Triple
T13363081
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Halford Mackinder |
E318866
|
entity |
| Predicate | describedBySource |
P519
|
FINISHED |
| Object | The Geographical Pivot of History (1904 article) |
E1037825
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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 Geographical Pivot of History (1904 article) | Statement: [Halford Mackinder, describedBySource, The Geographical Pivot of History (1904 article)]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Geographical Pivot of History (1904 article) Context triple: [Halford Mackinder, describedBySource, The Geographical Pivot of History (1904 article)]
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A.
The Geographical Pivot of History
chosen
The Geographical Pivot of History is a seminal 1904 geopolitical essay by Halford Mackinder that introduced the influential "Heartland" theory about the strategic centrality of Eurasia in global power politics.
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B.
Muqaddimah as a prolegomenon to history
Muqaddimah as a prolegomenon to history is Ibn Khaldun’s pioneering 14th-century introduction to his universal history, renowned as a foundational work in historiography and the philosophy and sociology of history.
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C.
The Lessons of History
The Lessons of History is a concise, thematic survey of human civilization by Will and Ariel Durant that distills key patterns and insights from their multi-volume The Story of Civilization.
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D.
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.
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E.
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.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69d806b7bbac8190b85278c87fa7aff3 |
completed | April 9, 2026, 8:06 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69da628affd081909f1790d333f0eef4 |
completed | April 11, 2026, 3:02 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69f730687e548190ab1504d43f250e09 |
completed | May 3, 2026, 11:24 a.m. |
Created at: April 9, 2026, 9:32 p.m.