Triple
T8842869
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | The Underground Railroad |
E210430
|
entity |
| Predicate | basedOnWorkAuthor |
P2806
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Colson Whitehead |
E204916
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: Colson Whitehead | Statement: [The Underground Railroad, basedOnWorkAuthor, Colson Whitehead]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Colson Whitehead Context triple: [The Underground Railroad, basedOnWorkAuthor, Colson Whitehead]
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A.
Colson Whitehead
chosen
Colson Whitehead is an acclaimed American novelist known for works such as "The Underground Railroad" and "The Nickel Boys," which blend historical fiction with sharp social commentary and have earned him multiple major literary awards.
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B.
Ta-Nehisi Coates
Ta-Nehisi Coates is an American author and journalist renowned for his incisive writings on race, history, and politics, including the acclaimed book "Between the World and Me."
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C.
Ishmael Reed
Ishmael Reed is an American novelist, poet, essayist, and satirist known for his innovative, genre-blending works that critique racism, politics, and mainstream cultural narratives.
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D.
Marlon James
Marlon James is a Jamaican novelist and Booker Prize winner known for his ambitious, genre-blending works that explore history, violence, and Black identity.
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E.
Toni Morrison
Toni Morrison was a renowned American novelist, essayist, and professor celebrated for her powerful explorations of Black American life and identity in works such as "Beloved" and "Song of Solomon."
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69ca838967bc8190b46c3c80a2887ea4 |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:07 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cc608946cc8190bed3c340ba303b9c |
completed | April 1, 2026, 12:02 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69cf89a41a2c8190b69e5a1b157f9325 |
completed | April 3, 2026, 9:34 a.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 6:48 p.m.