Triple
T18132443
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | William G. Bowen |
E434046
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entity |
| Predicate | notableWork |
P4
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FINISHED |
| Object | Crossing the Finish Line: Completing College at America’s Public Universities |
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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: Crossing the Finish Line: Completing College at America’s Public Universities | Statement: [William G. Bowen, notableWork, Crossing the Finish Line: Completing College at America’s Public Universities]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Crossing the Finish Line: Completing College at America’s Public Universities Context triple: [William G. Bowen, notableWork, Crossing the Finish Line: Completing College at America’s Public Universities]
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A.
The Higher Learning in America
The Higher Learning in America is Thorstein Veblen’s influential critique of U.S. universities, examining how business interests and status-seeking distort academic life and scholarship.
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B.
Saving State U: Why We Must Fix Public Higher Education
"Saving State U: Why We Must Fix Public Higher Education" is a book by economist Nancy Folbre that critiques the underfunding and marketization of public universities in the United States and argues for renewed public investment in higher education as a common good.
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C.
Lower Ed: The Troubling Rise of For-Profit Colleges in the New Economy
Lower Ed: The Troubling Rise of For-Profit Colleges in the New Economy is a sociological examination of how for-profit colleges exploit economic inequality, racial stratification, and credentialism in the contemporary U.S. higher education system.
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D.
The Capstone of Higher Education
The Capstone of Higher Education is the official motto of the University of Alabama, expressing its aspiration to represent the pinnacle of academic excellence and leadership in higher education.
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E.
Thoughts on the Present Collegiate System in the United States
Thoughts on the Present Collegiate System in the United States is a 19th-century educational treatise by Francis Wayland that critiques American college structures and advocates for significant curricular and institutional reforms.
- 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: Crossing the Finish Line: Completing College at America’s Public Universities Target entity description: "Crossing the Finish Line: Completing College at America’s Public Universities" is a landmark empirical study that analyzes college completion rates and the factors influencing student success at public universities in the United States.
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A.
The Higher Learning in America
The Higher Learning in America is Thorstein Veblen’s influential critique of U.S. universities, examining how business interests and status-seeking distort academic life and scholarship.
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B.
Saving State U: Why We Must Fix Public Higher Education
"Saving State U: Why We Must Fix Public Higher Education" is a book by economist Nancy Folbre that critiques the underfunding and marketization of public universities in the United States and argues for renewed public investment in higher education as a common good.
-
C.
Lower Ed: The Troubling Rise of For-Profit Colleges in the New Economy
Lower Ed: The Troubling Rise of For-Profit Colleges in the New Economy is a sociological examination of how for-profit colleges exploit economic inequality, racial stratification, and credentialism in the contemporary U.S. higher education system.
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D.
The Capstone of Higher Education
The Capstone of Higher Education is the official motto of the University of Alabama, expressing its aspiration to represent the pinnacle of academic excellence and leadership in higher education.
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E.
Thoughts on the Present Collegiate System in the United States
Thoughts on the Present Collegiate System in the United States is a 19th-century educational treatise by Francis Wayland that critiques American college structures and advocates for significant curricular and institutional reforms.
- 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_69d8b909e8cc81908df4cc2b8ea6d11f |
completed | April 10, 2026, 8:47 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e4ddf2c68881909dfbe59df15ddccc |
completed | April 19, 2026, 1:51 p.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 10:29 a.m.