Triple
T17474783
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | John Darwin |
E425510
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entity |
| Predicate | notableWork |
P4
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FINISHED |
| Object | After Tamerlane: The Global History of Empire Since 1405 |
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NE NERFINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: After Tamerlane: The Global History of Empire Since 1405 | Statement: [John Darwin, notableWork, After Tamerlane: The Global History of Empire Since 1405]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: After Tamerlane: The Global History of Empire Since 1405 Context triple: [John Darwin, notableWork, After Tamerlane: The Global History of Empire Since 1405]
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A.
After Tamerlane: The Global History of Empire Since 1405
chosen
After Tamerlane: The Global History of Empire Since 1405 is a major historical study by John Darwin that examines the rise and transformation of global empires from the early 15th century to the modern era.
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B.
Gunpowder Empires
Gunpowder Empires refers to the powerful early modern Islamic states—primarily the Ottoman, Safavid, and Mughal empires—that expanded and maintained control using firearms, artillery, and centralized military-bureaucratic systems.
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C.
The Geographical Pivot of History
The Geographical Pivot of History is a seminal 1904 geopolitical essay by Halford Mackinder that introduced the influential "Heartland" theory about the strategic centrality of Eurasia in global power politics.
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D.
Wars with Timur
Wars with Timur were a series of late 14th-century military campaigns in which the Central Asian conqueror Timur (Tamerlane) decisively defeated the Golden Horde under Tokhtamysh, reshaping the balance of power across the Eurasian steppe.
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E.
Narratives of Empire
Narratives of Empire is a series of historical novels by Gore Vidal that chronicles the political and social evolution of the United States from the 18th to the 20th century.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (2 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_69d889dbc2e88190b18ea6115e819258 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 5:25 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e451baa7b0819092035fec42305397 |
completed | April 19, 2026, 3:53 a.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:47 a.m.