Triple

T15791094
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Hayden White E382863 entity
Predicate knownFor P22 FINISHED
Object Metahistory
Metahistory is Hayden White’s influential 1973 work that analyzes how historical narratives are shaped by literary structures and rhetorical strategies rather than purely objective facts.
 E1177334 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: Metahistory | Statement: [Hayden White, knownFor, Metahistory]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Metahistory
Context triple: [Hayden White, knownFor, Metahistory]
  • A. The Practice of History
    The Practice of History is a seminal methodological work in which historian Sir Geoffrey Elton defends traditional, evidence-based archival scholarship and critiques theoretical and speculative approaches to writing history.
  • B. 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.
  • C. The Meaning of History
    The Meaning of History is a philosophical work by Frederic Harrison that explores how historical events and processes can be interpreted to reveal overarching patterns and purposes in human development.
  • D. 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.
  • E. The History of History
    The History of History is a short story included in the collection *The First Person and Other Stories* by Ali Smith.
  • 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: Metahistory
Triple: [Hayden White, knownFor, Metahistory]
Generated description
Metahistory is Hayden White’s influential 1973 work that analyzes how historical narratives are shaped by literary structures and rhetorical strategies rather than purely objective facts.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Metahistory
Target entity description: Metahistory is Hayden White’s influential 1973 work that analyzes how historical narratives are shaped by literary structures and rhetorical strategies rather than purely objective facts.
  • A. The Practice of History
    The Practice of History is a seminal methodological work in which historian Sir Geoffrey Elton defends traditional, evidence-based archival scholarship and critiques theoretical and speculative approaches to writing history.
  • B. 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.
  • C. The Meaning of History
    The Meaning of History is a philosophical work by Frederic Harrison that explores how historical events and processes can be interpreted to reveal overarching patterns and purposes in human development.
  • D. 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.
  • E. The History of History
    The History of History is a short story included in the collection *The First Person and Other Stories* by Ali Smith.
  • 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_69d86da16e188190b89af699f1ed0bfe completed April 10, 2026, 3:25 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e0b4d819c881908bc43a6124a1bb2e completed April 16, 2026, 10:07 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ff90a87e3c8190a1c5b13cbfdff54a completed May 9, 2026, 7:53 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ff949339b88190bd105ffa0c169b54 completed May 9, 2026, 8:09 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ff950e053881908d207f4c172e2ea4 completed May 9, 2026, 8:11 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 4:48 a.m.