Triple
T12560176
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Hidden Brain |
E295320
|
entity |
| Predicate | host |
P2592
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Shankar Vedantam |
E991559
|
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: Shankar Vedantam | Statement: [Hidden Brain, host, Shankar Vedantam]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Shankar Vedantam Context triple: [Hidden Brain, host, Shankar Vedantam]
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A.
Shankar Vedantam
chosen
Shankar Vedantam is a journalist, author, and social science correspondent best known for exploring human behavior and the unconscious mind through his work on NPR and the "Hidden Brain" podcast.
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B.
Neelan K. Sekar
Neelan K. Sekar is an Indian screenwriter and filmmaker known for his work on acclaimed Tamil films, including the dark comedy-drama "Super Deluxe."
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C.
Sendhil Mullainathan
Sendhil Mullainathan is an economist and professor known for his work in behavioral economics, development economics, and the application of data science and machine learning to social and economic problems.
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D.
Shamit Kachru
Shamit Kachru is a prominent theoretical physicist known for his influential work in string theory, cosmology, and quantum field theory.
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E.
Kannan Soundararajan
Kannan Soundararajan is an Indian-American mathematician renowned for his influential work in analytic number theory and related areas.
- 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_69d6ad9cac2c81908e8a7bed82d1e21d |
completed | April 8, 2026, 7:33 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d954933e7c819083471c627ce55ff1 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 7:50 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69f65eb71c548190826d243a354bd01c |
completed | May 2, 2026, 8:29 p.m. |
Created at: April 8, 2026, 11:48 p.m.