Triple
T474282
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Zora Neale Hurston |
E9025
|
entity |
| Predicate | influenced |
P9
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Alice Walker
Alice Walker is an American novelist, short story writer, poet, and activist best known for her Pulitzer Prize–winning novel "The Color Purple" and her contributions to Black feminist literature.
|
E60061
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (4 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: Alice Walker | Statement: [Zora Neale Hurston, influenced, Alice Walker]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Alice Walker Context triple: [Zora Neale Hurston, influenced, Alice Walker]
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A.
Toni Morrison
Toni Morrison was a renowned American novelist, essayist, and professor celebrated for her powerful explorations of Black American life and identity in works such as "Beloved" and "Song of Solomon."
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B.
Zora Neale Hurston
Zora Neale Hurston was an influential African American author, anthropologist, and key figure of the Harlem Renaissance, best known for her novel "Their Eyes Were Watching God."
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C.
Terry McMillan
Terry McMillan is an American novelist best known for her witty, emotionally resonant portrayals of contemporary Black women’s lives and relationships in bestselling books such as "Waiting to Exhale" and "How Stella Got Her Groove Back."
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D.
James Baldwin
James Baldwin was a prominent 20th-century American writer and essayist whose works powerfully explored race, sexuality, and identity in the United States.
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E.
Nella Larsen
Nella Larsen was an influential American novelist and short story writer whose works, including "Passing" and "Quicksand," explored race, identity, and gender during the Harlem Renaissance.
- 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: Alice Walker Triple: [Zora Neale Hurston, influenced, Alice Walker]
Generated description
Alice Walker is an American novelist, short story writer, poet, and activist best known for her Pulitzer Prize–winning novel "The Color Purple" and her contributions to Black feminist literature.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Alice Walker Target entity description: Alice Walker is an American novelist, short story writer, poet, and activist best known for her Pulitzer Prize–winning novel "The Color Purple" and her contributions to Black feminist literature.
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A.
Toni Morrison
Toni Morrison was a renowned American novelist, essayist, and professor celebrated for her powerful explorations of Black American life and identity in works such as "Beloved" and "Song of Solomon."
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B.
Zora Neale Hurston
Zora Neale Hurston was an influential African American author, anthropologist, and key figure of the Harlem Renaissance, best known for her novel "Their Eyes Were Watching God."
-
C.
Terry McMillan
Terry McMillan is an American novelist best known for her witty, emotionally resonant portrayals of contemporary Black women’s lives and relationships in bestselling books such as "Waiting to Exhale" and "How Stella Got Her Groove Back."
-
D.
James Baldwin
James Baldwin was a prominent 20th-century American writer and essayist whose works powerfully explored race, sexuality, and identity in the United States.
-
E.
Nella Larsen
Nella Larsen was an influential American novelist and short story writer whose works, including "Passing" and "Quicksand," explored race, identity, and gender during the Harlem Renaissance.
- F. None of above. chosen
Provenance (5 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_69a2e7ff81708190b0507a24a997232c |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 1:05 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a2f039f3d88190a7c93ecbf1bf5f58 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 1:40 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69a46c5d827c8190b620958383d23f41 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 4:42 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69a46cc892308190907a09fd3ca2cfc4 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 4:43 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69a46d11a6288190ac9cbd0d50b95421 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 4:45 p.m. |
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:12 p.m.