Triple

T15367159
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Irving Howe E367444 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object Politics and the Novel
Politics and the Novel is a critical study by literary critic Irving Howe that explores how modern fiction engages with political ideas, ideologies, and social movements.
E1153059 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: Politics and the Novel | Statement: [Irving Howe, notableWork, Politics and the Novel]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Politics and the Novel
Context triple: [Irving Howe, notableWork, Politics and the Novel]
  • A. Literature and Revolution
    Literature and Revolution is Leon Trotsky’s influential 1920s work of literary criticism that analyzes the relationship between art, culture, and socialist revolution.
  • B. History as a Novel, the Novel as History
    "History as a Novel, the Novel as History" is the subtitle of Norman Mailer’s nonfiction work *The Armies of the Night*, highlighting its blend of historical reportage and novelistic narrative.
  • C. The Theory of the Novel
    The Theory of the Novel is a seminal early 20th-century work of literary theory that analyzes the historical development and philosophical significance of the novel as a modern epic form.
  • D. The Politics of History
    The Politics of History is a critical work of historiography by Howard Zinn that challenges traditional narratives and argues for a politically engaged, socially conscious approach to writing and teaching history.
  • E. The Symbolic Uses of Politics
    The Symbolic Uses of Politics is a seminal work of political science that analyzes how political language, symbols, and rituals shape public perceptions and maintain power.
  • 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: Politics and the Novel
Triple: [Irving Howe, notableWork, Politics and the Novel]
Generated description
Politics and the Novel is a critical study by literary critic Irving Howe that explores how modern fiction engages with political ideas, ideologies, and social movements.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Politics and the Novel
Target entity description: Politics and the Novel is a critical study by literary critic Irving Howe that explores how modern fiction engages with political ideas, ideologies, and social movements.
  • A. Literature and Revolution
    Literature and Revolution is Leon Trotsky’s influential 1920s work of literary criticism that analyzes the relationship between art, culture, and socialist revolution.
  • B. History as a Novel, the Novel as History
    "History as a Novel, the Novel as History" is the subtitle of Norman Mailer’s nonfiction work *The Armies of the Night*, highlighting its blend of historical reportage and novelistic narrative.
  • C. The Theory of the Novel
    The Theory of the Novel is a seminal early 20th-century work of literary theory that analyzes the historical development and philosophical significance of the novel as a modern epic form.
  • D. The Politics of History
    The Politics of History is a critical work of historiography by Howard Zinn that challenges traditional narratives and argues for a politically engaged, socially conscious approach to writing and teaching history.
  • E. The Symbolic Uses of Politics
    The Symbolic Uses of Politics is a seminal work of political science that analyzes how political language, symbols, and rituals shape public perceptions and maintain power.
  • 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_69d85a1483788190ad93c2748e8af34b completed April 10, 2026, 2:01 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e03e4a7cdc8190b7b48c97e774c306 completed April 16, 2026, 1:41 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ff0b4e968c8190a16824ee3ede13b2 completed May 9, 2026, 10:24 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ff0dc93af88190ae34fa3983aac820 completed May 9, 2026, 10:34 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ff0e467a148190871cb8a2dc660e06 completed May 9, 2026, 10:36 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 3:18 a.m.