Triple

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Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Paul Mooney E248277 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object Ask a Black Man
Ask a Black Man is a stand-up comedy special by Paul Mooney that showcases his sharp, provocative commentary on race and American society.
E869343 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: Ask a Black Man | Statement: [Paul Mooney, notableWork, Ask a Black Man]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ask a Black Man
Context triple: [Paul Mooney, notableWork, Ask a Black Man]
  • A. Message to the Blackman in America
    Message to the Blackman in America is a foundational 1965 book by Nation of Islam leader Elijah Muhammad that outlines his religious, social, and political teachings directed primarily toward African Americans.
  • B. Meet the Blacks
    Meet the Blacks is a 2016 American horror-comedy film that parodies home-invasion and Purge-style movies, featuring comedian Gary Owen among its cast.
  • C. Black Man
    "Black Man" is a socially conscious song by Stevie Wonder from his acclaimed 1976 album Songs in the Key of Life, celebrating the contributions of people of diverse racial and ethnic backgrounds.
  • D. Black Feeling, Black Talk
    Black Feeling, Black Talk is a groundbreaking 1968 poetry collection by Nikki Giovanni that powerfully explores Black identity, struggle, and pride during the Civil Rights era.
  • E. "Plain Truth: A Conservative Black Man's Thoughts on America"
    "Plain Truth: A Conservative Black Man's Thoughts on America" is a political and social commentary book by Roy Innis that presents his conservative perspectives on race, policy, and American society.
  • 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: Ask a Black Man
Triple: [Paul Mooney, notableWork, Ask a Black Man]
Generated description
Ask a Black Man is a stand-up comedy special by Paul Mooney that showcases his sharp, provocative commentary on race and American society.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ask a Black Man
Target entity description: Ask a Black Man is a stand-up comedy special by Paul Mooney that showcases his sharp, provocative commentary on race and American society.
  • A. Message to the Blackman in America
    Message to the Blackman in America is a foundational 1965 book by Nation of Islam leader Elijah Muhammad that outlines his religious, social, and political teachings directed primarily toward African Americans.
  • B. Meet the Blacks
    Meet the Blacks is a 2016 American horror-comedy film that parodies home-invasion and Purge-style movies, featuring comedian Gary Owen among its cast.
  • C. Black Man
    "Black Man" is a socially conscious song by Stevie Wonder from his acclaimed 1976 album Songs in the Key of Life, celebrating the contributions of people of diverse racial and ethnic backgrounds.
  • D. Black Feeling, Black Talk
    Black Feeling, Black Talk is a groundbreaking 1968 poetry collection by Nikki Giovanni that powerfully explores Black identity, struggle, and pride during the Civil Rights era.
  • E. "Plain Truth: A Conservative Black Man's Thoughts on America"
    "Plain Truth: A Conservative Black Man's Thoughts on America" is a political and social commentary book by Roy Innis that presents his conservative perspectives on race, policy, and American society.
  • 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_69d381c5c7448190bec34bee7ec72bac completed April 6, 2026, 9:49 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d509f4020c8190b78c49da086df757 completed April 7, 2026, 1:43 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69d90e1c73208190aa3d3e30aa4482ac completed April 10, 2026, 2:50 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69d9107e8b94819086ebba1675a0db54 completed April 10, 2026, 3 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69d911a16b1481909197b00c30de48c4 completed April 10, 2026, 3:05 p.m.
Created at: April 6, 2026, 12:29 p.m.