Triple

T16489922
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject John Lubbock E400541 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object Pre-historic Times, as Illustrated by Ancient Remains, and the Manners and Customs of Modern Savages
"Pre-historic Times, as Illustrated by Ancient Remains, and the Manners and Customs of Modern Savages" is a pioneering 1865 work of prehistoric archaeology and anthropology by John Lubbock that compares archaeological evidence with the lifeways of contemporary Indigenous peoples to interpret early human history.
E1217090 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: Pre-historic Times, as Illustrated by Ancient Remains, and the Manners and Customs of Modern Savages | Statement: [John Lubbock, notableWork, Pre-historic Times, as Illustrated by Ancient Remains, and the Manners and Customs of Modern Savages]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Pre-historic Times, as Illustrated by Ancient Remains, and the Manners and Customs of Modern Savages
Context triple: [John Lubbock, notableWork, Pre-historic Times, as Illustrated by Ancient Remains, and the Manners and Customs of Modern Savages]
  • A. Sketches of the History of Man
    Sketches of the History of Man is an influential 18th-century philosophical work by Henry Home (Lord Kames) that explores human nature, social development, and the progress of civilization.
  • B. The Evolution of Man and Society
    The Evolution of Man and Society is a comprehensive work by geneticist C. D. Darlington that explores human biological evolution alongside the development of social and cultural institutions.
  • C. The Mind of Primitive Man
    The Mind of Primitive Man is a foundational anthropological work by Franz Boas that challenged scientific racism and argued for the cultural and historical basis of human differences.
  • D. The Geological Evidence of the Antiquity of Man
    The Geological Evidence of the Antiquity of Man is an 1863 scientific work by Charles Lyell that marshals geological and fossil evidence to argue for the great age of humanity and to support evolutionary ideas.
  • E. Ancient Society
    Ancient Society is an 1877 work by American anthropologist Lewis H. Morgan that analyzes the evolution of human social structures from savagery through barbarism to civilization.
  • 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: Pre-historic Times, as Illustrated by Ancient Remains, and the Manners and Customs of Modern Savages
Triple: [John Lubbock, notableWork, Pre-historic Times, as Illustrated by Ancient Remains, and the Manners and Customs of Modern Savages]
Generated description
"Pre-historic Times, as Illustrated by Ancient Remains, and the Manners and Customs of Modern Savages" is a pioneering 1865 work of prehistoric archaeology and anthropology by John Lubbock that compares archaeological evidence with the lifeways of contemporary Indigenous peoples to interpret early human history.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Pre-historic Times, as Illustrated by Ancient Remains, and the Manners and Customs of Modern Savages
Target entity description: "Pre-historic Times, as Illustrated by Ancient Remains, and the Manners and Customs of Modern Savages" is a pioneering 1865 work of prehistoric archaeology and anthropology by John Lubbock that compares archaeological evidence with the lifeways of contemporary Indigenous peoples to interpret early human history.
  • A. Sketches of the History of Man
    Sketches of the History of Man is an influential 18th-century philosophical work by Henry Home (Lord Kames) that explores human nature, social development, and the progress of civilization.
  • B. The Evolution of Man and Society
    The Evolution of Man and Society is a comprehensive work by geneticist C. D. Darlington that explores human biological evolution alongside the development of social and cultural institutions.
  • C. The Mind of Primitive Man
    The Mind of Primitive Man is a foundational anthropological work by Franz Boas that challenged scientific racism and argued for the cultural and historical basis of human differences.
  • D. The Geological Evidence of the Antiquity of Man
    The Geological Evidence of the Antiquity of Man is an 1863 scientific work by Charles Lyell that marshals geological and fossil evidence to argue for the great age of humanity and to support evolutionary ideas.
  • E. Ancient Society
    Ancient Society is an 1877 work by American anthropologist Lewis H. Morgan that analyzes the evolution of human social structures from savagery through barbarism to civilization.
  • 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_69d883813098819084f5409539723b59 completed April 10, 2026, 4:58 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e32e2f31f48190825af5934d976ab7 completed April 18, 2026, 7:09 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a00582472388190a3c338ab636da9c6 completed May 10, 2026, 10:04 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a0059126e588190b531c145f3c155b4 completed May 10, 2026, 10:08 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a0059b5a1f8819089caefc121246739 completed May 10, 2026, 10:11 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:13 a.m.