Triple

T21296498
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Harry J. Elam Jr. E524936 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object Approaches to Teaching the Plays of August Wilson 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: Approaches to Teaching the Plays of August Wilson | Statement: [Harry J. Elam Jr., notableWork, Approaches to Teaching the Plays of August Wilson]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Approaches to Teaching the Plays of August Wilson
Context triple: [Harry J. Elam Jr., notableWork, Approaches to Teaching the Plays of August Wilson]
  • 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.
  • B. Shakespeare and the Modern Stage
    "Shakespeare and the Modern Stage" is a critical study by Sir Sidney Lee examining how William Shakespeare’s plays are interpreted, produced, and understood in the context of modern theatre.
  • C. The Language of African Theatre
    "The Language of African Theatre" is an essay by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o that critiques the use of colonial languages in African drama and advocates for indigenous languages as central to authentic African theatrical expression.
  • D. “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.
  • E. The Teaching of Literature
    The Teaching of Literature is an essay by Flannery O’Connor in which she reflects on the challenges and principles of teaching fiction and literary craft from a Catholic and realist perspective.
  • 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: Approaches to Teaching the Plays of August Wilson
Target entity description: Approaches to Teaching the Plays of August Wilson is a scholarly volume that offers educators critical essays and practical strategies for teaching the dramas of acclaimed American playwright August Wilson.
  • 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.
  • B. Shakespeare and the Modern Stage
    "Shakespeare and the Modern Stage" is a critical study by Sir Sidney Lee examining how William Shakespeare’s plays are interpreted, produced, and understood in the context of modern theatre.
  • C. The Language of African Theatre
    "The Language of African Theatre" is an essay by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o that critiques the use of colonial languages in African drama and advocates for indigenous languages as central to authentic African theatrical expression.
  • D. “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.
  • E. The Teaching of Literature
    The Teaching of Literature is an essay by Flannery O’Connor in which she reflects on the challenges and principles of teaching fiction and literary craft from a Catholic and realist perspective.
  • 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.