Triple

T13198751
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Henry Hardy E314185 entity
Predicate hasWritten P2831 FINISHED
Object Isaiah Berlin: A Life (with Michael Ignatieff, editorial work)
"Isaiah Berlin: A Life" is a biographical work on the philosopher Isaiah Berlin, based on Michael Ignatieff’s biography and edited and expanded by Henry Hardy.
E1026578 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: Isaiah Berlin: A Life (with Michael Ignatieff, editorial work) | Statement: [Henry Hardy, hasWritten, Isaiah Berlin: A Life (with Michael Ignatieff, editorial work)]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Isaiah Berlin: A Life (with Michael Ignatieff, editorial work)
Context triple: [Henry Hardy, hasWritten, Isaiah Berlin: A Life (with Michael Ignatieff, editorial work)]
  • A. In Search of Isaiah Berlin
    In Search of Isaiah Berlin is a biographical and intellectual study by editor and scholar Henry Hardy that explores the life, ideas, and legacy of the political philosopher Isaiah Berlin.
  • B. Isaiah Berlin’s essays in intellectual history
    Isaiah Berlin’s essays in intellectual history are influential works that explore the development of modern ideas—especially liberalism, pluralism, and Romanticism—through nuanced studies of major thinkers and movements.
  • C. Isaiah Berlin
    Isaiah Berlin was a 20th-century political philosopher and historian of ideas best known for his writings on liberalism, value pluralism, and the concept of negative and positive liberty.
  • D. Orlando Figes
    Orlando Figes is a British historian and author renowned for his influential works on Russian and European history.
  • E. Tony Judt
    Tony Judt was a British historian and public intellectual best known for his influential works on European history, memory, and politics, including the acclaimed book "Postwar."
  • 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: Isaiah Berlin: A Life (with Michael Ignatieff, editorial work)
Triple: [Henry Hardy, hasWritten, Isaiah Berlin: A Life (with Michael Ignatieff, editorial work)]
Generated description
"Isaiah Berlin: A Life" is a biographical work on the philosopher Isaiah Berlin, based on Michael Ignatieff’s biography and edited and expanded by Henry Hardy.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Isaiah Berlin: A Life (with Michael Ignatieff, editorial work)
Target entity description: "Isaiah Berlin: A Life" is a biographical work on the philosopher Isaiah Berlin, based on Michael Ignatieff’s biography and edited and expanded by Henry Hardy.
  • A. In Search of Isaiah Berlin chosen
    In Search of Isaiah Berlin is a biographical and intellectual study by editor and scholar Henry Hardy that explores the life, ideas, and legacy of the political philosopher Isaiah Berlin.
  • B. Isaiah Berlin’s essays in intellectual history
    Isaiah Berlin’s essays in intellectual history are influential works that explore the development of modern ideas—especially liberalism, pluralism, and Romanticism—through nuanced studies of major thinkers and movements.
  • C. Isaiah Berlin
    Isaiah Berlin was a 20th-century political philosopher and historian of ideas best known for his writings on liberalism, value pluralism, and the concept of negative and positive liberty.
  • D. Orlando Figes
    Orlando Figes is a British historian and author renowned for his influential works on Russian and European history.
  • E. Tony Judt
    Tony Judt was a British historian and public intellectual best known for his influential works on European history, memory, and politics, including the acclaimed book "Postwar."
  • F. None of above.

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_69d806aee7308190b70a237ba2a6e3e1 completed April 9, 2026, 8:06 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d98c64290881909759ef3a281b6a68 completed April 10, 2026, 11:48 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f6ff1a3d68819089ad35f8f9ff5c5a completed May 3, 2026, 7:54 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f6ffeec1e8819090e1917fc6449ede completed May 3, 2026, 7:57 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f7017d8d308190bb54958764026325 completed May 3, 2026, 8:04 a.m.
Created at: April 9, 2026, 9:16 p.m.