Triple

T5366817
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o E103150 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object Matigari
Matigari is a political allegorical novel by Kenyan writer Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o that critiques postcolonial corruption and injustice through the story of a returning freedom fighter.
 E516065 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: Matigari | Statement: [Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o, notableWork, Matigari]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Matigari
Context triple: [Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o, notableWork, Matigari]
  • A. Mihna
    The Mihna was an Islamic inquisition instituted in the 9th century that tested and persecuted scholars over their adherence to the doctrine of the createdness of the Qur’an.
  • B. Madadayo
    Madadayo is a 1993 Japanese drama film directed by Akira Kurosawa that poignantly portrays the later years of a beloved professor and his enduring bond with former students.
  • C. Memurubu
    Memurubu is a popular mountain lodge and hiking base in Norway’s Jotunheimen National Park, known as a key stop along the famous Besseggen ridge trail.
  • D. Mugatu
    Mugatu is the flamboyant, villainous fashion designer portrayed by Will Ferrell in the comedy film "Zoolander."
  • E. Marichi
    Marichi is a revered Vedic sage (one of the Saptarishi) regarded as a mind-born son of Brahma and an important progenitor in Hindu cosmology.
  • 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: Matigari
Triple: [Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o, notableWork, Matigari]
Generated description
Matigari is a political allegorical novel by Kenyan writer Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o that critiques postcolonial corruption and injustice through the story of a returning freedom fighter.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Matigari
Target entity description: Matigari is a political allegorical novel by Kenyan writer Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o that critiques postcolonial corruption and injustice through the story of a returning freedom fighter.
  • A. Mihna
    The Mihna was an Islamic inquisition instituted in the 9th century that tested and persecuted scholars over their adherence to the doctrine of the createdness of the Qur’an.
  • B. Madadayo
    Madadayo is a 1993 Japanese drama film directed by Akira Kurosawa that poignantly portrays the later years of a beloved professor and his enduring bond with former students.
  • C. Memurubu
    Memurubu is a popular mountain lodge and hiking base in Norway’s Jotunheimen National Park, known as a key stop along the famous Besseggen ridge trail.
  • D. Mugatu
    Mugatu is the flamboyant, villainous fashion designer portrayed by Will Ferrell in the comedy film "Zoolander."
  • E. Marichi
    Marichi is a revered Vedic sage (one of the Saptarishi) regarded as a mind-born son of Brahma and an important progenitor in Hindu cosmology.
  • 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.