Triple

T10728449
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Sheldon Wolin E253010 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object The Presence of the Past
The Presence of the Past is a work of political theory by Sheldon Wolin that explores how historical political ideas and traditions shape contemporary democratic life and thought.
E883353 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 Presence of the Past | Statement: [Sheldon Wolin, notableWork, The Presence of the Past]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Presence of the Past
Context triple: [Sheldon Wolin, notableWork, The Presence of the Past]
  • A. The Sense of the Past
    The Sense of the Past is an unfinished time-travel novel by Henry James about a modern man who is mysteriously transported into early 19th-century London.
  • B. The Past is Ours
    "The Past is Ours" is the motto of the United Daughters of the Confederacy, reflecting the organization's focus on preserving and promoting a particular memory of the Confederate past.
  • C. Sleeping with the Past
    Sleeping with the Past is a 1989 studio album by Elton John that draws heavily on 1960s soul influences and features hits like "Sacrifice."
  • D. Where the Past Begins
    Where the Past Begins is a memoir by Amy Tan that explores her family history, creative life, and the memories that shaped her work as a writer.
  • E. Ever Present Past
    "Ever Present Past" is a song by Paul McCartney from his 2007 album "Memory Almost Full," noted for its reflective lyrics on time and identity set to an upbeat pop-rock arrangement.
  • 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 Presence of the Past
Triple: [Sheldon Wolin, notableWork, The Presence of the Past]
Generated description
The Presence of the Past is a work of political theory by Sheldon Wolin that explores how historical political ideas and traditions shape contemporary democratic life and thought.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Presence of the Past
Target entity description: The Presence of the Past is a work of political theory by Sheldon Wolin that explores how historical political ideas and traditions shape contemporary democratic life and thought.
  • A. The Sense of the Past
    The Sense of the Past is an unfinished time-travel novel by Henry James about a modern man who is mysteriously transported into early 19th-century London.
  • B. The Past is Ours
    "The Past is Ours" is the motto of the United Daughters of the Confederacy, reflecting the organization's focus on preserving and promoting a particular memory of the Confederate past.
  • C. Sleeping with the Past
    Sleeping with the Past is a 1989 studio album by Elton John that draws heavily on 1960s soul influences and features hits like "Sacrifice."
  • D. Where the Past Begins
    Where the Past Begins is a memoir by Amy Tan that explores her family history, creative life, and the memories that shaped her work as a writer.
  • E. Ever Present Past
    "Ever Present Past" is a song by Paul McCartney from his 2007 album "Memory Almost Full," noted for its reflective lyrics on time and identity set to an upbeat pop-rock arrangement.
  • 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_69d6aa5d8be481909a43218b2bfdbe95 completed April 8, 2026, 7:19 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d70fc92a18819089cc67afee1c9b96 completed April 9, 2026, 2:32 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69de22a97fec8190bb97f68353c2144e completed April 14, 2026, 11:19 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69de271ca4f081908d78a20b25ebd25c completed April 14, 2026, 11:38 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69de2ccee0cc8190acd24d5c225f7cde completed April 14, 2026, 12:02 p.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:14 p.m.