Triple
T12639244
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Alison Bashford |
E301848
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableWork |
P4
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
The New Worlds of Thomas Robert Malthus
The New Worlds of Thomas Robert Malthus is a historical study that reinterprets Malthus’s ideas on population and resources within a global, imperial, and environmental context.
|
E994731
|
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 New Worlds of Thomas Robert Malthus | Statement: [Alison Bashford, notableWork, The New Worlds of Thomas Robert Malthus]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The New Worlds of Thomas Robert Malthus Context triple: [Alison Bashford, notableWork, The New Worlds of Thomas Robert Malthus]
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A.
Illustrations and Proofs of the Principle of Population
Illustrations and Proofs of the Principle of Population is a 19th-century work by Francis Place that defends and elaborates Thomas Malthus’s population theory with empirical evidence and argument.
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B.
An Essay on the Principle of Population
An Essay on the Principle of Population is an influential 1798 work of political economy and demography arguing that population growth tends to outpace food production, leading to inevitable checks such as famine, disease, and war.
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C.
Malthusianism
Malthusianism is a demographic and economic theory asserting that population growth tends to outpace food production, leading to inevitable checks such as famine, disease, and conflict unless restrained.
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D.
Malthusian catastrophe
A Malthusian catastrophe is a theoretical scenario in which unchecked population growth outstrips food production, leading to widespread famine, disease, and social collapse.
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E.
Thomas Malthus
Thomas Malthus was an English economist and demographer best known for his theory that population growth tends to outpace food production, leading to inevitable checks such as famine and disease.
- 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 New Worlds of Thomas Robert Malthus Triple: [Alison Bashford, notableWork, The New Worlds of Thomas Robert Malthus]
Generated description
The New Worlds of Thomas Robert Malthus is a historical study that reinterprets Malthus’s ideas on population and resources within a global, imperial, and environmental context.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The New Worlds of Thomas Robert Malthus Target entity description: The New Worlds of Thomas Robert Malthus is a historical study that reinterprets Malthus’s ideas on population and resources within a global, imperial, and environmental context.
-
A.
Illustrations and Proofs of the Principle of Population
Illustrations and Proofs of the Principle of Population is a 19th-century work by Francis Place that defends and elaborates Thomas Malthus’s population theory with empirical evidence and argument.
-
B.
An Essay on the Principle of Population
An Essay on the Principle of Population is an influential 1798 work of political economy and demography arguing that population growth tends to outpace food production, leading to inevitable checks such as famine, disease, and war.
-
C.
Malthusianism
Malthusianism is a demographic and economic theory asserting that population growth tends to outpace food production, leading to inevitable checks such as famine, disease, and conflict unless restrained.
-
D.
Malthusian catastrophe
A Malthusian catastrophe is a theoretical scenario in which unchecked population growth outstrips food production, leading to widespread famine, disease, and social collapse.
-
E.
Thomas Malthus
Thomas Malthus was an English economist and demographer best known for his theory that population growth tends to outpace food production, leading to inevitable checks such as famine and disease.
- 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_69d7bdec9f9c8190b4bac675b7588211 |
completed | April 9, 2026, 2:55 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d961499de08190bdba66ca40b021be |
completed | April 10, 2026, 8:44 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69f668754acc8190b5585dbd35387867 |
completed | May 2, 2026, 9:11 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69f6697d8ac88190b4ead9ce47f3a705 |
completed | May 2, 2026, 9:15 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69f66a2da60881909b0a689821456bb4 |
completed | May 2, 2026, 9:18 p.m. |
Created at: April 9, 2026, 5:16 p.m.