Triple
T17812744
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Muncie |
E444751
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasNotableStudy |
P21402
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Middletown in Transition |
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|
NE NERFINISHED |
How this triple was built (3 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: Middletown in Transition | Statement: [Muncie, hasNotableStudy, Middletown in Transition]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Middletown in Transition Context triple: [Muncie, hasNotableStudy, Middletown in Transition]
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A.
Toward New Towns for America
Toward New Towns for America is an influential 1950s planning treatise in which Clarence Stein outlines principles and case studies for designing socially and physically integrated new towns in the United States.
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B.
Dilemmas of Urban America
Dilemmas of Urban America is a seminal book by Robert C. Weaver that analyzes the social, economic, and racial challenges facing U.S. cities in the mid-20th century.
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C.
The Next American Metropolis
The Next American Metropolis is an influential urban planning book by Peter Calthorpe that popularized the concept of transit-oriented development and outlined principles for sustainable, human-scaled metropolitan design in the United States.
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D.
The Death and Life of Great American Cities
The Death and Life of Great American Cities is a landmark 1961 book by urbanist Jane Jacobs that critiques mid-20th-century urban planning and champions vibrant, mixed-use city neighborhoods.
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E.
The Evolution of Urban Society
The Evolution of Urban Society is a seminal anthropological and archaeological study by Robert McCormick Adams Jr. that analyzes the development and transformation of early urban civilizations.
- 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: Middletown in Transition Target entity description: "Middletown in Transition" is a landmark sociological study that examines social and cultural changes in Muncie, Indiana (pseudonymously called "Middletown") during the Great Depression.
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A.
Toward New Towns for America
Toward New Towns for America is an influential 1950s planning treatise in which Clarence Stein outlines principles and case studies for designing socially and physically integrated new towns in the United States.
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B.
Dilemmas of Urban America
Dilemmas of Urban America is a seminal book by Robert C. Weaver that analyzes the social, economic, and racial challenges facing U.S. cities in the mid-20th century.
-
C.
The Next American Metropolis
The Next American Metropolis is an influential urban planning book by Peter Calthorpe that popularized the concept of transit-oriented development and outlined principles for sustainable, human-scaled metropolitan design in the United States.
-
D.
The Death and Life of Great American Cities
The Death and Life of Great American Cities is a landmark 1961 book by urbanist Jane Jacobs that critiques mid-20th-century urban planning and champions vibrant, mixed-use city neighborhoods.
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E.
The Evolution of Urban Society
The Evolution of Urban Society is a seminal anthropological and archaeological study by Robert McCormick Adams Jr. that analyzes the development and transformation of early urban civilizations.
- F. None of above. chosen
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_69d8b9f0de78819099395b14db75a8a6 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 8:50 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e4887c63608190b29a407cabff0bc5 |
completed | April 19, 2026, 7:47 a.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 10:14 a.m.