Triple

T110782
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject American literature E2242 entity
Predicate hasNotableAuthor P4244 FINISHED
Object James Baldwin
James Baldwin was a prominent 20th-century American writer and essayist whose works powerfully explored race, sexuality, and identity in the United States.
E11801 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: James Baldwin | Statement: [American literature, hasNotableAuthor, James Baldwin]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: James Baldwin
Context triple: [American literature, hasNotableAuthor, James Baldwin]
  • A. 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."
  • B. Norman Mailer
    Norman Mailer was a prominent American novelist, journalist, and essayist known for works like "The Naked and the Dead" and for co-founding The Village Voice.
  • C. Zora Neale Hurston
    Zora Neale Hurston was an influential African American author, anthropologist, and key figure of the Harlem Renaissance, best known for her novel "Their Eyes Were Watching God."
  • D. Howard Potter
    Howard Potter was a 19th-century American businessman and philanthropist who played a key role in the cultural life of New York City.
  • E. Truman Capote
    Truman Capote was an American novelist, short story writer, and journalist best known for works like "In Cold Blood" and "Breakfast at Tiffany's," which helped pioneer the true crime genre and cemented his status as a major literary figure of the 20th century.
  • 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: James Baldwin
Triple: [American literature, hasNotableAuthor, James Baldwin]
Generated description
James Baldwin was a prominent 20th-century American writer and essayist whose works powerfully explored race, sexuality, and identity in the United States.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: James Baldwin
Target entity description: James Baldwin was a prominent 20th-century American writer and essayist whose works powerfully explored race, sexuality, and identity in the United States.
  • A. 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."
  • B. Norman Mailer
    Norman Mailer was a prominent American novelist, journalist, and essayist known for works like "The Naked and the Dead" and for co-founding The Village Voice.
  • C. Zora Neale Hurston
    Zora Neale Hurston was an influential African American author, anthropologist, and key figure of the Harlem Renaissance, best known for her novel "Their Eyes Were Watching God."
  • D. Howard Potter
    Howard Potter was a 19th-century American businessman and philanthropist who played a key role in the cultural life of New York City.
  • E. Truman Capote
    Truman Capote was an American novelist, short story writer, and journalist best known for works like "In Cold Blood" and "Breakfast at Tiffany's," which helped pioneer the true crime genre and cemented his status as a major literary figure of the 20th century.
  • 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_69a24fcdaeb48190a2d796677e4b3281 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 2:15 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a25b800d08819099a44429d5c82c68 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 3:05 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a27c04949481908af8c8426789bc53 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 5:24 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a27c8abcb4819091c440c63704d435 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 5:26 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a27e7633d88190a622115c4e29fd9c completed Feb. 28, 2026, 5:34 a.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 2:20 a.m.