Triple
T47125
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | American South (19th and early 20th centuries) |
E923
|
entity |
| Predicate | legalRegime |
P605
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Black Codes (immediately after the Civil War)
The Black Codes were restrictive laws enacted in the American South immediately after the Civil War to control and limit the rights, movement, and labor of newly freed African Americans, effectively preserving elements of slavery.
|
E1407
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (5 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: Black Codes (immediately after the Civil War) | Statement: [American South (19th and early 20th centuries), legalRegime, Black Codes (immediately after the Civil War)]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Black Codes (immediately after the Civil War) Context triple: [American South (19th and early 20th centuries), legalRegime, Black Codes (immediately after the Civil War)]
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A.
Reconstruction era
The Reconstruction era was the period following the American Civil War when the United States attempted to reintegrate the seceded Southern states and redefine the legal and social status of formerly enslaved people.
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B.
Emancipation Proclamation
The Emancipation Proclamation was a landmark 1863 executive order during the American Civil War that declared enslaved people in Confederate-held territories to be free, transforming the war’s purpose and paving the way for abolition.
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C.
Cottonopolis
Cottonopolis is a historical nickname for Manchester, England, reflecting its prominence as a major center of the cotton and textile industry during the Industrial Revolution.
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D.
Thirteenth Amendment
The Thirteenth Amendment is a landmark provision to the United States Constitution that formally abolished slavery and involuntary servitude throughout the country, except as punishment for a crime.
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E.
American South (19th and early 20th centuries)
The American South in the 19th and early 20th centuries was a predominantly agrarian, racially segregated region defined by the legacy of slavery, the Civil War, and Jim Crow laws, with a political culture rooted in white supremacy and states’ rights.
- 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: Black Codes (immediately after the Civil War) Triple: [American South (19th and early 20th centuries), legalRegime, Black Codes (immediately after the Civil War)]
Generated description
The Black Codes were restrictive laws enacted in the American South immediately after the Civil War to control and limit the rights, movement, and labor of newly freed African Americans, effectively preserving elements of slavery.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Black Codes (immediately after the Civil War) Target entity description: The Black Codes were restrictive laws enacted in the American South immediately after the Civil War to control and limit the rights, movement, and labor of newly freed African Americans, effectively preserving elements of slavery.
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A.
Peonage Act of 1867
The Peonage Act of 1867 is a U.S. federal law that criminalized debt peonage and other forms of forced labor, reinforcing the abolition of slavery established by the Thirteenth Amendment.
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B.
Reconstruction era
chosen
The Reconstruction era was the period following the American Civil War when the United States attempted to reintegrate the seceded Southern states and redefine the legal and social status of formerly enslaved people.
-
C.
Emancipation Proclamation
The Emancipation Proclamation was a landmark 1863 executive order during the American Civil War that declared enslaved people in Confederate-held territories to be free, transforming the war’s purpose and paving the way for abolition.
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D.
Cottonopolis
Cottonopolis is a historical nickname for Manchester, England, reflecting its prominence as a major center of the cotton and textile industry during the Industrial Revolution.
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E.
American Memory
American Memory is a digital archive of historical collections from the Library of Congress, providing public access to millions of primary source materials documenting American history and culture.
- F. None of above.
PD
Predicate disambiguation
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: legalRegime Context triple: [American South (19th and early 20th centuries), legalRegime, Black Codes (immediately after the Civil War)]
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A.
legalSystem
chosen
Indicates the formal framework of laws, rules, and institutions that governs how legal matters are defined, interpreted, and enforced within a society or jurisdiction.
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B.
legalBasis
Indicates the legal rule, authority, or justification under which an action, decision, or status is established or carried out.
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C.
legalContext
Indicates that the relationship or action occurs within, is shaped by, or is relevant to a specific legal framework, proceeding, or set of legal norms.
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D.
legalForm
Indicates the specific legal structure or organizational type under which an entity is formally constituted and recognized by law.
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E.
legalSubject
Indicates that an entity is the bearer of legal rights, duties, or responsibilities within a legal relationship or context.
- F. None of above.
Provenance (6 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_69a2480baefc81909951b14058479aa2 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 1:42 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a24b1bf2c081908f20e13939b713ff |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 1:55 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69a24e659ac48190a11b70a85867d784 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 2:09 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69a24eff3f0881909b46502175682d99 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 2:12 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69a2542d9b388190bcc4581c3b79aa51 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 2:34 a.m. |
| PD | Predicate disambiguation | batch_69a24abd07508190a83ffba5368c1c79 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 1:54 a.m. |
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:47 a.m.