Triple
T5366816
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o |
E103150
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableWork |
P4
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Devil on the Cross
Devil on the Cross is a politically charged novel by Kenyan writer Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o that critiques neocolonialism and corruption in post-independence Kenya.
|
E516064
|
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: Devil on the Cross | Statement: [Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o, notableWork, Devil on the Cross]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Devil on the Cross Context triple: [Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o, notableWork, Devil on the Cross]
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A.
Season of Migration to the North
Season of Migration to the North is a landmark 1966 novel by Sudanese writer Tayeb Salih that explores themes of colonialism, identity, and cultural conflict between Europe and Africa.
-
B.
Cry, the Beloved Country
Cry, the Beloved Country is a 1995 film adaptation of Alan Paton's classic South African novel, depicting racial injustice and reconciliation during the apartheid era.
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C.
Asiento de Negros
Asiento de Negros was a Spanish Crown-granted monopoly contract that allowed designated traders, notably the British South Sea Company, to supply enslaved Africans to Spanish America, becoming a major source of international tension in the 18th century.
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D.
A Dry White Season
A Dry White Season is a 1989 anti-apartheid drama film set in South Africa, based on André Brink’s novel, that explores racial injustice through the story of a white teacher who investigates the death of a Black friend in police custody.
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E.
Las Reglas de Congo
Las Reglas de Congo is an Afro-Cuban religious and magical tradition of Central African (Kongo) origin, centered on spirit veneration, ancestor worship, and ritual use of sacred cauldrons and natural forces.
- 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: Devil on the Cross Triple: [Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o, notableWork, Devil on the Cross]
Generated description
Devil on the Cross is a politically charged novel by Kenyan writer Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o that critiques neocolonialism and corruption in post-independence Kenya.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Devil on the Cross Target entity description: Devil on the Cross is a politically charged novel by Kenyan writer Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o that critiques neocolonialism and corruption in post-independence Kenya.
-
A.
Season of Migration to the North
Season of Migration to the North is a landmark 1966 novel by Sudanese writer Tayeb Salih that explores themes of colonialism, identity, and cultural conflict between Europe and Africa.
-
B.
Cry, the Beloved Country
Cry, the Beloved Country is a 1995 film adaptation of Alan Paton's classic South African novel, depicting racial injustice and reconciliation during the apartheid era.
-
C.
Asiento de Negros
Asiento de Negros was a Spanish Crown-granted monopoly contract that allowed designated traders, notably the British South Sea Company, to supply enslaved Africans to Spanish America, becoming a major source of international tension in the 18th century.
-
D.
A Dry White Season
A Dry White Season is a 1989 anti-apartheid drama film set in South Africa, based on André Brink’s novel, that explores racial injustice through the story of a white teacher who investigates the death of a Black friend in police custody.
-
E.
Las Reglas de Congo
Las Reglas de Congo is an Afro-Cuban religious and magical tradition of Central African (Kongo) origin, centered on spirit veneration, ancestor worship, and ritual use of sacred cauldrons and natural forces.
- 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_69bd43daa3e4819090b59d127db70e57 |
completed | March 20, 2026, 12:55 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69bd8684103081908ed79625b59e4b24 |
completed | March 20, 2026, 5:40 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69bf2924caf48190b05f3ccbe54997d7 |
completed | March 21, 2026, 11:26 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69bf2a09891c81908509695a41d1aa02 |
completed | March 21, 2026, 11:30 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69bf2ad48fc48190bb0c7de4df879c3b |
completed | March 21, 2026, 11:33 p.m. |
Created at: March 20, 2026, 2:02 p.m.