Triple

T7366740
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Herbert Aptheker E169887 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object A Documentary History of the Negro People in the United States
A Documentary History of the Negro People in the United States is a landmark multi-volume collection of primary sources chronicling African American history, struggle, and culture from colonial times onward.
E660276 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: A Documentary History of the Negro People in the United States | Statement: [Herbert Aptheker, notableWork, A Documentary History of the Negro People in the United States]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: A Documentary History of the Negro People in the United States
Context triple: [Herbert Aptheker, notableWork, A Documentary History of the Negro People in the United States]
  • A. The Story of the Negro
    The Story of the Negro is a historical survey book by Arna Bontemps that traces the experiences, struggles, and contributions of African Americans from slavery through the early 20th century.
  • B. The Contribution of the Negro to Democracy in America
    The Contribution of the Negro to Democracy in America is a 1943 mural by African American artist Charles White that powerfully depicts Black Americans’ historical struggles and achievements in shaping U.S. democracy.
  • C. The Future of the American Negro
    "The Future of the American Negro" is an 1899 book by Booker T. Washington in which he outlines his views on African American progress through industrial education, self-help, and economic advancement in the post–Civil War United States.
  • D. The Myth of the Negro Past
    The Myth of the Negro Past is a pioneering 1941 anthropological study by Melville J. Herskovits that challenged prevailing racist assumptions by documenting the enduring African cultural heritage among African Americans.
  • E. Five Great American Negroes
    Five Great American Negroes is a celebrated artwork by Charles White that honors prominent African American historical figures and their contributions to U.S. history.
  • 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: A Documentary History of the Negro People in the United States
Triple: [Herbert Aptheker, notableWork, A Documentary History of the Negro People in the United States]
Generated description
A Documentary History of the Negro People in the United States is a landmark multi-volume collection of primary sources chronicling African American history, struggle, and culture from colonial times onward.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: A Documentary History of the Negro People in the United States
Target entity description: A Documentary History of the Negro People in the United States is a landmark multi-volume collection of primary sources chronicling African American history, struggle, and culture from colonial times onward.
  • A. The Story of the Negro
    The Story of the Negro is a historical survey book by Arna Bontemps that traces the experiences, struggles, and contributions of African Americans from slavery through the early 20th century.
  • B. The Contribution of the Negro to Democracy in America
    The Contribution of the Negro to Democracy in America is a 1943 mural by African American artist Charles White that powerfully depicts Black Americans’ historical struggles and achievements in shaping U.S. democracy.
  • C. The Future of the American Negro
    "The Future of the American Negro" is an 1899 book by Booker T. Washington in which he outlines his views on African American progress through industrial education, self-help, and economic advancement in the post–Civil War United States.
  • D. The Myth of the Negro Past
    The Myth of the Negro Past is a pioneering 1941 anthropological study by Melville J. Herskovits that challenged prevailing racist assumptions by documenting the enduring African cultural heritage among African Americans.
  • E. Five Great American Negroes
    Five Great American Negroes is a celebrated artwork by Charles White that honors prominent African American historical figures and their contributions to U.S. history.
  • 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_69c68a5ade988190885b7175f63b7534 completed March 27, 2026, 1:47 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c6f17ea0608190955ac3474f6da7bb completed March 27, 2026, 9:07 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c802bc25908190ad444de63b7526a0 completed March 28, 2026, 4:33 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c8055ea7ec8190ba58ff8dfb3569da completed March 28, 2026, 4:44 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c805bc798c81909614bb966196b4ee completed March 28, 2026, 4:45 p.m.
Created at: March 27, 2026, 3:06 p.m.