Triple

T17068277
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Christian Boltanski E414145 entity
Predicate sibling P363 FINISHED
Object Luc Boltanski
Luc Boltanski is a prominent French sociologist known for his work on social critique, capitalism, and the sociology of justification.
E1251103 NE FINISHED

Named-entity recognition

Before disambiguation, gpt-5-mini classified whether the object phrase is a named entity — the step behind the object's NE type shown above.

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: Luc Boltanski | Statement: [Christian Boltanski, sibling, Luc Boltanski]

Disambiguation candidates (2 decisions)

The exact options the model was shown at each disambiguation step, with the option it chose highlighted — the evidence behind this triple's disambiguated ids.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Luc Boltanski
Context triple: [Christian Boltanski, sibling, Luc Boltanski]
  • A. Alain Jakubowicz
    Alain Jakubowicz is a French lawyer and former president of the International League Against Racism and Anti-Semitism (LICRA), known for his work in human rights and anti-discrimination advocacy.
  • B. Alain Jakubowicz
    Alain Jakubowicz is a film editor best known for his work on genre and horror movies, including the cult classic sequel "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2."
  • C. Pascal Engel
    Pascal Engel is a French philosopher known for his work in the philosophy of language, epistemology, and the philosophy of mind.
  • D. William Berger
    William Berger was an Austrian-born actor best known for his prolific work in Italian genre cinema, particularly Spaghetti Westerns of the 1960s and 1970s.
  • E. Benjamin Fondane
    Benjamin Fondane was a Romanian-French poet, philosopher, and film director associated with existentialist thought and the avant-garde literary scene of early 20th-century Paris.
  • F. None of above. chosen
  • G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Luc Boltanski
Target entity description: Luc Boltanski is a prominent French sociologist known for his work on social critique, capitalism, and the sociology of justification.
  • A. Alain Jakubowicz
    Alain Jakubowicz is a French lawyer and former president of the International League Against Racism and Anti-Semitism (LICRA), known for his work in human rights and anti-discrimination advocacy.
  • B. Alain Jakubowicz
    Alain Jakubowicz is a film editor best known for his work on genre and horror movies, including the cult classic sequel "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2."
  • C. Pascal Engel
    Pascal Engel is a French philosopher known for his work in the philosophy of language, epistemology, and the philosophy of mind.
  • D. William Berger
    William Berger was an Austrian-born actor best known for his prolific work in Italian genre cinema, particularly Spaghetti Westerns of the 1960s and 1970s.
  • E. Benjamin Fondane
    Benjamin Fondane was a Romanian-French poet, philosopher, and film director associated with existentialist thought and the avant-garde literary scene of early 20th-century Paris.
  • F. None of above. chosen

How the object was described

The object's one-sentence description was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the object name and this triple as context.

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: Luc Boltanski
Triple: [Christian Boltanski, sibling, Luc Boltanski]
Generated description
Luc Boltanski is a prominent French sociologist known for his work on social critique, capitalism, and the sociology of justification.

Provenance (5 batches)

Stage Batch ID Job type Status
creating batch_69d886cef44c8190ba56c44b4e863e64 elicitation completed
NER batch_69e3dbbeb2a48190a733a4cc829c16de ner completed
NED1 batch_6a0139f346f0819094a430a11e361bac ned_source_triple completed
NED2 batch_6a013b6824888190853cf36548507e1b ned_description completed
NEDg batch_6a013a9e70c8819081b11ad8db246223 nedg completed
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:34 a.m.