Triple

T1277888
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Howard Zinn E27256 entity
Predicate authorOf P4244 FINISHED
Object You Can’t Be Neutral on a Moving Train
You Can’t Be Neutral on a Moving Train is Howard Zinn’s autobiographical reflection on his life as a historian and activist, emphasizing the moral imperative to take a stand against injustice.
E146956 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: You Can’t Be Neutral on a Moving Train | Statement: [Howard Zinn, authorOf, You Can’t Be Neutral on a Moving Train]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: You Can’t Be Neutral on a Moving Train
Context triple: [Howard Zinn, authorOf, You Can’t Be Neutral on a Moving Train]
  • A. The War You Don't See
    The War You Don't See is a documentary film by journalist John Pilger that critically examines how the media shapes public perception of war and conflict.
  • B. No Is Not Enough
    "No Is Not Enough" is a political book by Naomi Klein that analyzes the rise of Donald Trump and outlines a broader progressive agenda for resisting right‑wing populism and neoliberalism.
  • C. One-Dimensional Man
    One-Dimensional Man is a 1964 philosophical critique by Herbert Marcuse that analyzes how advanced industrial societies create conformist, "one-dimensional" thinking that undermines genuine freedom and critical consciousness.
  • D. The Consequences of War
    The Consequences of War is a dramatic Baroque painting by Peter Paul Rubens that allegorically depicts the chaos and devastation wrought by armed conflict in 17th-century Europe.
  • E. Bystander Revolution
    Bystander Revolution is an anti-bullying organization that provides practical advice and resources to help individuals and communities address and reduce bullying.
  • 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: You Can’t Be Neutral on a Moving Train
Triple: [Howard Zinn, authorOf, You Can’t Be Neutral on a Moving Train]
Generated description
You Can’t Be Neutral on a Moving Train is Howard Zinn’s autobiographical reflection on his life as a historian and activist, emphasizing the moral imperative to take a stand against injustice.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: You Can’t Be Neutral on a Moving Train
Target entity description: You Can’t Be Neutral on a Moving Train is Howard Zinn’s autobiographical reflection on his life as a historian and activist, emphasizing the moral imperative to take a stand against injustice.
  • A. The War You Don't See
    The War You Don't See is a documentary film by journalist John Pilger that critically examines how the media shapes public perception of war and conflict.
  • B. No Is Not Enough
    "No Is Not Enough" is a political book by Naomi Klein that analyzes the rise of Donald Trump and outlines a broader progressive agenda for resisting right‑wing populism and neoliberalism.
  • C. One-Dimensional Man
    One-Dimensional Man is a 1964 philosophical critique by Herbert Marcuse that analyzes how advanced industrial societies create conformist, "one-dimensional" thinking that undermines genuine freedom and critical consciousness.
  • D. The Consequences of War
    The Consequences of War is a dramatic Baroque painting by Peter Paul Rubens that allegorically depicts the chaos and devastation wrought by armed conflict in 17th-century Europe.
  • E. Bystander Revolution
    Bystander Revolution is an anti-bullying organization that provides practical advice and resources to help individuals and communities address and reduce bullying.
  • 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_69a496d3710c8190955dee8bc0dacb50 completed March 1, 2026, 7:43 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4c091b8408190b9462ea7603aad52 completed March 1, 2026, 10:41 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69aca2f91b348190b2994af7edaf4f67 completed March 7, 2026, 10:13 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69aca3ee6d748190bb5b214471f5c191 completed March 7, 2026, 10:17 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69aca44c41908190981d4ccdcaa7b613 completed March 7, 2026, 10:18 p.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:50 p.m.