Triple

T12473868
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Sir John H. Plumb E298126 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object The Death of the Past
The Death of the Past is a historical study by Sir John H. Plumb that examines how modern societies have transformed their relationship with history and collective memory.
E985535 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 Death of the Past | Statement: [Sir John H. Plumb, notableWork, The Death of the Past]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Death of the Past
Context triple: [Sir John H. Plumb, notableWork, The Death of the Past]
  • A. The Sense of the Past
    The Sense of the Past is an unfinished time-travel novel by Henry James about a modern man who is mysteriously transported into early 19th-century London.
  • B. The Presence of the Past
    The Presence of the Past is a work of political theory by Sheldon Wolin that explores how historical political ideas and traditions shape contemporary democratic life and thought.
  • C. Monuments to an Elegy
    Monuments to an Elegy is a 2014 alternative rock album by The Smashing Pumpkins that blends guitar-driven songs with electronic elements as part of the band’s Teargarden by Kaleidyscope project.
  • D. A People Without a Past
    "A People Without a Past" is a section of Jaan Kross’s historical novel cycle "Between Three Plagues," focusing on life in 16th-century Estonia under shifting foreign powers.
  • E. Sleeping with the Past
    Sleeping with the Past is a 1989 studio album by Elton John that draws heavily on 1960s soul influences and features hits like "Sacrifice."
  • 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 Death of the Past
Triple: [Sir John H. Plumb, notableWork, The Death of the Past]
Generated description
The Death of the Past is a historical study by Sir John H. Plumb that examines how modern societies have transformed their relationship with history and collective memory.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Death of the Past
Target entity description: The Death of the Past is a historical study by Sir John H. Plumb that examines how modern societies have transformed their relationship with history and collective memory.
  • A. The Sense of the Past
    The Sense of the Past is an unfinished time-travel novel by Henry James about a modern man who is mysteriously transported into early 19th-century London.
  • B. The Presence of the Past
    The Presence of the Past is a work of political theory by Sheldon Wolin that explores how historical political ideas and traditions shape contemporary democratic life and thought.
  • C. Monuments to an Elegy
    Monuments to an Elegy is a 2014 alternative rock album by The Smashing Pumpkins that blends guitar-driven songs with electronic elements as part of the band’s Teargarden by Kaleidyscope project.
  • D. A People Without a Past
    "A People Without a Past" is a section of Jaan Kross’s historical novel cycle "Between Three Plagues," focusing on life in 16th-century Estonia under shifting foreign powers.
  • E. Sleeping with the Past
    Sleeping with the Past is a 1989 studio album by Elton John that draws heavily on 1960s soul influences and features hits like "Sacrifice."
  • 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_69d6ada270808190b1a2b2e7b02bb426 completed April 8, 2026, 7:33 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d94dca022c819082138fd4d08516da completed April 10, 2026, 7:21 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f63f2373308190b41aafa635c8de5e completed May 2, 2026, 6:14 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f6437e88c881909b7f1d55c11b0825 completed May 2, 2026, 6:33 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f644464c0c8190a8d4ea4914d32e7f completed May 2, 2026, 6:36 p.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:56 p.m.