Triple
T11319178
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Sergeant Waters |
E268045
|
entity |
| Predicate | firstAppearance |
P795
|
FINISHED |
| Object | A Soldier's Play (1981 stage play) |
E268039
|
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: A Soldier's Play (1981 stage play) | Statement: [Sergeant Waters, firstAppearance, A Soldier's Play (1981 stage play)]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: A Soldier's Play (1981 stage play) Context triple: [Sergeant Waters, firstAppearance, A Soldier's Play (1981 stage play)]
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A.
A Soldier's Play
chosen
A Soldier's Play is a Pulitzer Prize–winning stage drama by Charles Fuller that explores racism, identity, and justice within a segregated African American Army unit during World War II.
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B.
No One Writes to the Colonel
No One Writes to the Colonel is a novella by Gabriel García Márquez that portrays an aging, impoverished colonel’s quiet hope and dignity as he waits in vain for a long-promised government pension.
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C.
In the Heat of the Night (novel)
"In the Heat of the Night" is a 1965 crime novel by John Ball that introduces Black police detective Virgil Tibbs as he investigates a racially charged murder in a small Southern town.
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D.
A Soldier's Story
A Soldier's Story is a 1984 American drama film adapted from Charles Fuller's Pulitzer Prize–winning play, exploring racism and justice within a segregated Black army unit during World War II.
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E.
Sergeant Rutledge
Sergeant Rutledge is a 1960 Western courtroom drama film directed by John Ford that broke ground by centering on a Black U.S. cavalry sergeant, played by Woody Strode, who is falsely accused of rape and murder.
- 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_69d6aaca5c24819083db46a30d86cb34 |
completed | April 8, 2026, 7:21 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d7e9de875481908acfa56015d4b46f |
completed | April 9, 2026, 6:03 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69e525e2549081909ec99e4c7006fd66 |
completed | April 19, 2026, 6:58 p.m. |
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:32 p.m.