Triple
T7173461
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | St. Clair Drake |
E167258
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableWork |
P4
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FINISHED |
| Object |
Black Metropolis: A Study of Negro Life in a Northern City
"Black Metropolis: A Study of Negro Life in a Northern City" is a landmark sociological study that examines the social, economic, and cultural life of African Americans in Chicago’s South Side during the early 20th century.
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E646732
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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: Black Metropolis: A Study of Negro Life in a Northern City | Statement: [St. Clair Drake, notableWork, Black Metropolis: A Study of Negro Life in a Northern City]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Black Metropolis: A Study of Negro Life in a Northern City Context triple: [St. Clair Drake, notableWork, Black Metropolis: A Study of Negro Life in a Northern City]
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A.
The Philadelphia Negro
The Philadelphia Negro is W. E. B. Du Bois’s pioneering sociological study of African American life in Philadelphia, widely regarded as one of the first major empirical works in American urban sociology and race relations.
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B.
The Negro at Work in New York City
The Negro at Work in New York City is a pioneering early 20th-century sociological study examining the economic conditions, employment patterns, and social challenges faced by African Americans in New York City.
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C.
Half a Man: The Status of the Negro in New York
"Half a Man: The Status of the Negro in New York" is a 1911 sociological study by Mary White Ovington that examines the living conditions, discrimination, and social status of African Americans in early 20th-century New York City.
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D.
Committee on Urban Conditions Among Negroes
The Committee on Urban Conditions Among Negroes was the early 20th-century civil rights and social service organization that evolved into the National Urban League, dedicated to improving the economic and social conditions of African Americans in U.S. cities.
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E.
The Future of the American Negro
"The Future of the American Negro" is an 1899 book by Booker T. Washington in which he outlines his views on African American progress through industrial education, self-help, and economic advancement in the post–Civil War United States.
- 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: Black Metropolis: A Study of Negro Life in a Northern City Triple: [St. Clair Drake, notableWork, Black Metropolis: A Study of Negro Life in a Northern City]
Generated description
"Black Metropolis: A Study of Negro Life in a Northern City" is a landmark sociological study that examines the social, economic, and cultural life of African Americans in Chicago’s South Side during the early 20th century.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Black Metropolis: A Study of Negro Life in a Northern City Target entity description: "Black Metropolis: A Study of Negro Life in a Northern City" is a landmark sociological study that examines the social, economic, and cultural life of African Americans in Chicago’s South Side during the early 20th century.
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A.
The Philadelphia Negro
The Philadelphia Negro is W. E. B. Du Bois’s pioneering sociological study of African American life in Philadelphia, widely regarded as one of the first major empirical works in American urban sociology and race relations.
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B.
The Negro at Work in New York City
The Negro at Work in New York City is a pioneering early 20th-century sociological study examining the economic conditions, employment patterns, and social challenges faced by African Americans in New York City.
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C.
Half a Man: The Status of the Negro in New York
"Half a Man: The Status of the Negro in New York" is a 1911 sociological study by Mary White Ovington that examines the living conditions, discrimination, and social status of African Americans in early 20th-century New York City.
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D.
Committee on Urban Conditions Among Negroes
The Committee on Urban Conditions Among Negroes was the early 20th-century civil rights and social service organization that evolved into the National Urban League, dedicated to improving the economic and social conditions of African Americans in U.S. cities.
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E.
The Future of the American Negro
"The Future of the American Negro" is an 1899 book by Booker T. Washington in which he outlines his views on African American progress through industrial education, self-help, and economic advancement in the post–Civil War United States.
- 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_69c68889a2748190a316c5e65360361a |
completed | March 27, 2026, 1:39 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c6e88c5b708190ab81622ea82c2d23 |
completed | March 27, 2026, 8:29 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c7b921b1e48190b25c1337f6187174 |
completed | March 28, 2026, 11:18 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69c7b9b0867081909be41ffb8b088e16 |
completed | March 28, 2026, 11:21 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69c7ba1a770c819085a25eb796312822 |
completed | March 28, 2026, 11:23 a.m. |
Created at: March 27, 2026, 2:48 p.m.