.
Patricia Hill Collins
Patricia Hill Collins is an influential American sociologist and Black feminist theorist known for her work on intersectionality, Black women's intellectual traditions, and critical race theory.
-
C.
Barbara Franklin
Barbara Franklin is an American business executive and former U.S. Secretary of Commerce known for advancing women’s roles in government and corporate leadership.
-
D.
Tressie McMillan Cottom
Tressie McMillan Cottom is an American sociologist, writer, and public intellectual known for her work on race, inequality, and higher education.
-
E.
Laura Waters Giddings
Laura Waters Giddings was the wife of prominent 19th-century American abolitionist and politician Joshua R. Giddings.
- 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_69bd46424248819085282ddf50a565f3 |
completed | March 20, 2026, 1:06 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69bd91e170f48190b47419b5e2ff71a4 |
completed | March 20, 2026, 6:28 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69bf4140248081908c7f42b91579a837 |
completed | March 22, 2026, 1:09 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69bf41dd96448190973b7241df5dbb24 |
completed | March 22, 2026, 1:11 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69bf42b97d40819087a98c1cc58bb964 |
completed | March 22, 2026, 1:15 a.m. |
Created at: March 20, 2026, 2:08 p.m.