Triple
T204054
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | The American Empire Project |
E4570
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasContributor |
P4244
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Alfred McCoy |
E27806
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: Alfred McCoy | Statement: [The American Empire Project, hasContributor, Alfred McCoy]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Alfred McCoy Context triple: [The American Empire Project, hasContributor, Alfred McCoy]
-
A.
Alfred W. McCoy
chosen
Alfred W. McCoy is an American historian and author known for his influential work on U.S. foreign policy, empire, and the global drug trade.
-
B.
Stephen Kinzer
Stephen Kinzer is an American author and former New York Times foreign correspondent known for his books on U.S. foreign policy, regime change, and the history of American intervention abroad.
-
C.
Chalmers Johnson
Chalmers Johnson was an American political scientist and author best known for his influential critiques of U.S. foreign policy and imperial overreach, particularly in works like "Blowback."
-
D.
Juan Cole
Juan Cole is an American historian and commentator best known for his expertise on the modern Middle East and U.S. foreign policy.
-
E.
Edward S. Herman
Edward S. Herman was an American economist, media analyst, and critic of U.S. foreign policy best known for co-developing the "propaganda model" of the media.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69a25737567c81908f9c505300239181 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 2:47 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a25be898ec8190b5e752a1d3b6f466 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 3:07 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69a35878158c81908fba5b3cb4bfd054 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 9:04 p.m. |
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 2:51 a.m.