Triple

T10183116
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Robert K. Merton E236835 entity
Predicate doctoralAdvisor P167 FINISHED
Object Pitirim Sorokin
Pitirim Sorokin was a Russian-American sociologist and social philosopher known for founding Harvard’s sociology department and developing influential theories on social stratification and cultural dynamics.
 E846485 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: Pitirim Sorokin | Statement: [Robert K. Merton, doctoralAdvisor, Pitirim Sorokin]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Pitirim Sorokin
Context triple: [Robert K. Merton, doctoralAdvisor, Pitirim Sorokin]
  • A. Louis Wirth
    Louis Wirth was a prominent 20th-century American sociologist and member of the Chicago School, known for his influential work on urbanism, minority groups, and the sociology of the city.
  • B. Richard Linton
    Richard Linton is an American academic administrator and food science scholar who serves as the president of Kansas State University.
  • C. Herbert Blumer
    Herbert Blumer was an American sociologist best known for coining the term "symbolic interactionism" and significantly shaping the Chicago School of sociology.
  • D. Alexander Migdal
    Alexander Migdal is a theoretical physicist known for his influential work in quantum field theory and high-energy physics.
  • E. Norman H. Nie
    Norman H. Nie was an American political scientist and social researcher best known as a co-creator of the SPSS statistical software and for his influential work on political participation and survey research.
  • 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: Pitirim Sorokin
Triple: [Robert K. Merton, doctoralAdvisor, Pitirim Sorokin]
Generated description
Pitirim Sorokin was a Russian-American sociologist and social philosopher known for founding Harvard’s sociology department and developing influential theories on social stratification and cultural dynamics.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Pitirim Sorokin
Target entity description: Pitirim Sorokin was a Russian-American sociologist and social philosopher known for founding Harvard’s sociology department and developing influential theories on social stratification and cultural dynamics.
  • A. Louis Wirth
    Louis Wirth was a prominent 20th-century American sociologist and member of the Chicago School, known for his influential work on urbanism, minority groups, and the sociology of the city.
  • B. Richard Linton
    Richard Linton is an American academic administrator and food science scholar who serves as the president of Kansas State University.
  • C. Herbert Blumer
    Herbert Blumer was an American sociologist best known for coining the term "symbolic interactionism" and significantly shaping the Chicago School of sociology.
  • D. Alexander Migdal
    Alexander Migdal is a theoretical physicist known for his influential work in quantum field theory and high-energy physics.
  • E. Norman H. Nie
    Norman H. Nie was an American political scientist and social researcher best known as a co-creator of the SPSS statistical software and for his influential work on political participation and survey research.
  • 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_69ca84d7260c8190bfbec36762943f37 completed March 30, 2026, 2:12 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cded3408b88190a7d981a6dcea48d9 completed April 2, 2026, 4:14 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69d3179b9de88190ba3beb7d6dbf7ad3 completed April 6, 2026, 2:16 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69d318d099648190a42fffec876711dd completed April 6, 2026, 2:22 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69d3194331c481909b8ef2dead8ed105 completed April 6, 2026, 2:24 a.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 9:12 p.m.