Triple

T1567160
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Robert N. Bellah E33456 entity
Predicate coAuthor P398 FINISHED
Object Richard Madsen
Richard Madsen is an American sociologist and scholar of Chinese society and culture, known for his influential work on religion, morality, and modernity, often in collaboration with Robert N. Bellah.
E221519 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: Richard Madsen | Statement: [Robert N. Bellah, coAuthor, Richard Madsen]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Richard Madsen
Context triple: [Robert N. Bellah, coAuthor, Richard Madsen]
  • A. David Scearce
    David Scearce is a Canadian screenwriter best known for adapting Christopher Isherwood’s novel into the acclaimed film "A Single Man."
  • B. John Dawson
    John Dawson was a pioneering American plasma physicist renowned for his foundational contributions to plasma theory and fusion research.
  • C. David Kurtz
    David Kurtz is a relatively obscure individual whose primary distinguishing feature is sharing the surname associated with the name Kurtz.
  • D. James Honaker
    James Honaker is a political scientist and statistician known for his work on methods for handling missing data and for coauthoring influential research with Gary King.
  • E. Michael A. Elliott
    Michael A. Elliott is an American literary scholar and academic administrator who serves as the president of Amherst College.
  • 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: Richard Madsen
Triple: [Robert N. Bellah, coAuthor, Richard Madsen]
Generated description
Richard Madsen is an American sociologist and scholar of Chinese society and culture, known for his influential work on religion, morality, and modernity, often in collaboration with Robert N. Bellah.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Richard Madsen
Target entity description: Richard Madsen is an American sociologist and scholar of Chinese society and culture, known for his influential work on religion, morality, and modernity, often in collaboration with Robert N. Bellah.
  • A. David Scearce
    David Scearce is a Canadian screenwriter best known for adapting Christopher Isherwood’s novel into the acclaimed film "A Single Man."
  • B. John Dawson
    John Dawson was a pioneering American plasma physicist renowned for his foundational contributions to plasma theory and fusion research.
  • C. David Kurtz
    David Kurtz is a relatively obscure individual whose primary distinguishing feature is sharing the surname associated with the name Kurtz.
  • D. James Honaker
    James Honaker is a political scientist and statistician known for his work on methods for handling missing data and for coauthoring influential research with Gary King.
  • E. Michael A. Elliott
    Michael A. Elliott is an American literary scholar and academic administrator who serves as the president of Amherst College.
  • 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_69a885f11b048190935025a035302715 completed March 4, 2026, 7:20 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a908a0314c8190a5ce3e32dd9035db completed March 5, 2026, 4:37 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ae02fafaac81908da419946e5a279d completed March 8, 2026, 11:15 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ae039a7c948190b8b4b4c2045007d3 completed March 8, 2026, 11:17 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ae04253a80819092c112faddec1de1 completed March 8, 2026, 11:20 p.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:27 p.m.