Triple

T5366825
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o E103150 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object Dreams in a Time of War
Dreams in a Time of War is a memoir by Kenyan writer Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o recounting his childhood and coming of age amid the political and social upheavals of colonial Kenya.
E516073 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: Dreams in a Time of War | Statement: [Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o, notableWork, Dreams in a Time of War]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Dreams in a Time of War
Context triple: [Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o, notableWork, Dreams in a Time of War]
  • A. The War You Don't See
    The War You Don't See is a documentary film by journalist John Pilger that critically examines how the media shapes public perception of war and conflict.
  • B. Exit Wounds
    Exit Wounds is a 2001 action-crime film starring Steven Seagal and rapper DMX, centered on police corruption and explosive urban violence.
  • C. Exit Wounds
    Exit Wounds is a Torchwood television episode notable for its dramatic confrontation with Captain Jack Harkness’s past and major turning points for the team.
  • D. Witness to War
    Witness to War is a documentary-style film by Australian artist and filmmaker George Gittoes that explores the human impact and brutal realities of armed conflict.
  • E. The Wound and the Dream
    The Wound and the Dream is a lesser-known work by American author Robert Paul Smith, best remembered for his novel "Where Did You Go? Out. What Did You Do? Nothing."
  • 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: Dreams in a Time of War
Triple: [Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o, notableWork, Dreams in a Time of War]
Generated description
Dreams in a Time of War is a memoir by Kenyan writer Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o recounting his childhood and coming of age amid the political and social upheavals of colonial Kenya.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Dreams in a Time of War
Target entity description: Dreams in a Time of War is a memoir by Kenyan writer Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o recounting his childhood and coming of age amid the political and social upheavals of colonial Kenya.
  • A. The War You Don't See
    The War You Don't See is a documentary film by journalist John Pilger that critically examines how the media shapes public perception of war and conflict.
  • B. Exit Wounds
    Exit Wounds is a Torchwood television episode notable for its dramatic confrontation with Captain Jack Harkness’s past and major turning points for the team.
  • C. Exit Wounds
    Exit Wounds is a 2001 action-crime film starring Steven Seagal and rapper DMX, centered on police corruption and explosive urban violence.
  • D. Witness to War
    Witness to War is a documentary-style film by Australian artist and filmmaker George Gittoes that explores the human impact and brutal realities of armed conflict.
  • E. The Wound and the Dream
    The Wound and the Dream is a lesser-known work by American author Robert Paul Smith, best remembered for his novel "Where Did You Go? Out. What Did You Do? Nothing."
  • 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.