Triple
T10985549
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Ellery Channing |
E259619
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entity |
| Predicate | notableWork |
P4
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Thoreau, the Poet-Naturalist (1873)
Thoreau, the Poet-Naturalist (1873) is a biographical work by Ellery Channing that portrays the life, character, and philosophy of American transcendentalist Henry David Thoreau.
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E898178
|
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: Thoreau, the Poet-Naturalist (1873) | Statement: [Ellery Channing, notableWork, Thoreau, the Poet-Naturalist (1873)]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thoreau, the Poet-Naturalist (1873) Context triple: [Ellery Channing, notableWork, Thoreau, the Poet-Naturalist (1873)]
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A.
Nature (Emerson essay)
"Nature" is Ralph Waldo Emerson’s foundational 1836 essay that articulates the core principles of Transcendentalism by exploring the spiritual and philosophical relationship between humans and the natural world.
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B.
Lectures on Ralph Waldo Emerson and transcendentalism
"Lectures on Ralph Waldo Emerson and transcendentalism" is a series of talks by Edward Waldo Emerson that interpret and contextualize his father Ralph Waldo Emerson’s philosophy and the broader American Transcendentalist movement.
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C.
“Nature and Man in America”
“Nature and Man in America” is a late-19th-century work of natural history and geography in which geologist Nathaniel Shaler examines the interaction between the North American environment and human society.
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D.
Emerson’s collected essays
Emerson’s collected essays is a volume gathering Ralph Waldo Emerson’s influential philosophical and literary writings, including key transcendentalist works such as “Self-Reliance.”
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E.
Walden (Diaries, Notes and Sketches)
Walden (Diaries, Notes and Sketches) is an influential 1969 avant-garde diary film by Jonas Mekas that weaves together personal footage, reflections, and everyday moments into a lyrical meditation on life and memory.
- 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: Thoreau, the Poet-Naturalist (1873) Triple: [Ellery Channing, notableWork, Thoreau, the Poet-Naturalist (1873)]
Generated description
Thoreau, the Poet-Naturalist (1873) is a biographical work by Ellery Channing that portrays the life, character, and philosophy of American transcendentalist Henry David Thoreau.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thoreau, the Poet-Naturalist (1873) Target entity description: Thoreau, the Poet-Naturalist (1873) is a biographical work by Ellery Channing that portrays the life, character, and philosophy of American transcendentalist Henry David Thoreau.
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A.
Nature (Emerson essay)
"Nature" is Ralph Waldo Emerson’s foundational 1836 essay that articulates the core principles of Transcendentalism by exploring the spiritual and philosophical relationship between humans and the natural world.
-
B.
Lectures on Ralph Waldo Emerson and transcendentalism
"Lectures on Ralph Waldo Emerson and transcendentalism" is a series of talks by Edward Waldo Emerson that interpret and contextualize his father Ralph Waldo Emerson’s philosophy and the broader American Transcendentalist movement.
-
C.
“Nature and Man in America”
“Nature and Man in America” is a late-19th-century work of natural history and geography in which geologist Nathaniel Shaler examines the interaction between the North American environment and human society.
-
D.
Emerson’s collected essays
Emerson’s collected essays is a volume gathering Ralph Waldo Emerson’s influential philosophical and literary writings, including key transcendentalist works such as “Self-Reliance.”
-
E.
Walden (Diaries, Notes and Sketches)
Walden (Diaries, Notes and Sketches) is an influential 1969 avant-garde diary film by Jonas Mekas that weaves together personal footage, reflections, and everyday moments into a lyrical meditation on life and memory.
- 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_69d6aa895f4c8190887a15460ef622f4 |
completed | April 8, 2026, 7:20 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d787b2e4a88190a81504eee77e2298 |
completed | April 9, 2026, 11:04 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69e344d860b08190a035570191c54d7c |
completed | April 18, 2026, 8:46 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69e3556e8b408190a02a1fe194ae5750 |
completed | April 18, 2026, 9:57 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69e3591ecd548190b049ce95fe3f86d9 |
completed | April 18, 2026, 10:12 a.m. |
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:24 p.m.