Triple
T18086101
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Marshall McLuhan |
E432837
|
entity |
| Predicate | familyName |
P18
|
FINISHED |
| Object | McLuhan |
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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: McLuhan | Statement: [Marshall McLuhan, familyName, McLuhan]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: McLuhan Context triple: [Marshall McLuhan, familyName, McLuhan]
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A.
Marshall McLuhan
chosen
Marshall McLuhan was a Canadian philosopher and media theorist best known for coining the phrase "the medium is the message" and for his pioneering work on how communication technologies shape human perception and society.
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B.
Neil Postman
Neil Postman was an American media theorist and cultural critic best known for his critiques of television and technology’s impact on public discourse, particularly in works like "Amusing Ourselves to Death."
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C.
Harold Innis
Harold Innis was a Canadian political economist and communication theorist whose work on media, time, and space profoundly shaped the field of media studies.
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D.
Wilbur Schramm
Wilbur Schramm was an influential American scholar often regarded as a founding figure of communication studies, who also played a key role in shaping creative writing education in the United States.
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E.
Drucker
Drucker is a surname of German origin borne by various notable individuals across fields such as economics, medicine, and the arts.
- 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_69d8b907d05c819083cc3bd6021089e6 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 8:47 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e4d9fdb00c8190b4769699e94c8941 |
completed | April 19, 2026, 1:34 p.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 10:27 a.m.