Triple

T16093738
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Edward Bernays E390426 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object Engineering of Consent
Engineering of Consent is a seminal 1955 book by public relations pioneer Edward Bernays that explores how mass media and psychological techniques can be used to shape public opinion and democratic consent.
E1195016 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: Engineering of Consent | Statement: [Edward Bernays, notableWork, Engineering of Consent]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Engineering of Consent
Context triple: [Edward Bernays, notableWork, Engineering of Consent]
  • A. The Pattern of Responsibility
    "The Pattern of Responsibility" is a work by McGeorge Bundy that examines the ethical and strategic responsibilities of political and military leaders in the nuclear age.
  • B. The Tyranny of Controls
    "The Tyranny of Controls" is a chapter from Milton and Rose Friedman's book *Free to Choose* that critiques government regulations and economic controls as harmful constraints on individual freedom and market efficiency.
  • C. Letters on the Autonomy Project
    Letters on the Autonomy Project is a collection of essays by writer and theorist Janet Sarbanes that explores artistic autonomy, radical pedagogy, and the politics of collective cultural practice.
  • D. The Data of Ethics
    The Data of Ethics is a foundational section of Herbert Spencer’s ethical philosophy that examines the empirical and psychological bases of moral conduct.
  • E. Constructions of Reason
    Constructions of Reason is a philosophical work by Onora O’Neill that develops a Kantian account of practical reason, autonomy, and justification in ethics and political philosophy.
  • 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: Engineering of Consent
Triple: [Edward Bernays, notableWork, Engineering of Consent]
Generated description
Engineering of Consent is a seminal 1955 book by public relations pioneer Edward Bernays that explores how mass media and psychological techniques can be used to shape public opinion and democratic consent.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Engineering of Consent
Target entity description: Engineering of Consent is a seminal 1955 book by public relations pioneer Edward Bernays that explores how mass media and psychological techniques can be used to shape public opinion and democratic consent.
  • A. The Pattern of Responsibility
    "The Pattern of Responsibility" is a work by McGeorge Bundy that examines the ethical and strategic responsibilities of political and military leaders in the nuclear age.
  • B. The Tyranny of Controls
    "The Tyranny of Controls" is a chapter from Milton and Rose Friedman's book *Free to Choose* that critiques government regulations and economic controls as harmful constraints on individual freedom and market efficiency.
  • C. Letters on the Autonomy Project
    Letters on the Autonomy Project is a collection of essays by writer and theorist Janet Sarbanes that explores artistic autonomy, radical pedagogy, and the politics of collective cultural practice.
  • D. The Data of Ethics
    The Data of Ethics is a foundational section of Herbert Spencer’s ethical philosophy that examines the empirical and psychological bases of moral conduct.
  • E. Constructions of Reason
    Constructions of Reason is a philosophical work by Onora O’Neill that develops a Kantian account of practical reason, autonomy, and justification in ethics and political philosophy.
  • 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_69d87f198bc48190a8b7e53ca15b7ead completed April 10, 2026, 4:39 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e1859196808190ae30b4f7c1641eed completed April 17, 2026, 12:57 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ffeb973c88819091fe284420088e7e completed May 10, 2026, 2:21 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ffed3d57388190a4d0faa58ee2a27b completed May 10, 2026, 2:28 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ffedfb88a881909e6adbb3a372246b completed May 10, 2026, 2:31 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 4:59 a.m.