Triple

T22686067
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject E. E. Evans-Pritchard E560916 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object Witchcraft, Oracles and Magic among the Azande
Witchcraft, Oracles and Magic among the Azande is a classic anthropological study that examines the beliefs, practices, and social functions of witchcraft and divination among the Azande people of Central Africa.
 E1549613 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: Witchcraft, Oracles and Magic among the Azande | Statement: [E. E. Evans-Pritchard, notableWork, Witchcraft, Oracles and Magic among the Azande]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Witchcraft, Oracles and Magic among the Azande
Context triple: [E. E. Evans-Pritchard, notableWork, Witchcraft, Oracles and Magic among the Azande]
  • A. The Meaning of Witchcraft
    The Meaning of Witchcraft is a seminal 1959 book by Gerald Gardner that outlines the beliefs, practices, and history of modern Wicca and helped popularize contemporary witchcraft.
  • B. Witchcraft Today
    Witchcraft Today is a 1954 book by Gerald Gardner that popularized modern Wicca by presenting it as a surviving pre-Christian pagan religion.
  • C. Myth, Ritual and Religion
    Myth, Ritual and Religion is a seminal two-volume anthropological and folkloric study by Andrew Lang that examines the origins, functions, and comparative patterns of myths and religious practices across cultures.
  • D. A General Theory of Magic
    A General Theory of Magic is a foundational anthropological work by Marcel Mauss that analyzes the social and cultural functions of magical beliefs and practices.
  • E. Sex and Temperament in Three Primitive Societies
    Sex and Temperament in Three Primitive Societies is a landmark anthropological study by Margaret Mead that examines gender roles and cultural variation through fieldwork in three New Guinea societies.
  • 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: Witchcraft, Oracles and Magic among the Azande
Triple: [E. E. Evans-Pritchard, notableWork, Witchcraft, Oracles and Magic among the Azande]
Generated description
Witchcraft, Oracles and Magic among the Azande is a classic anthropological study that examines the beliefs, practices, and social functions of witchcraft and divination among the Azande people of Central Africa.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Witchcraft, Oracles and Magic among the Azande
Target entity description: Witchcraft, Oracles and Magic among the Azande is a classic anthropological study that examines the beliefs, practices, and social functions of witchcraft and divination among the Azande people of Central Africa.
  • A. The Meaning of Witchcraft
    The Meaning of Witchcraft is a seminal 1959 book by Gerald Gardner that outlines the beliefs, practices, and history of modern Wicca and helped popularize contemporary witchcraft.
  • B. Witchcraft Today
    Witchcraft Today is a 1954 book by Gerald Gardner that popularized modern Wicca by presenting it as a surviving pre-Christian pagan religion.
  • C. Myth, Ritual and Religion
    Myth, Ritual and Religion is a seminal two-volume anthropological and folkloric study by Andrew Lang that examines the origins, functions, and comparative patterns of myths and religious practices across cultures.
  • D. A General Theory of Magic
    A General Theory of Magic is a foundational anthropological work by Marcel Mauss that analyzes the social and cultural functions of magical beliefs and practices.
  • E. Sex and Temperament in Three Primitive Societies
    Sex and Temperament in Three Primitive Societies is a landmark anthropological study by Margaret Mead that examines gender roles and cultural variation through fieldwork in three New Guinea societies.
  • 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_69e2454d71b48190a1f80af9f82b6fcf completed April 17, 2026, 2:35 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69f178637bc08190a8dfb33b5f4249e5 completed April 29, 2026, 3:17 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a0b73f6da688190a7c5c432bb0f6feb completed May 18, 2026, 8:17 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a0b79f9ebe48190ba069f68c3900be8 completed May 18, 2026, 8:43 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a0b7a9565f08190acee542633fd7b49 completed May 18, 2026, 8:46 p.m.
Created at: April 17, 2026, 3:12 p.m.