Triple
T18086137
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Marshall McLuhan |
E432837
|
entity |
| Predicate | influencedBy |
P9
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Harold Innis |
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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: Harold Innis | Statement: [Marshall McLuhan, influencedBy, Harold Innis]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Harold Innis Context triple: [Marshall McLuhan, influencedBy, Harold Innis]
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A.
Roy Innis
Roy Innis was an American civil rights activist and long-time national chairman of the Congress of Racial Equality, known for his conservative views and outspoken advocacy on race and social policy.
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B.
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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C.
H. B. Irving
H. B. Irving was a prominent British stage actor and theatre manager of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, known especially as the son of famed actor Sir Henry Irving and for his distinguished Shakespearean performances.
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D.
R. S. McLaughlin
R. S. McLaughlin was a prominent Canadian industrialist and founder of the McLaughlin Motor Car Company, which became a cornerstone of General Motors of Canada.
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E.
Marshall McLuhan
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.
- 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: Harold Innis Target entity description: 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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A.
Roy Innis
Roy Innis was an American civil rights activist and long-time national chairman of the Congress of Racial Equality, known for his conservative views and outspoken advocacy on race and social policy.
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B.
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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C.
H. B. Irving
H. B. Irving was a prominent British stage actor and theatre manager of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, known especially as the son of famed actor Sir Henry Irving and for his distinguished Shakespearean performances.
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D.
R. S. McLaughlin
R. S. McLaughlin was a prominent Canadian industrialist and founder of the McLaughlin Motor Car Company, which became a cornerstone of General Motors of Canada.
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E.
Marshall McLuhan
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.
- 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_69d8b907d05c819083cc3bd6021089e6 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 8:47 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e4dd150ab88190864be2a722d214b8 |
completed | April 19, 2026, 1:48 p.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 10:27 a.m.