Triple
T862055
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Nnimmo Bassey |
E18618
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableWork |
P4
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
We Thought It Was Oil But It Was Blood
We Thought It Was Oil But It Was Blood is a poetry collection by Nigerian environmental activist Nnimmo Bassey that critiques the human and ecological devastation caused by oil exploitation in the Niger Delta.
|
E101829
|
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: We Thought It Was Oil But It Was Blood | Statement: [Nnimmo Bassey, notableWork, We Thought It Was Oil But It Was Blood]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: We Thought It Was Oil But It Was Blood Context triple: [Nnimmo Bassey, notableWork, We Thought It Was Oil But It Was Blood]
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A.
Black Water
Black Water is the grim historical nickname for the Cellular Jail in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, infamous for its brutal treatment of Indian freedom fighters during British colonial rule.
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B.
Nine Days
Nine Days is a traditional Jewish mourning period leading up to Tisha B'Av, marked by various customs of abstention and reflection on the destruction of the Temples.
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C.
Backdraft
Backdraft is a 1991 action-thriller film about Chicago firefighters, directed by Ron Howard and known for its intense fire sequences and exploration of arson investigations.
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D.
Frontline
Frontline is a long-running American investigative documentary series known for its in-depth reporting and analysis of major social, political, and global issues, produced and broadcast by PBS.
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E.
Behind the Front
"Behind the Front" is the debut studio album by American hip hop group Black Eyed Peas, showcasing their early alternative and socially conscious rap style before their later pop-oriented success.
- 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: We Thought It Was Oil But It Was Blood Triple: [Nnimmo Bassey, notableWork, We Thought It Was Oil But It Was Blood]
Generated description
We Thought It Was Oil But It Was Blood is a poetry collection by Nigerian environmental activist Nnimmo Bassey that critiques the human and ecological devastation caused by oil exploitation in the Niger Delta.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: We Thought It Was Oil But It Was Blood Target entity description: We Thought It Was Oil But It Was Blood is a poetry collection by Nigerian environmental activist Nnimmo Bassey that critiques the human and ecological devastation caused by oil exploitation in the Niger Delta.
-
A.
Black Water
Black Water is the grim historical nickname for the Cellular Jail in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, infamous for its brutal treatment of Indian freedom fighters during British colonial rule.
-
B.
Nine Days
Nine Days is a traditional Jewish mourning period leading up to Tisha B'Av, marked by various customs of abstention and reflection on the destruction of the Temples.
-
C.
Backdraft
Backdraft is a 1991 action-thriller film about Chicago firefighters, directed by Ron Howard and known for its intense fire sequences and exploration of arson investigations.
-
D.
Frontline
Frontline is a long-running American investigative documentary series known for its in-depth reporting and analysis of major social, political, and global issues, produced and broadcast by PBS.
-
E.
Behind the Front
"Behind the Front" is the debut studio album by American hip hop group Black Eyed Peas, showcasing their early alternative and socially conscious rap style before their later pop-oriented success.
- 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_69a4938ce8688190a24bdfef82ba7d21 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:29 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a4ac6631408190a19b83126fa86100 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 9:15 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69a7a3c5c15c8190a91eb3746007ebf5 |
completed | March 4, 2026, 3:15 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69a7a613db0881908c14569257c53bb0 |
completed | March 4, 2026, 3:25 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69a7a66cc1108190a072cc7d9be2756c |
completed | March 4, 2026, 3:26 a.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:39 p.m.