Triple
T22037056
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Herman Kahn |
E544237
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableWork |
P4
|
FINISHED |
| Object | On Thermonuclear War |
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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: On Thermonuclear War | Statement: [Herman Kahn, notableWork, On Thermonuclear War]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: On Thermonuclear War Context triple: [Herman Kahn, notableWork, On Thermonuclear War]
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A.
The Doomsday Machine: Confessions of a Nuclear War Planner
The Doomsday Machine: Confessions of a Nuclear War Planner is Daniel Ellsberg’s memoir and exposé detailing the dangers, secrecy, and systemic flaws of U.S. nuclear war planning during the Cold War.
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B.
Defense in the Nuclear Age
Defense in the Nuclear Age is a seminal work of military and strategic analysis that examines how the advent of nuclear weapons transformed concepts of defense, deterrence, and international security policy.
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C.
The Nuclear Age
The Nuclear Age is a novel by Tim O'Brien that explores the psychological and social fallout of living under the shadow of nuclear annihilation during the Cold War.
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D.
Nuclear Winter
Nuclear Winter is a now-retired battle royale–style game mode that was added as a major multiplayer-focused expansion to Fallout 76.
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E.
Dharma and the Bomb
"Dharma and the Bomb" is a song by the American punk rock band Bad Religion, known for its fast tempo and politically charged lyrics.
- 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: On Thermonuclear War Target entity description: On Thermonuclear War is a 1960 book by strategist Herman Kahn that analyzes the logic, strategy, and potential consequences of nuclear warfare, controversially arguing that nuclear war could be planned for and, to some extent, survived.
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A.
The Doomsday Machine: Confessions of a Nuclear War Planner
The Doomsday Machine: Confessions of a Nuclear War Planner is Daniel Ellsberg’s memoir and exposé detailing the dangers, secrecy, and systemic flaws of U.S. nuclear war planning during the Cold War.
-
B.
Defense in the Nuclear Age
Defense in the Nuclear Age is a seminal work of military and strategic analysis that examines how the advent of nuclear weapons transformed concepts of defense, deterrence, and international security policy.
-
C.
The Nuclear Age
The Nuclear Age is a novel by Tim O'Brien that explores the psychological and social fallout of living under the shadow of nuclear annihilation during the Cold War.
-
D.
Nuclear Winter
Nuclear Winter is a now-retired battle royale–style game mode that was added as a major multiplayer-focused expansion to Fallout 76.
-
E.
Dharma and the Bomb
"Dharma and the Bomb" is a song by the American punk rock band Bad Religion, known for its fast tempo and politically charged lyrics.
- 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_69e11e2f98c8819083e11eab90942a78 |
completed | April 16, 2026, 5:36 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69f127f32edc81909b6898af6621f56f |
completed | April 28, 2026, 9:34 p.m. |
Created at: April 16, 2026, 8:25 p.m.