Triple
T18086144
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Marshall McLuhan |
E432837
|
entity |
| Predicate | influenced |
P9
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Douglas Rushkoff |
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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: Douglas Rushkoff | Statement: [Marshall McLuhan, influenced, Douglas Rushkoff]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Douglas Rushkoff Context triple: [Marshall McLuhan, influenced, Douglas Rushkoff]
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A.
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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B.
John Battelle
John Battelle is an American entrepreneur, author, and media executive best known for co-founding Wired magazine and Federated Media Publishing and for his influential work chronicling and shaping the evolution of the internet industry.
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C.
Andrew Keen
Andrew Keen is a British-American entrepreneur and author best known as a prominent critic of Web 2.0 culture and the social and economic impacts of the internet.
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D.
Clay Shirky
Clay Shirky is an American writer, consultant, and professor known for his influential work on the social and economic effects of internet technologies and online communities.
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E.
Joel Garreau
Joel Garreau is an American journalist and author best known for popularizing the concept of the "edge city" in urban studies.
- 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: Douglas Rushkoff Target entity description: Douglas Rushkoff is a media theorist, author, and documentarian known for his critical analyses of digital culture, technology, and their impact on society and human behavior.
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A.
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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B.
John Battelle
John Battelle is an American entrepreneur, author, and media executive best known for co-founding Wired magazine and Federated Media Publishing and for his influential work chronicling and shaping the evolution of the internet industry.
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C.
Andrew Keen
Andrew Keen is a British-American entrepreneur and author best known as a prominent critic of Web 2.0 culture and the social and economic impacts of the internet.
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D.
Clay Shirky
Clay Shirky is an American writer, consultant, and professor known for his influential work on the social and economic effects of internet technologies and online communities.
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E.
Joel Garreau
Joel Garreau is an American journalist and author best known for popularizing the concept of the "edge city" in urban studies.
- 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.