Triple

T10091599
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Wilbur Schramm E215355 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object The Process and Effects of Mass Communication
The Process and Effects of Mass Communication is a foundational scholarly work in communication studies that systematically examines how mass media operate, influence audiences, and shape society.
E840982 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: The Process and Effects of Mass Communication | Statement: [Wilbur Schramm, notableWork, The Process and Effects of Mass Communication]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Process and Effects of Mass Communication
Context triple: [Wilbur Schramm, notableWork, The Process and Effects of Mass Communication]
  • A. Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media
    "Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media" is a seminal work of media criticism that argues mainstream news outlets serve elite interests by shaping and filtering information to manufacture public consent for prevailing power structures.
  • B. Reports on the relation of corporate publicity to public control
    "Reports on the relation of corporate publicity to public control" is an early 20th-century investigative report analyzing how transparency and disclosure of corporate activities can serve as a mechanism for public oversight and regulation of big business.
  • C. The Effectiveness of Symbols
    "The Effectiveness of Symbols" is a seminal essay by Claude Lévi-Strauss that analyzes how symbolic systems, such as ritual and language, can exert real psychological and social effects.
  • D. Propaganda: The Formation of Men’s Attitudes
    Propaganda: The Formation of Men’s Attitudes is a seminal 1962 work of social and political philosophy that analyzes how modern mass media and technology shape public opinion and individual consciousness through systematic propaganda.
  • E. Political Persuasion and Attitude Change
    "Political Persuasion and Attitude Change" is a scholarly work that examines how communication and media influence individuals’ political opinions and shifts in public attitudes.
  • 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: The Process and Effects of Mass Communication
Triple: [Wilbur Schramm, notableWork, The Process and Effects of Mass Communication]
Generated description
The Process and Effects of Mass Communication is a foundational scholarly work in communication studies that systematically examines how mass media operate, influence audiences, and shape society.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Process and Effects of Mass Communication
Target entity description: The Process and Effects of Mass Communication is a foundational scholarly work in communication studies that systematically examines how mass media operate, influence audiences, and shape society.
  • A. Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media
    "Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media" is a seminal work of media criticism that argues mainstream news outlets serve elite interests by shaping and filtering information to manufacture public consent for prevailing power structures.
  • B. Reports on the relation of corporate publicity to public control
    "Reports on the relation of corporate publicity to public control" is an early 20th-century investigative report analyzing how transparency and disclosure of corporate activities can serve as a mechanism for public oversight and regulation of big business.
  • C. The Effectiveness of Symbols
    "The Effectiveness of Symbols" is a seminal essay by Claude Lévi-Strauss that analyzes how symbolic systems, such as ritual and language, can exert real psychological and social effects.
  • D. Propaganda: The Formation of Men’s Attitudes
    Propaganda: The Formation of Men’s Attitudes is a seminal 1962 work of social and political philosophy that analyzes how modern mass media and technology shape public opinion and individual consciousness through systematic propaganda.
  • E. Political Persuasion and Attitude Change
    "Political Persuasion and Attitude Change" is a scholarly work that examines how communication and media influence individuals’ political opinions and shifts in public attitudes.
  • 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_69ca83a1eed081908b2e9580f2ebeea7 completed March 30, 2026, 2:07 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cdd05aa02081908fba02e7085c6d7c completed April 2, 2026, 2:11 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69d2b6a587e0819093f38d5e69db43ec completed April 5, 2026, 7:23 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69d2b7901ea08190a48e984356bd3d71 completed April 5, 2026, 7:27 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69d2b8813f9c8190a85462efb7a0a517 completed April 5, 2026, 7:31 p.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 9:01 p.m.