Triple
T11646149
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | We Have Never Been Modern |
E276780
|
entity |
| Predicate | relatedWorkOfAuthor |
P922
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Laboratory Life |
E276766
|
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: Laboratory Life | Statement: [We Have Never Been Modern, relatedWorkOfAuthor, Laboratory Life]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Laboratory Life Context triple: [We Have Never Been Modern, relatedWorkOfAuthor, Laboratory Life]
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A.
Laboratory Life: The Construction of Scientific Facts
chosen
Laboratory Life: The Construction of Scientific Facts is a foundational work in science and technology studies that ethnographically examines how scientific facts are socially constructed within laboratory practice.
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B.
Essays of a Biologist
Essays of a Biologist is a collection of influential essays by evolutionary biologist Julian Huxley that explores biology’s implications for human society, philosophy, and the modern worldview.
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C.
The Life Scientific
The Life Scientific is a BBC Radio 4 interview series in which physicist Jim Al-Khalili talks to leading scientists about their life stories, research, and the impact of their work.
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D.
Microcosm: E. coli and the New Science of Life
Microcosm: E. coli and the New Science of Life is a popular science book by Carl Zimmer that uses the bacterium E. coli to explore fundamental principles of biology, evolution, and the nature of life.
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E.
The Business of Science
The Business of Science is a book by engineer and entrepreneur Simon Ramo that explores how scientific and technical expertise intersect with management, industry, and practical problem-solving in the modern economy.
- 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_69d6aafbb3c081908a9cdb4ecb8d981d |
completed | April 8, 2026, 7:22 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d8a2cc8bfc8190a063cc37de9596a9 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 7:12 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ef82b8b1f48190aa6c78044d3570d1 |
completed | April 27, 2026, 3:37 p.m. |
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:39 p.m.