Triple
T6945903
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Doris Lessing |
E160797
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableWork |
P4
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
The Grass Is Singing
The Grass Is Singing is Doris Lessing’s debut novel, a psychologically intense exploration of race, class, and isolation set on a Southern Rhodesian farm in colonial Africa.
|
E631919
|
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: The Grass Is Singing | Statement: [Doris Lessing, notableWork, The Grass Is Singing]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Grass Is Singing Context triple: [Doris Lessing, notableWork, The Grass Is Singing]
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A.
Weep Not, Child
Weep Not, Child is a landmark Kenyan novel by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o that explores the impact of British colonialism and the Mau Mau uprising on a young boy and his community.
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B.
Cry, the Beloved Country
Cry, the Beloved Country is a 1995 film adaptation of Alan Paton's classic South African novel, depicting racial injustice and reconciliation during the apartheid era.
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C.
Devil on the Cross
Devil on the Cross is a politically charged novel by Kenyan writer Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o that critiques neocolonialism and corruption in post-independence Kenya.
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D.
The River Between
The River Between is a novel by Kenyan writer Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o that explores the cultural and religious tensions in a Gikuyu community during the early period of British colonial rule.
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E.
No Longer at Ease
No Longer at Ease is a novel by Chinua Achebe that explores the moral and cultural conflicts faced by a young Nigerian civil servant in the late colonial era.
- 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: The Grass Is Singing Triple: [Doris Lessing, notableWork, The Grass Is Singing]
Generated description
The Grass Is Singing is Doris Lessing’s debut novel, a psychologically intense exploration of race, class, and isolation set on a Southern Rhodesian farm in colonial Africa.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Grass Is Singing Target entity description: The Grass Is Singing is Doris Lessing’s debut novel, a psychologically intense exploration of race, class, and isolation set on a Southern Rhodesian farm in colonial Africa.
-
A.
Weep Not, Child
Weep Not, Child is a landmark Kenyan novel by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o that explores the impact of British colonialism and the Mau Mau uprising on a young boy and his community.
-
B.
Cry, the Beloved Country
Cry, the Beloved Country is a 1995 film adaptation of Alan Paton's classic South African novel, depicting racial injustice and reconciliation during the apartheid era.
-
C.
Devil on the Cross
Devil on the Cross is a politically charged novel by Kenyan writer Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o that critiques neocolonialism and corruption in post-independence Kenya.
-
D.
The River Between
The River Between is a novel by Kenyan writer Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o that explores the cultural and religious tensions in a Gikuyu community during the early period of British colonial rule.
-
E.
No Longer at Ease
No Longer at Ease is a novel by Chinua Achebe that explores the moral and cultural conflicts faced by a young Nigerian civil servant in the late colonial era.
- 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_69c68850419081909fb426b8f5a304c7 |
completed | March 27, 2026, 1:38 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c6da8a65c48190b6862fc60f6c7f7a |
completed | March 27, 2026, 7:29 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c7586b6f0c8190a6caad7d020e9c4d |
completed | March 28, 2026, 4:26 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69c75a417b7481908846a53712ea2323 |
completed | March 28, 2026, 4:34 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69c75abf8de881908e1ae0a46da795bc |
completed | March 28, 2026, 4:36 a.m. |
Created at: March 27, 2026, 2:28 p.m.