Triple

T10829271
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Thorstein Veblen E255573 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object The Theory of the Leisure Class
The Theory of the Leisure Class is Thorstein Veblen’s influential 1899 socio-economic study that critiques consumer culture and introduces the concept of “conspicuous consumption.”
E889196 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 Theory of the Leisure Class | Statement: [Thorstein Veblen, notableWork, The Theory of the Leisure Class]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Theory of the Leisure Class
Context triple: [Thorstein Veblen, notableWork, The Theory of the Leisure Class]
  • A. The Theory of the Leisure Class (critique and commentary)
    "The Theory of the Leisure Class (critique and commentary)" is Nikolai Bukharin’s Marxist analysis and critical examination of Thorstein Veblen’s classic work on conspicuous consumption and class structure.
  • B. The Leisure Class
    The Leisure Class is a dark comedy film about a con artist infiltrating a wealthy family, produced by Pearl Street Films and developed from an HBO Project Greenlight season.
  • C. The Division of Labour in Society
    The Division of Labour in Society is Émile Durkheim’s foundational sociological work that analyzes how increasing specialization in modern societies transforms social cohesion and the nature of social solidarity.
  • D. What Social Classes Owe to Each Other
    "What Social Classes Owe to Each Other" is an 1883 collection of essays by sociologist William Graham Sumner that argues for limited government, individual responsibility, and laissez-faire economics in the relations between social classes.
  • E. The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism
    The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism is a foundational sociological work by Max Weber that explores how Protestant religious values, particularly Calvinism, helped shape the development of modern capitalist society.
  • 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 Theory of the Leisure Class
Triple: [Thorstein Veblen, notableWork, The Theory of the Leisure Class]
Generated description
The Theory of the Leisure Class is Thorstein Veblen’s influential 1899 socio-economic study that critiques consumer culture and introduces the concept of “conspicuous consumption.”
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Theory of the Leisure Class
Target entity description: The Theory of the Leisure Class is Thorstein Veblen’s influential 1899 socio-economic study that critiques consumer culture and introduces the concept of “conspicuous consumption.”
  • A. The Theory of the Leisure Class (critique and commentary)
    "The Theory of the Leisure Class (critique and commentary)" is Nikolai Bukharin’s Marxist analysis and critical examination of Thorstein Veblen’s classic work on conspicuous consumption and class structure.
  • B. The Leisure Class
    The Leisure Class is a dark comedy film about a con artist infiltrating a wealthy family, produced by Pearl Street Films and developed from an HBO Project Greenlight season.
  • C. The Division of Labour in Society
    The Division of Labour in Society is Émile Durkheim’s foundational sociological work that analyzes how increasing specialization in modern societies transforms social cohesion and the nature of social solidarity.
  • D. What Social Classes Owe to Each Other
    "What Social Classes Owe to Each Other" is an 1883 collection of essays by sociologist William Graham Sumner that argues for limited government, individual responsibility, and laissez-faire economics in the relations between social classes.
  • E. The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism
    The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism is a foundational sociological work by Max Weber that explores how Protestant religious values, particularly Calvinism, helped shape the development of modern capitalist society.
  • 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_69d6aa8081448190a9324184f2bd1c26 completed April 8, 2026, 7:20 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d74420fa188190b5b3c59e1a9f551d completed April 9, 2026, 6:16 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69deb1096cbc81908f3eda562c2da042 completed April 14, 2026, 9:26 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69dec2534728819095b3693120772da9 completed April 14, 2026, 10:40 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69dec79b1b548190a74312284f98551c completed April 14, 2026, 11:02 p.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:19 p.m.