Triple
T5842897
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Thomas Dixon Jr. |
E129634
|
entity |
| Predicate | basedOn |
P98
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Ku Klux Klan (in his Reconstruction trilogy)
The Ku Klux Klan in Thomas Dixon Jr.’s Reconstruction trilogy is a romanticized, fictionalized version of the white supremacist organization, portrayed as heroic defenders of the post–Civil War South.
|
E129632
|
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: Ku Klux Klan (in his Reconstruction trilogy) | Statement: [Thomas Dixon Jr., basedOn, Ku Klux Klan (in his Reconstruction trilogy)]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ku Klux Klan (in his Reconstruction trilogy) Context triple: [Thomas Dixon Jr., basedOn, Ku Klux Klan (in his Reconstruction trilogy)]
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A.
The Clansman: A Historical Romance of the Ku Klux Klan
The Clansman: A Historical Romance of the Ku Klux Klan is a 1905 white supremacist novel by Thomas Dixon Jr. that glorifies the Ku Klux Klan and provided the basis for D. W. Griffith’s film The Birth of a Nation.
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B.
Children of the Confederacy
Children of the Confederacy is a youth auxiliary organization that promotes Confederate heritage and values among children and teenagers, historically linked to the Lost Cause movement in the American South.
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C.
Ghosts of Mississippi
Ghosts of Mississippi is a 1996 American courtroom drama film about the retrial of civil rights activist Medgar Evers’ assassin, featuring James Woods in an acclaimed supporting role.
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D.
The Cross and the Lynching Tree
The Cross and the Lynching Tree is a theological work by James H. Cone that explores the connection between the Christian crucifixion narrative and the history of racial terror and lynching in the United States.
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E.
Absalom, Absalom!
Absalom, Absalom! is a 1936 novel by William Faulkner that intricately explores themes of Southern history, race, and family through a fragmented, multi-perspective narrative centered on the rise and fall of Thomas Sutpen in Mississippi.
- 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: Ku Klux Klan (in his Reconstruction trilogy) Triple: [Thomas Dixon Jr., basedOn, Ku Klux Klan (in his Reconstruction trilogy)]
Generated description
The Ku Klux Klan in Thomas Dixon Jr.’s Reconstruction trilogy is a romanticized, fictionalized version of the white supremacist organization, portrayed as heroic defenders of the post–Civil War South.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ku Klux Klan (in his Reconstruction trilogy) Target entity description: The Ku Klux Klan in Thomas Dixon Jr.’s Reconstruction trilogy is a romanticized, fictionalized version of the white supremacist organization, portrayed as heroic defenders of the post–Civil War South.
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A.
The Clansman: A Historical Romance of the Ku Klux Klan
chosen
The Clansman: A Historical Romance of the Ku Klux Klan is a 1905 white supremacist novel by Thomas Dixon Jr. that glorifies the Ku Klux Klan and provided the basis for D. W. Griffith’s film The Birth of a Nation.
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B.
Children of the Confederacy
Children of the Confederacy is a youth auxiliary organization that promotes Confederate heritage and values among children and teenagers, historically linked to the Lost Cause movement in the American South.
-
C.
Ghosts of Mississippi
Ghosts of Mississippi is a 1996 American courtroom drama film about the retrial of civil rights activist Medgar Evers’ assassin, featuring James Woods in an acclaimed supporting role.
-
D.
The Cross and the Lynching Tree
The Cross and the Lynching Tree is a theological work by James H. Cone that explores the connection between the Christian crucifixion narrative and the history of racial terror and lynching in the United States.
-
E.
Absalom, Absalom!
Absalom, Absalom! is a 1936 novel by William Faulkner that intricately explores themes of Southern history, race, and family through a fragmented, multi-perspective narrative centered on the rise and fall of Thomas Sutpen in Mississippi.
- F. None of above.
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_69c0084bd31c8190a796bb6284845e83 |
completed | March 22, 2026, 3:18 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c034d9da0c8190970319d0dc2fc73f |
completed | March 22, 2026, 6:28 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c0a1a2506481908a3e638c1121bfd0 |
completed | March 23, 2026, 2:12 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69c0a27765688190b02a1b0cd39a87fe |
completed | March 23, 2026, 2:16 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69c0a2fd7ec081909033994e5556a6ae |
completed | March 23, 2026, 2:18 a.m. |
Created at: March 22, 2026, 3:54 p.m.