Triple
T1217012
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Ray Kurzweil |
E26127
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableIdea |
P4
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
law of accelerating returns
The law of accelerating returns is Ray Kurzweil’s futurist principle that technological progress, especially in information technologies, grows at an exponential rate, leading to ever-faster and more transformative change over time.
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E32615
|
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: law of accelerating returns | Statement: [Ray Kurzweil, notableIdea, law of accelerating returns]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: law of accelerating returns Context triple: [Ray Kurzweil, notableIdea, law of accelerating returns]
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A.
Great Acceleration
The Great Acceleration is the post–World War II surge in human population, economic activity, and resource use that has dramatically intensified human impacts on Earth’s environment and climate.
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B.
Power and Progress: Our Thousand-Year Struggle Over Technology and Prosperity
"Power and Progress: Our Thousand-Year Struggle Over Technology and Prosperity" is a historical and economic analysis that examines how technological advances have shaped inequality, political power, and shared prosperity over the past millennium.
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C.
The Third Wave: An Entrepreneur’s Vision of the Future
The Third Wave: An Entrepreneur’s Vision of the Future is a business and technology book that outlines how the next era of the internet will transform major sectors like health, education, and government, and what entrepreneurs must do to succeed in it.
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D.
Kardashev scale
The Kardashev scale is a theoretical framework that classifies civilizations by the amount of energy they can harness and use, ranging from planetary to galactic levels.
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E.
Moore's law
Moore's law is an observation and prediction that the number of transistors on an integrated circuit—and thus computing power—tends to roughly double at regular intervals, driving exponential growth in digital technology.
- 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: law of accelerating returns Triple: [Ray Kurzweil, notableIdea, law of accelerating returns]
Generated description
The law of accelerating returns is Ray Kurzweil’s futurist principle that technological progress, especially in information technologies, grows at an exponential rate, leading to ever-faster and more transformative change over time.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: law of accelerating returns Target entity description: The law of accelerating returns is Ray Kurzweil’s futurist principle that technological progress, especially in information technologies, grows at an exponential rate, leading to ever-faster and more transformative change over time.
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A.
Great Acceleration
The Great Acceleration is the post–World War II surge in human population, economic activity, and resource use that has dramatically intensified human impacts on Earth’s environment and climate.
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B.
Power and Progress: Our Thousand-Year Struggle Over Technology and Prosperity
"Power and Progress: Our Thousand-Year Struggle Over Technology and Prosperity" is a historical and economic analysis that examines how technological advances have shaped inequality, political power, and shared prosperity over the past millennium.
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C.
The Third Wave: An Entrepreneur’s Vision of the Future
The Third Wave: An Entrepreneur’s Vision of the Future is a business and technology book that outlines how the next era of the internet will transform major sectors like health, education, and government, and what entrepreneurs must do to succeed in it.
-
D.
Kardashev scale
The Kardashev scale is a theoretical framework that classifies civilizations by the amount of energy they can harness and use, ranging from planetary to galactic levels.
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E.
Moore's law
chosen
Moore's law is an observation and prediction that the number of transistors on an integrated circuit—and thus computing power—tends to roughly double at regular intervals, driving exponential growth in digital technology.
- F. None of above.
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_69a4948331fc8190b531ac9bec71c491 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:33 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a4be06d6308190a44c505e6b5e8d42 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 10:30 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ac831fb6bc8190907f36e52489ec5c |
completed | March 7, 2026, 7:57 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69ac839076708190882fe59c80bd3e7e |
completed | March 7, 2026, 7:59 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69ac84092f088190894b3ca2a268e5c1 |
completed | March 7, 2026, 8:01 p.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:46 p.m.