Triple
T4263944
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Randy Sparks |
E96175
|
entity |
| Predicate | associatedAct |
P37
|
FINISHED |
| Object | The Back Porch Majority |
E96175
|
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: The Back Porch Majority | Statement: [Randy Sparks, associatedAct, The Back Porch Majority]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Back Porch Majority Context triple: [Randy Sparks, associatedAct, The Back Porch Majority]
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A.
The Back Porch Majority
chosen
The Back Porch Majority was a 1960s American folk music group formed as a sort of "training ground" or spin-off for members of the popular folk ensemble The New Christy Minstrels.
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B.
A Majority of One
A Majority of One is a 1959 Broadway play (later adapted into a film) that explores cultural clashes and mutual understanding between a Jewish widow and a Japanese businessman.
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C.
In Search of a Majority
"In Search of a Majority" is an essay by James Baldwin that examines race, identity, and the quest for political and social power in mid-20th-century America.
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D.
Binding the Nation
Binding the Nation is a permanent exhibition at the National Postal Museum that explores how the U.S. postal system helped connect and unify the country’s people, commerce, and culture.
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E.
A Seat at the Table
A Seat at the Table is Solange Knowles's critically acclaimed 2016 R&B album that explores Black identity, empowerment, and healing through introspective, socially conscious songs.
- 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_69b3454095ac81909c2494f7ff294af1 |
completed | March 12, 2026, 10:59 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69b34fc94f64819091f438d8ae5ed687 |
completed | March 12, 2026, 11:44 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b5b78ffbf881909d59faae665abd36 |
completed | March 14, 2026, 7:31 p.m. |
Created at: March 12, 2026, 11:06 p.m.