Triple

T12579515
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Richard J. Evans E300296 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object In Defence of History
In Defence of History is a influential work of historiography by Richard J. Evans that defends the possibility and value of objective historical knowledge against postmodernist critiques.
E991004 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: In Defence of History | Statement: [Richard J. Evans, notableWork, In Defence of History]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: In Defence of History
Context triple: [Richard J. Evans, notableWork, In Defence of History]
  • A. The Writing of History
    The Writing of History is a seminal work by Michel de Certeau that critically examines how historical narratives are constructed, emphasizing the interplay between power, discourse, and the practice of writing history.
  • B. The Uses and Abuses of History
    The Uses and Abuses of History is a book by historian Margaret MacMillan that examines how historical narratives are constructed and how they can be responsibly used or dangerously misused in contemporary politics and public life.
  • C. The Meaning of History
    The Meaning of History is a philosophical work by Russian religious thinker Nicolas Berdyaev that explores the spiritual and existential significance of historical events and humanity’s destiny.
  • D. Letters on the Study and Use of History
    Letters on the Study and Use of History is an 18th-century series of essays by Henry St John, Viscount Bolingbroke, offering a philosophical and practical reflection on how history should be studied and applied to politics and moral life.
  • E. The Practice of History
    The Practice of History is a seminal methodological work in which historian Sir Geoffrey Elton defends traditional, evidence-based archival scholarship and critiques theoretical and speculative approaches to writing history.
  • 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: In Defence of History
Triple: [Richard J. Evans, notableWork, In Defence of History]
Generated description
In Defence of History is a influential work of historiography by Richard J. Evans that defends the possibility and value of objective historical knowledge against postmodernist critiques.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: In Defence of History
Target entity description: In Defence of History is a influential work of historiography by Richard J. Evans that defends the possibility and value of objective historical knowledge against postmodernist critiques.
  • A. The Writing of History
    The Writing of History is a seminal work by Michel de Certeau that critically examines how historical narratives are constructed, emphasizing the interplay between power, discourse, and the practice of writing history.
  • B. The Uses and Abuses of History
    The Uses and Abuses of History is a book by historian Margaret MacMillan that examines how historical narratives are constructed and how they can be responsibly used or dangerously misused in contemporary politics and public life.
  • C. The Meaning of History
    The Meaning of History is a philosophical work by Russian religious thinker Nicolas Berdyaev that explores the spiritual and existential significance of historical events and humanity’s destiny.
  • D. Letters on the Study and Use of History
    Letters on the Study and Use of History is an 18th-century series of essays by Henry St John, Viscount Bolingbroke, offering a philosophical and practical reflection on how history should be studied and applied to politics and moral life.
  • E. The Practice of History
    The Practice of History is a seminal methodological work in which historian Sir Geoffrey Elton defends traditional, evidence-based archival scholarship and critiques theoretical and speculative approaches to writing history.
  • 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_69d7bde87b648190bcd0266e9efde098 completed April 9, 2026, 2:55 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d954b867dc8190af8a70f797e4d133 completed April 10, 2026, 7:51 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f6559ba5108190b85be540a405eec8 completed May 2, 2026, 7:50 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f6566fe5dc8190910bc7ad34593a58 completed May 2, 2026, 7:54 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f65702435c8190a69e681c56a19b16 completed May 2, 2026, 7:56 p.m.
Created at: April 9, 2026, 5 p.m.