Triple

T2286805
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Cornel West E51408 entity
Predicate doctoralAdvisor P167 FINISHED
Object Sheldon Wolin
Sheldon Wolin was an influential American political theorist best known for his work on democracy, power, and the concept of “inverted totalitarianism.”
 E253010 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (4 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: Sheldon Wolin | Statement: [Cornel West, doctoralAdvisor, Sheldon Wolin]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Sheldon Wolin
Context triple: [Cornel West, doctoralAdvisor, Sheldon Wolin]
  • A. Sidney Hook
    Sidney Hook was an American philosopher and public intellectual known for his work in pragmatism, social and political philosophy, and his evolution from Marxist sympathizer to prominent anti-communist thinker.
  • B. Gabriel A. Almond
    Gabriel A. Almond was an influential American political scientist known for his pioneering work in comparative politics and political culture.
  • C. Robert A. Dahl
    Robert A. Dahl was a highly influential American political scientist best known for his work on pluralist democracy and theories of political power.
  • D. Paul Buhle
    Paul Buhle is an American historian and editor known for his work on radical politics, labor history, and comics, often exploring the intersection of leftist movements and popular culture.
  • E. Perry Anderson
    Perry Anderson is a British historian and essayist known for his influential Marxist analyses of Western society, politics, and intellectual history, particularly through his long association with the New Left Review.
  • F. None of above. chosen
  • G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NEDg Description generation gpt-5.1
Instruction
Generate a one-sentence description of the target entity. 
You are given a context triple in the form (subject, predicate, object), where the object is the target entity. 
# Instructions
Use the triple to infer relevant information about the entity. Describe the entity based on what is most defining, well-known. 
Avoid repeating the information from the triple, unless really essential.
# Response Format
Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the target entity]"
Input
Entity: Sheldon Wolin
Triple: [Cornel West, doctoralAdvisor, Sheldon Wolin]
Generated description
Sheldon Wolin was an influential American political theorist best known for his work on democracy, power, and the concept of “inverted totalitarianism.”
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Sheldon Wolin
Target entity description: Sheldon Wolin was an influential American political theorist best known for his work on democracy, power, and the concept of “inverted totalitarianism.”
  • A. Sidney Hook
    Sidney Hook was an American philosopher and public intellectual known for his work in pragmatism, social and political philosophy, and his evolution from Marxist sympathizer to prominent anti-communist thinker.
  • B. Gabriel A. Almond
    Gabriel A. Almond was an influential American political scientist known for his pioneering work in comparative politics and political culture.
  • C. Robert A. Dahl
    Robert A. Dahl was a highly influential American political scientist best known for his work on pluralist democracy and theories of political power.
  • D. Paul Buhle
    Paul Buhle is an American historian and editor known for his work on radical politics, labor history, and comics, often exploring the intersection of leftist movements and popular culture.
  • E. Perry Anderson
    Perry Anderson is a British historian and essayist known for his influential Marxist analyses of Western society, politics, and intellectual history, particularly through his long association with the New Left Review.
  • F. None of above. chosen

Provenance (5 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_69a88b09c644819090b503456d96bf70 completed March 4, 2026, 7:42 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abc24730208190af8a5cf443d334f7 completed March 7, 2026, 6:14 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ae7f1b2a7c8190aa836f9feba2ce1a completed March 9, 2026, 8:04 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ae8004fb6c81908f9fb1678f608419 completed March 9, 2026, 8:08 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ae809ebfdc8190ae404d5711a58b59 completed March 9, 2026, 8:11 a.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:48 p.m.