Triple

T1186285
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Alfred W. Crosby E25254 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object The Measure of Reality
The Measure of Reality is a historical study by Alfred W. Crosby that explores how quantification and measurement transformed Western thought and culture from the Middle Ages onward.
E135798 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 Measure of Reality | Statement: [Alfred W. Crosby, notableWork, The Measure of Reality]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Measure of Reality
Context triple: [Alfred W. Crosby, notableWork, The Measure of Reality]
  • A. The Bounds of Sense
    The Bounds of Sense is a major work of analytic philosophy by P. F. Strawson that critically examines and partially reconstructs Immanuel Kant’s Critique of Pure Reason.
  • B. The Restless Universe
    The Restless Universe is a popular science book by physicist Max Born that explains modern physics and quantum theory to a general audience in clear, accessible language.
  • C. The Pisa Lectures
    The Pisa Lectures are a series of influential talks by Noam Chomsky that laid out the core ideas of his Government and Binding theory in generative grammar.
  • D. The Machine of the World
    The Machine of the World is a famous allegorical vision in Luís de Camões’ epic poem *Os Lusíadas*, in which the cosmos and its secrets are revealed to the Portuguese explorers.
  • E. The Relativity of Wrong
    The Relativity of Wrong is an essay by Isaac Asimov that explains how scientific ideas become progressively less wrong over time, arguing that errors in science are matters of degree rather than absolute falsehood.
  • 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 Measure of Reality
Triple: [Alfred W. Crosby, notableWork, The Measure of Reality]
Generated description
The Measure of Reality is a historical study by Alfred W. Crosby that explores how quantification and measurement transformed Western thought and culture from the Middle Ages onward.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Measure of Reality
Target entity description: The Measure of Reality is a historical study by Alfred W. Crosby that explores how quantification and measurement transformed Western thought and culture from the Middle Ages onward.
  • A. The Bounds of Sense
    The Bounds of Sense is a major work of analytic philosophy by P. F. Strawson that critically examines and partially reconstructs Immanuel Kant’s Critique of Pure Reason.
  • B. The Restless Universe
    The Restless Universe is a popular science book by physicist Max Born that explains modern physics and quantum theory to a general audience in clear, accessible language.
  • C. The Pisa Lectures
    The Pisa Lectures are a series of influential talks by Noam Chomsky that laid out the core ideas of his Government and Binding theory in generative grammar.
  • D. The Machine of the World
    The Machine of the World is a famous allegorical vision in Luís de Camões’ epic poem *Os Lusíadas*, in which the cosmos and its secrets are revealed to the Portuguese explorers.
  • E. The Relativity of Wrong
    The Relativity of Wrong is an essay by Isaac Asimov that explains how scientific ideas become progressively less wrong over time, arguing that errors in science are matters of degree rather than absolute falsehood.
  • 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_69a49427d98881908646d6c63b8cea1e completed March 1, 2026, 7:31 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4bd53e4b48190abb2167f8074a6bc completed March 1, 2026, 10:27 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ac6f239a288190ae488d11cff8ebf2 completed March 7, 2026, 6:32 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ac6fea11408190b84d9fc54d4c4917 completed March 7, 2026, 6:35 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ac70592c5c8190a1f86378ec5f70a9 completed March 7, 2026, 6:37 p.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:45 p.m.