Triple

T10223712
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Margaret MacMillan E242645 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object The Uses and Abuses of History
The Uses and Abuses of History is a book by historian Margaret MacMillan that examines how historical narratives are constructed and how they can be responsibly used or dangerously misused in contemporary politics and public life.
E850546 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 Uses and Abuses of History | Statement: [Margaret MacMillan, notableWork, The Uses and Abuses of History]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Uses and Abuses of History
Context triple: [Margaret MacMillan, notableWork, The Uses and Abuses of History]
  • A. The Politics of History
    The Politics of History is a critical work of historiography by Howard Zinn that challenges traditional narratives and argues for a politically engaged, socially conscious approach to writing and teaching history.
  • B. The Meaning of History
    The Meaning of History is a philosophical work by Russian religious thinker Nicolas Berdyaev that explores the spiritual and existential significance of historical events and humanity’s destiny.
  • C. The Writing of History
    The Writing of History is a seminal work by Michel de Certeau that critically examines how historical narratives are constructed, emphasizing the interplay between power, discourse, and the practice of writing history.
  • D. Letters on the Study and Use of History
    Letters on the Study and Use of History is an 18th-century series of essays by Henry St John, Viscount Bolingbroke, offering a philosophical and practical reflection on how history should be studied and applied to politics and moral life.
  • E. Not by Fact Alone: Essays on the Writing and Reading of History
    Not by Fact Alone: Essays on the Writing and Reading of History is a collection of reflective essays by historian John Clive that explores how history is written, interpreted, and understood beyond mere factual narration.
  • 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 Uses and Abuses of History
Triple: [Margaret MacMillan, notableWork, The Uses and Abuses of History]
Generated description
The Uses and Abuses of History is a book by historian Margaret MacMillan that examines how historical narratives are constructed and how they can be responsibly used or dangerously misused in contemporary politics and public life.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Uses and Abuses of History
Target entity description: The Uses and Abuses of History is a book by historian Margaret MacMillan that examines how historical narratives are constructed and how they can be responsibly used or dangerously misused in contemporary politics and public life.
  • A. The Politics of History
    The Politics of History is a critical work of historiography by Howard Zinn that challenges traditional narratives and argues for a politically engaged, socially conscious approach to writing and teaching history.
  • B. The Meaning of History
    The Meaning of History is a philosophical work by Russian religious thinker Nicolas Berdyaev that explores the spiritual and existential significance of historical events and humanity’s destiny.
  • C. The Writing of History
    The Writing of History is a seminal work by Michel de Certeau that critically examines how historical narratives are constructed, emphasizing the interplay between power, discourse, and the practice of writing history.
  • D. Letters on the Study and Use of History
    Letters on the Study and Use of History is an 18th-century series of essays by Henry St John, Viscount Bolingbroke, offering a philosophical and practical reflection on how history should be studied and applied to politics and moral life.
  • E. Not by Fact Alone: Essays on the Writing and Reading of History
    Not by Fact Alone: Essays on the Writing and Reading of History is a collection of reflective essays by historian John Clive that explores how history is written, interpreted, and understood beyond mere factual narration.
  • 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_69d381ae26c48190985abd0e25ee5d04 completed April 6, 2026, 9:49 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d3aa84a9ac819093d551005a1c8f3d completed April 6, 2026, 12:43 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69d6a8457e9c819085f222bb002be892 completed April 8, 2026, 7:11 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69d6d00220ec81909d189e64eda2a28f completed April 8, 2026, 10 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69d6df44ad5481909100b596d2bf3b07 completed April 8, 2026, 11:05 p.m.
Created at: April 6, 2026, 11:11 a.m.