Triple
T10183146
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Robert K. Merton |
E236835
|
entity |
| Predicate | influencedBy |
P9
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Pitirim Sorokin |
E846485
|
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: Pitirim Sorokin | Statement: [Robert K. Merton, influencedBy, Pitirim Sorokin]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Pitirim Sorokin Context triple: [Robert K. Merton, influencedBy, Pitirim Sorokin]
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A.
Pitirim Sorokin
chosen
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.
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B.
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.
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C.
Richard Linton
Richard Linton is an American academic administrator and food science scholar who serves as the president of Kansas State University.
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D.
Herbert Blumer
Herbert Blumer was an American sociologist best known for coining the term "symbolic interactionism" and significantly shaping the Chicago School of sociology.
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E.
Alexander Migdal
Alexander Migdal is a theoretical physicist known for his influential work in quantum field theory and high-energy physics.
- 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_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_69d32ad838b08190ab8c50a4108bba68 |
completed | April 6, 2026, 3:39 a.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 9:12 p.m.