Triple
T4984853
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Valerian Street |
E111974
|
entity |
| Predicate | firstPublicationContext |
P24464
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Tar Baby (1981 novel) |
E19912
|
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: Tar Baby (1981 novel) | Statement: [Valerian Street, firstPublicationContext, Tar Baby (1981 novel)]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Tar Baby (1981 novel) Context triple: [Valerian Street, firstPublicationContext, Tar Baby (1981 novel)]
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A.
Tar Baby
chosen
"Tar Baby" is a 1981 novel by Toni Morrison that explores race, class, identity, and desire through the complex relationships between a Black fashion model and a mysterious drifter on a Caribbean island.
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B.
The Color Purple (novel)
The Color Purple is a Pulitzer Prize–winning epistolary novel by Alice Walker that follows the life, struggles, and spiritual awakening of an African American woman in the early 20th-century American South.
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C.
Song of Solomon
Song of Solomon is a critically acclaimed novel by Toni Morrison that explores African American identity, family history, and the search for personal freedom through the life of its protagonist, Milkman Dead.
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D.
Jitney
Jitney is a critically acclaimed play by August Wilson that portrays the lives and struggles of Black taxi drivers in 1970s Pittsburgh.
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E.
Gem of the Ocean
Gem of the Ocean is a play by August Wilson that opens his ten-play Pittsburgh Cycle, exploring African American history and spiritual legacy in the early 20th century.
- 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_69bd441adc208190b70a033a0741d01e |
completed | March 20, 2026, 12:56 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69bd725766d88190b6fda860a005ce4e |
completed | March 20, 2026, 4:14 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69be8a1891c48190b85bec5e97f75e44 |
completed | March 21, 2026, 12:07 p.m. |
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:33 p.m.