Triple
T1353924
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Christopher Hitchens |
E28943
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableWork |
P4
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Letters to a Young Contrarian
Letters to a Young Contrarian is a book by Christopher Hitchens that offers guidance on independent thinking, skepticism, and principled dissent through a series of reflective essays.
|
E156069
|
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: Letters to a Young Contrarian | Statement: [Christopher Hitchens, notableWork, Letters to a Young Contrarian]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Letters to a Young Contrarian Context triple: [Christopher Hitchens, notableWork, Letters to a Young Contrarian]
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A.
The Assault on Reason
The Assault on Reason is a political book by former U.S. Vice President Al Gore that critiques the erosion of rational public discourse in American democracy, particularly in the media and politics.
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B.
The Book of Right-On
"The Book of Right-On" is a song by Joanna Newsom, known for its intricate harp accompaniment and idiosyncratic, poetic lyrics.
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C.
The Baffler
The Baffler is a left-leaning American magazine and journal of cultural and political criticism known for its sharp, contrarian essays on capitalism, media, and contemporary culture.
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D.
Twenty Letters to a Friend
"Twenty Letters to a Friend" is a memoir by Svetlana Alliluyeva, Joseph Stalin’s daughter, in which she reflects on her life inside the Soviet elite and her complex relationship with her father.
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E.
Conservatives Without Conscience
Conservatives Without Conscience is a political book by former Nixon White House counsel John Dean that critiques the modern conservative movement’s ethical and authoritarian tendencies.
- 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: Letters to a Young Contrarian Triple: [Christopher Hitchens, notableWork, Letters to a Young Contrarian]
Generated description
Letters to a Young Contrarian is a book by Christopher Hitchens that offers guidance on independent thinking, skepticism, and principled dissent through a series of reflective essays.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Letters to a Young Contrarian Target entity description: Letters to a Young Contrarian is a book by Christopher Hitchens that offers guidance on independent thinking, skepticism, and principled dissent through a series of reflective essays.
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A.
The Assault on Reason
The Assault on Reason is a political book by former U.S. Vice President Al Gore that critiques the erosion of rational public discourse in American democracy, particularly in the media and politics.
-
B.
The Book of Right-On
"The Book of Right-On" is a song by Joanna Newsom, known for its intricate harp accompaniment and idiosyncratic, poetic lyrics.
-
C.
The Baffler
The Baffler is a left-leaning American magazine and journal of cultural and political criticism known for its sharp, contrarian essays on capitalism, media, and contemporary culture.
-
D.
Twenty Letters to a Friend
"Twenty Letters to a Friend" is a memoir by Svetlana Alliluyeva, Joseph Stalin’s daughter, in which she reflects on her life inside the Soviet elite and her complex relationship with her father.
-
E.
Conservatives Without Conscience
Conservatives Without Conscience is a political book by former Nixon White House counsel John Dean that critiques the modern conservative movement’s ethical and authoritarian tendencies.
- 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_69a498571d248190a0ac9eb02d97097f |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:49 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a4c26e916c8190b4b324df87f4c121 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 10:49 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69acce6bf6188190a0e1c8acd16b8088 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 1:18 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69accf47541481909f2032cdf8e4272b |
completed | March 8, 2026, 1:22 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69accff8af488190a7580cf7c02ceed9 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 1:25 a.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:56 p.m.