Triple

T4854660
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Larry Neal E108505 entity
Predicate authorOf P4244 FINISHED
Object Essays on Black American Literature
Essays on Black American Literature is a critical collection that examines the themes, history, and cultural significance of African American writing.
E475017 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: Essays on Black American Literature | Statement: [Larry Neal, authorOf, Essays on Black American Literature]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Essays on Black American Literature
Context triple: [Larry Neal, authorOf, Essays on Black American Literature]
  • A. The Norton Anthology of African American Literature
    The Norton Anthology of African American Literature is a widely used scholarly collection that surveys and contextualizes major works by African American writers from the eighteenth century to the present.
  • B. African American literature
    African American literature is a body of writing by Black Americans that explores their historical experiences, cultural identity, and struggles against racism and oppression, often blending oral traditions, political critique, and artistic innovation.
  • 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. Blues, Ideology, and Afro-American Literature
    "Blues, Ideology, and Afro-American Literature" is a seminal critical study that explores how blues music shapes the aesthetics, politics, and cultural theory of African American literary expression.
  • E. Introduction to Black Studies
    Introduction to Black Studies is a foundational textbook that systematically outlines the history, theory, and core themes of the academic field of Black Studies.
  • 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: Essays on Black American Literature
Triple: [Larry Neal, authorOf, Essays on Black American Literature]
Generated description
Essays on Black American Literature is a critical collection that examines the themes, history, and cultural significance of African American writing.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Essays on Black American Literature
Target entity description: Essays on Black American Literature is a critical collection that examines the themes, history, and cultural significance of African American writing.
  • A. The Norton Anthology of African American Literature
    The Norton Anthology of African American Literature is a widely used scholarly collection that surveys and contextualizes major works by African American writers from the eighteenth century to the present.
  • B. African American literature
    African American literature is a body of writing by Black Americans that explores their historical experiences, cultural identity, and struggles against racism and oppression, often blending oral traditions, political critique, and artistic innovation.
  • 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. Blues, Ideology, and Afro-American Literature
    "Blues, Ideology, and Afro-American Literature" is a seminal critical study that explores how blues music shapes the aesthetics, politics, and cultural theory of African American literary expression.
  • E. Introduction to Black Studies
    Introduction to Black Studies is a foundational textbook that systematically outlines the history, theory, and core themes of the academic field of Black Studies.
  • 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_69bd440a89548190a5f14ba6da6b97dc completed March 20, 2026, 12:56 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69bd6d3c9d7881908c04cef2cb7db745 completed March 20, 2026, 3:52 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69be5ce7385c8190897fd2343c0ebeed completed March 21, 2026, 8:55 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69be5dadcec88190bf9a272c4a9aef9a completed March 21, 2026, 8:58 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69be6159ff7c8190baa116240f76dea5 completed March 21, 2026, 9:14 a.m.
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:26 p.m.