Triple

T20591445
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Kunta Kinte E505938 entity
Predicate appearsIn P795 FINISHED
Object Roots (novel)
Roots is Alex Haley’s landmark historical novel that traces the multigenerational saga of an African man, Kunta Kinte, and his descendants through the brutal history of American slavery and beyond.
E118055 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: Roots (novel) | Statement: [Kunta Kinte, appearsIn, Roots (novel)]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Roots (novel)
Context triple: [Kunta Kinte, appearsIn, Roots (novel)]
  • A. Roots: The Next Generations
    Roots: The Next Generations is a 1979 American television miniseries that continues the multigenerational saga begun in "Roots," following Alex Haley’s family history from the post-Civil War era into the 20th century.
  • B. Roots
    Roots is a landmark 1977 American television miniseries that chronicles multiple generations of an African American family from enslavement to emancipation, widely acclaimed for its cultural impact and historical significance.
  • C. Roots
    Roots is a segment of the surreal puzzle-platform game Limbo, featuring its own distinct set of environmental challenges and atmospheric design.
  • D. Roots
    Roots is a socially conscious soul and funk album by Curtis Mayfield, celebrated for its lush arrangements and politically charged lyrics.
  • E. Song of Solomon
    Song of Solomon is a poetic book of the Old Testament that celebrates romantic love and intimacy through richly metaphorical dialogue between lovers.
  • 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: Roots (novel)
Triple: [Kunta Kinte, appearsIn, Roots (novel)]
Generated description
Roots is Alex Haley’s landmark historical novel that traces the multigenerational saga of an African man, Kunta Kinte, and his descendants through the brutal history of American slavery and beyond.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Roots (novel)
Target entity description: Roots is Alex Haley’s landmark historical novel that traces the multigenerational saga of an African man, Kunta Kinte, and his descendants through the brutal history of American slavery and beyond.
  • A. Roots: The Next Generations
    Roots: The Next Generations is a 1979 American television miniseries that continues the multigenerational saga begun in "Roots," following Alex Haley’s family history from the post-Civil War era into the 20th century.
  • B. Roots chosen
    Roots is a landmark 1977 American television miniseries that chronicles multiple generations of an African American family from enslavement to emancipation, widely acclaimed for its cultural impact and historical significance.
  • C. Roots
    Roots is a segment of the surreal puzzle-platform game Limbo, featuring its own distinct set of environmental challenges and atmospheric design.
  • D. Roots
    Roots is a socially conscious soul and funk album by Curtis Mayfield, celebrated for its lush arrangements and politically charged lyrics.
  • E. Song of Solomon
    Song of Solomon is a poetic book of the Old Testament that celebrates romantic love and intimacy through richly metaphorical dialogue between lovers.
  • F. None of above.

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_69e0b4ba6ae88190af871e1f9522c704 completed April 16, 2026, 10:06 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e6a97c10f081909daf635e9be0dd22 completed April 20, 2026, 10:32 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a08b3e879788190bc3b66d809c4b59b completed May 16, 2026, 6:14 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a08b485c1548190b800fb3e0fe1b138 completed May 16, 2026, 6:16 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a08b56d00808190b382041bf0cd0173 completed May 16, 2026, 6:20 p.m.
Created at: April 16, 2026, 11:40 a.m.