Triple
T21296481
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Harry J. Elam Jr. |
E524936
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableWork |
P4
|
FINISHED |
| Object | The Past as Present in the Drama of August Wilson |
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|
NE NERFINISHED |
How this triple was built (3 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 Past as Present in the Drama of August Wilson | Statement: [Harry J. Elam Jr., notableWork, The Past as Present in the Drama of August Wilson]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Past as Present in the Drama of August Wilson Context triple: [Harry J. Elam Jr., notableWork, The Past as Present in the Drama of August Wilson]
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A.
August Wilson's Pittsburgh Cycle
August Wilson's Pittsburgh Cycle is a celebrated series of ten plays chronicling African American life in Pittsburgh across each decade of the 20th century.
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B.
“The Problem of Lorraine Hansberry”
“The Problem of Lorraine Hansberry” is an essay by Adrienne Rich that critically examines playwright Lorraine Hansberry’s life, work, and political commitments from a feminist perspective.
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C.
“Unspeakable Things Unspoken: The Afro-American Presence in American Literature”
“Unspeakable Things Unspoken: The Afro-American Presence in American Literature” is a seminal critical essay by Toni Morrison that examines how Black writers and racialized perspectives have been marginalized, erased, and yet structurally central within the American literary canon.
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D.
Playing in the Dark: Whiteness and the Literary Imagination
Playing in the Dark: Whiteness and the Literary Imagination is Toni Morrison’s influential critical study examining how constructions of Blackness shape the themes, characters, and narratives of canonical American literature.
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E.
Being and Race: Black Writing Since 1970
Being and Race: Black Writing Since 1970 is a critical study by Charles Johnson that examines the evolution, themes, and philosophical dimensions of African American literature in the post-1970 era.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Past as Present in the Drama of August Wilson Target entity description: The Past as Present in the Drama of August Wilson is a scholarly study that examines how playwright August Wilson uses history, memory, and African American cultural experience to shape the themes and structures of his plays.
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A.
August Wilson's Pittsburgh Cycle
August Wilson's Pittsburgh Cycle is a celebrated series of ten plays chronicling African American life in Pittsburgh across each decade of the 20th century.
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B.
“The Problem of Lorraine Hansberry”
“The Problem of Lorraine Hansberry” is an essay by Adrienne Rich that critically examines playwright Lorraine Hansberry’s life, work, and political commitments from a feminist perspective.
-
C.
“Unspeakable Things Unspoken: The Afro-American Presence in American Literature”
“Unspeakable Things Unspoken: The Afro-American Presence in American Literature” is a seminal critical essay by Toni Morrison that examines how Black writers and racialized perspectives have been marginalized, erased, and yet structurally central within the American literary canon.
-
D.
Playing in the Dark: Whiteness and the Literary Imagination
Playing in the Dark: Whiteness and the Literary Imagination is Toni Morrison’s influential critical study examining how constructions of Blackness shape the themes, characters, and narratives of canonical American literature.
-
E.
Being and Race: Black Writing Since 1970
Being and Race: Black Writing Since 1970 is a critical study by Charles Johnson that examines the evolution, themes, and philosophical dimensions of African American literature in the post-1970 era.
- F. None of above. chosen
Provenance (2 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_69e0b517e6748190850d6f6ddf323d69 |
completed | April 16, 2026, 10:08 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e7385858ec8190bdc9c5cdcb8d4507 |
completed | April 21, 2026, 8:42 a.m. |
Created at: April 16, 2026, 4:04 p.m.