Triple
T18086141
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Marshall McLuhan |
E432837
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entity |
| Predicate | influenced |
P9
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FINISHED |
| Object | Neil Postman |
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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: Neil Postman | Statement: [Marshall McLuhan, influenced, Neil Postman]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Neil Postman Context triple: [Marshall McLuhan, influenced, Neil Postman]
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A.
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.
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B.
Nicholas Carr
Nicholas Carr is an American writer and technology critic best known for his influential essays and books on how the internet and digital media affect cognition, culture, and work.
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C.
Gunnar Birkerts
Gunnar Birkerts was a Latvian-American modernist architect renowned for his innovative, sculptural designs for cultural and institutional buildings in the United States.
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D.
Howard Rheingold
Howard Rheingold is an American writer, critic, and educator best known for his pioneering work on virtual communities, digital culture, and the social implications of new media technologies.
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E.
Stewart Brand
Stewart Brand is an American writer, futurist, and environmentalist best known for creating the Whole Earth Catalog and promoting long-term thinking and sustainability.
- 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: Neil Postman Target entity description: 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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A.
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.
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B.
Nicholas Carr
Nicholas Carr is an American writer and technology critic best known for his influential essays and books on how the internet and digital media affect cognition, culture, and work.
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C.
Gunnar Birkerts
Gunnar Birkerts was a Latvian-American modernist architect renowned for his innovative, sculptural designs for cultural and institutional buildings in the United States.
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D.
Howard Rheingold
Howard Rheingold is an American writer, critic, and educator best known for his pioneering work on virtual communities, digital culture, and the social implications of new media technologies.
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E.
Stewart Brand
Stewart Brand is an American writer, futurist, and environmentalist best known for creating the Whole Earth Catalog and promoting long-term thinking and sustainability.
- 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.