Triple
T15479105
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Needham Question |
E376865
|
entity |
| Predicate | relatedTo |
P37
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Max Weber's thesis on religion and capitalism |
E154324
|
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: Max Weber's thesis on religion and capitalism | Statement: [Needham Question, relatedTo, Max Weber's thesis on religion and capitalism]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Max Weber's thesis on religion and capitalism Context triple: [Needham Question, relatedTo, Max Weber's thesis on religion and capitalism]
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A.
The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism
chosen
The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism is a foundational sociological work by Max Weber that explores how Protestant religious values, particularly Calvinism, helped shape the development of modern capitalist society.
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B.
Religion and the Rise of Capitalism
Religion and the Rise of Capitalism is a seminal work of economic and intellectual history that explores how Protestant religious ideas helped shape the development and moral justification of modern capitalist society.
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C.
Max Weber: A Biography
"Max Weber: A Biography" is a comprehensive biographical study of the influential German sociologist and political economist Max Weber, written by his wife and intellectual collaborator Marianne Weber.
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D.
Max Weber
Max Weber was a pioneering German sociologist, economist, and political theorist whose work on bureaucracy, authority, and the Protestant ethic profoundly shaped modern social science.
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E.
Max Carl Wilhelm Weber
Max Carl Wilhelm Weber was a Dutch zoologist and biogeographer known for his influential work on the fauna of the Indo-Australian region and for defining the Weber Line, a major biogeographical boundary.
- 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_69d85cd21dcc81908646251b1c26ea00 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 2:13 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e03f8a77a081909f12f13660452f4a |
completed | April 16, 2026, 1:46 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ff2d0b3e7881908f195701fe222371 |
completed | May 9, 2026, 12:48 p.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 3:34 a.m.