Triple
T549268
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | James Baldwin |
E11801
|
entity |
| Predicate | influenced |
P9
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Marlon James
Marlon James is a Jamaican novelist and Booker Prize winner known for his ambitious, genre-blending works that explore history, violence, and Black identity.
|
E69663
|
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: Marlon James | Statement: [James Baldwin, influenced, Marlon James]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Marlon James Context triple: [James Baldwin, influenced, Marlon James]
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A.
Zadie Smith
Zadie Smith is a British novelist and essayist renowned for her critically acclaimed debut "White Teeth" and her incisive explorations of race, identity, and contemporary multicultural life.
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B.
Michael Ondaatje
Michael Ondaatje is a Sri Lankan-born Canadian novelist and poet best known for his Booker Prize–winning novel "The English Patient."
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C.
Mohsin Hamid
Mohsin Hamid is a Pakistani novelist and essayist known for his inventive narrative styles and acclaimed works such as "The Reluctant Fundamentalist" and "Exit West."
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D.
William Faulks
William Faulks is known as the son of British novelist Sebastian Faulks.
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E.
William T. Vollmann
William T. Vollmann is an American novelist, journalist, and essayist known for his ambitious, genre-blurring works that often explore violence, marginalization, and the moral complexities of history and contemporary society.
- 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: Marlon James Triple: [James Baldwin, influenced, Marlon James]
Generated description
Marlon James is a Jamaican novelist and Booker Prize winner known for his ambitious, genre-blending works that explore history, violence, and Black identity.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Marlon James Target entity description: Marlon James is a Jamaican novelist and Booker Prize winner known for his ambitious, genre-blending works that explore history, violence, and Black identity.
-
A.
Zadie Smith
Zadie Smith is a British novelist and essayist renowned for her critically acclaimed debut "White Teeth" and her incisive explorations of race, identity, and contemporary multicultural life.
-
B.
Michael Ondaatje
Michael Ondaatje is a Sri Lankan-born Canadian novelist and poet best known for his Booker Prize–winning novel "The English Patient."
-
C.
Mohsin Hamid
Mohsin Hamid is a Pakistani novelist and essayist known for his inventive narrative styles and acclaimed works such as "The Reluctant Fundamentalist" and "Exit West."
-
D.
William Faulks
William Faulks is known as the son of British novelist Sebastian Faulks.
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E.
William T. Vollmann
William T. Vollmann is an American novelist, journalist, and essayist known for his ambitious, genre-blurring works that often explore violence, marginalization, and the moral complexities of history and contemporary society.
- 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_69a4932941d08190815efd422f0b4ca7 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:27 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a49901e4e481909a5ed93c21ab37bd |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:52 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69a4e63063388190bece9d3b8cc027b8 |
completed | March 2, 2026, 1:21 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69a4e6fe6d608190b8b182702399e340 |
completed | March 2, 2026, 1:25 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69a4e757a8ec8190b0e4990555855b73 |
completed | March 2, 2026, 1:26 a.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:32 p.m.