Triple
T18086143
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Marshall McLuhan |
E432837
|
entity |
| Predicate | influenced |
P9
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Paul Levinson |
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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: Paul Levinson | Statement: [Marshall McLuhan, influenced, Paul Levinson]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Paul Levinson Context triple: [Marshall McLuhan, influenced, Paul Levinson]
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A.
Bob Meyrowitz
Bob Meyrowitz is an American media executive best known for creating and launching the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), which helped popularize modern mixed martial arts.
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B.
Peter A. Levy
Peter A. Levy is an individual known primarily under the name Peter Levy, with "Peter A. Levy" used as an alternative form of his name.
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C.
Douglas Kellner
Douglas Kellner is an American critical theorist and cultural studies scholar known for his analyses of media, technology, and contemporary society.
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D.
Doug Jesseph
Doug Jesseph is an American philosopher and professor known for his work in the philosophy of mathematics and his critiques of theistic arguments.
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E.
Justin Waldron
Justin Waldron is an American entrepreneur best known as a co-founder of the social gaming company Zynga.
- 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: Paul Levinson Target entity description: Paul Levinson is an American media theorist, author, and professor known for his work on the social impact of communication technologies and digital media.
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A.
Bob Meyrowitz
Bob Meyrowitz is an American media executive best known for creating and launching the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), which helped popularize modern mixed martial arts.
-
B.
Peter A. Levy
Peter A. Levy is an individual known primarily under the name Peter Levy, with "Peter A. Levy" used as an alternative form of his name.
-
C.
Douglas Kellner
Douglas Kellner is an American critical theorist and cultural studies scholar known for his analyses of media, technology, and contemporary society.
-
D.
Doug Jesseph
Doug Jesseph is an American philosopher and professor known for his work in the philosophy of mathematics and his critiques of theistic arguments.
-
E.
Justin Waldron
Justin Waldron is an American entrepreneur best known as a co-founder of the social gaming company Zynga.
- 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.