Triple
T13208551
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Charles Gabriel Seligman |
E314427
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableWork |
P4
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
The Melanesians of British New Guinea
"The Melanesians of British New Guinea" is a foundational early 20th-century ethnographic study by anthropologist Charles Gabriel Seligman examining the cultures, social structures, and beliefs of Melanesian peoples in what is now Papua New Guinea.
|
E1027428
|
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 Melanesians of British New Guinea | Statement: [Charles Gabriel Seligman, notableWork, The Melanesians of British New Guinea]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Melanesians of British New Guinea Context triple: [Charles Gabriel Seligman, notableWork, The Melanesians of British New Guinea]
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A.
Growing Up in New Guinea
Growing Up in New Guinea is a classic anthropological study by Margaret Mead that examines childhood, adolescence, and cultural development among the Manus people of Papua New Guinea.
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B.
New Guinea societies
New Guinea societies are diverse indigenous cultural groups on the island of New Guinea whose gender roles, social structures, and temperaments were famously examined by anthropologist Margaret Mead.
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C.
The Sexual Life of Savages in North-Western Melanesia
The Sexual Life of Savages in North-Western Melanesia is a classic ethnographic work by anthropologist Bronisław Malinowski that examines the intimate, social, and cultural practices of the Trobriand Islanders.
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D.
A Peep at Polynesian Life
A Peep at Polynesian Life is the subtitle of Herman Melville’s 1846 semi-autobiographical travel narrative Typee, which recounts his experiences among the indigenous people of the Marquesas Islands.
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E.
Argonauts of the Western Pacific
Argonauts of the Western Pacific is a landmark ethnographic study by anthropologist Bronisław Malinowski that pioneered participant observation through its detailed account of the Kula exchange system in the Trobriand Islands.
- 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 Melanesians of British New Guinea Triple: [Charles Gabriel Seligman, notableWork, The Melanesians of British New Guinea]
Generated description
"The Melanesians of British New Guinea" is a foundational early 20th-century ethnographic study by anthropologist Charles Gabriel Seligman examining the cultures, social structures, and beliefs of Melanesian peoples in what is now Papua New Guinea.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Melanesians of British New Guinea Target entity description: "The Melanesians of British New Guinea" is a foundational early 20th-century ethnographic study by anthropologist Charles Gabriel Seligman examining the cultures, social structures, and beliefs of Melanesian peoples in what is now Papua New Guinea.
-
A.
Growing Up in New Guinea
Growing Up in New Guinea is a classic anthropological study by Margaret Mead that examines childhood, adolescence, and cultural development among the Manus people of Papua New Guinea.
-
B.
New Guinea societies
New Guinea societies are diverse indigenous cultural groups on the island of New Guinea whose gender roles, social structures, and temperaments were famously examined by anthropologist Margaret Mead.
-
C.
The Sexual Life of Savages in North-Western Melanesia
The Sexual Life of Savages in North-Western Melanesia is a classic ethnographic work by anthropologist Bronisław Malinowski that examines the intimate, social, and cultural practices of the Trobriand Islanders.
-
D.
A Peep at Polynesian Life
A Peep at Polynesian Life is the subtitle of Herman Melville’s 1846 semi-autobiographical travel narrative Typee, which recounts his experiences among the indigenous people of the Marquesas Islands.
-
E.
Argonauts of the Western Pacific
Argonauts of the Western Pacific is a landmark ethnographic study by anthropologist Bronisław Malinowski that pioneered participant observation through its detailed account of the Kula exchange system in the Trobriand Islands.
- 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_69d806aee7308190b70a237ba2a6e3e1 |
completed | April 9, 2026, 8:06 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d98c9cb7ac819095cff8699993c419 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 11:49 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69f6f611b11c8190b9f89313eb2b5fab |
completed | May 3, 2026, 7:15 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69f6f79703588190ba088971da54340f |
completed | May 3, 2026, 7:21 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69f6f89072a88190b3182f581b1b6762 |
completed | May 3, 2026, 7:26 a.m. |
Created at: April 9, 2026, 9:17 p.m.