Triple

T994698
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Ta-Nehisi Coates E21469 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object The Water Dancer
The Water Dancer is a debut novel by Ta-Nehisi Coates that blends historical fiction and magical realism to explore slavery, memory, and freedom in the antebellum American South.
 E117053 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 Water Dancer | Statement: [Ta-Nehisi Coates, notableWork, The Water Dancer]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: The Water Dancer
Context triple: [Ta-Nehisi Coates, notableWork, The Water Dancer]
  • A. The Lowland
    The Lowland is a novel by Jhumpa Lahiri that explores the intertwined lives of two brothers from Calcutta against the backdrop of political upheaval and family tragedy.
  • B. Song of Solomon
    Song of Solomon is a critically acclaimed novel by Toni Morrison that explores African American identity, family history, and the search for personal freedom through the life of its protagonist, Milkman Dead.
  • C. Sula
    Sula is a 1973 novel by American author Toni Morrison that explores Black female friendship, community, and identity in a small Ohio town.
  • D. A Mercy
    "A Mercy" is a historical novel by Toni Morrison that explores themes of slavery, motherhood, and identity in 17th-century America through the intertwined lives of several women.
  • E. The Light We Carry
    The Light We Carry is a 2022 nonfiction book by Michelle Obama that offers personal reflections and practical wisdom on resilience, hope, and navigating uncertainty.
  • 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 Water Dancer
Triple: [Ta-Nehisi Coates, notableWork, The Water Dancer]
Generated description
The Water Dancer is a debut novel by Ta-Nehisi Coates that blends historical fiction and magical realism to explore slavery, memory, and freedom in the antebellum American South.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: The Water Dancer
Target entity description: The Water Dancer is a debut novel by Ta-Nehisi Coates that blends historical fiction and magical realism to explore slavery, memory, and freedom in the antebellum American South.
  • A. The Lowland
    The Lowland is a novel by Jhumpa Lahiri that explores the intertwined lives of two brothers from Calcutta against the backdrop of political upheaval and family tragedy.
  • B. Song of Solomon
    Song of Solomon is a critically acclaimed novel by Toni Morrison that explores African American identity, family history, and the search for personal freedom through the life of its protagonist, Milkman Dead.
  • C. Sula
    Sula is a 1973 novel by American author Toni Morrison that explores Black female friendship, community, and identity in a small Ohio town.
  • D. A Mercy
    "A Mercy" is a historical novel by Toni Morrison that explores themes of slavery, motherhood, and identity in 17th-century America through the intertwined lives of several women.
  • E. The Light We Carry
    The Light We Carry is a 2022 nonfiction book by Michelle Obama that offers personal reflections and practical wisdom on resilience, hope, and navigating uncertainty.
  • 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_69a493c476b48190b41fc5e793171cc6 completed March 1, 2026, 7:30 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4b4c75de88190bf7fec7a053f7a90 completed March 1, 2026, 9:51 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ac25919bcc8190886f19405536681b completed March 7, 2026, 1:18 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ac269b2054819081e17a1c13068c1b completed March 7, 2026, 1:22 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ac26f947d481908ab1b7115cf9dee7 completed March 7, 2026, 1:24 p.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:41 p.m.