Triple
T8683376
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Colchians |
E206091
|
entity |
| Predicate | describedBy |
P264
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Herodotus as dark-skinned |
E37107
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: Herodotus as dark-skinned | Statement: [Colchians, describedBy, Herodotus as dark-skinned]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Herodotus as dark-skinned Context triple: [Colchians, describedBy, Herodotus as dark-skinned]
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A.
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.
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B.
works of Herodotus
chosen
The works of Herodotus are a foundational collection of ancient Greek historical writings, especially his "Histories," which chronicle the Greco-Persian Wars and various cultures of the ancient world.
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C.
Letter to Herodotus
Letter to Herodotus is a foundational philosophical work by Epicurus that concisely outlines his views on physics and the nature of reality.
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D.
Herodotus
Herodotus was an ancient Greek historian, often called the "Father of History," known for writing the seminal work "Histories" that chronicles the Greco-Persian Wars and various cultures of the ancient world.
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E.
An Essay Toward an Autobiography of a Race Concept
"An Essay Toward an Autobiography of a Race Concept" is the subtitle of W. E. B. Du Bois’s 1940 work *Dusk of Dawn*, in which he reflects on his life and the evolving idea of race in American and global history.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69ca835379688190aa06b9d98e684d58 |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:06 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cc4ae9da3c8190866e24970a7aeba3 |
completed | March 31, 2026, 10:30 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69cef3c3c74c81908cd9e881d5963492 |
completed | April 2, 2026, 10:54 p.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 6:32 p.m.