Triple
T2599389
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Joseph S. Nye Jr. |
E58305
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableWork |
P4
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FINISHED |
| Object |
Bound to Lead: The Changing Nature of American Power
Bound to Lead: The Changing Nature of American Power is a seminal book by Joseph S. Nye Jr. that argues the United States’ global influence increasingly depends on “soft power” as well as traditional military and economic strength.
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E282651
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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: Bound to Lead: The Changing Nature of American Power | Statement: [Joseph S. Nye Jr., notableWork, Bound to Lead: The Changing Nature of American Power]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bound to Lead: The Changing Nature of American Power Context triple: [Joseph S. Nye Jr., notableWork, Bound to Lead: The Changing Nature of American Power]
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A.
In the Shadows of the American Century: The Rise and Decline of U.S. Global Power
*In the Shadows of the American Century: The Rise and Decline of U.S. Global Power* is a historical and geopolitical study that examines how the United States built its global dominance and why that power is now in relative decline.
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B.
American Power and the New Mandarins
American Power and the New Mandarins is a 1969 collection of political essays by Noam Chomsky that sharply criticizes U.S. foreign policy and intellectual complicity in the Vietnam War.
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C.
Blowback: The Costs and Consequences of American Empire
Blowback: The Costs and Consequences of American Empire is a nonfiction book by Chalmers Johnson that critiques U.S. foreign policy and explores how American military and economic interventions abroad generate unintended and often violent repercussions.
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D.
The Grand Chessboard: American Primacy and Its Geostrategic Imperatives
"The Grand Chessboard: American Primacy and Its Geostrategic Imperatives" is a 1997 geopolitical analysis book by Zbigniew Brzezinski that outlines a strategy for maintaining U.S. global dominance, particularly through control and influence in Eurasia.
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E.
The Narrow Corridor: States, Societies, and the Fate of Liberty
The Narrow Corridor: States, Societies, and the Fate of Liberty is a political economy book that explores how the balance between state power and societal forces shapes the emergence and preservation of freedom across different countries and historical periods.
- 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: Bound to Lead: The Changing Nature of American Power Triple: [Joseph S. Nye Jr., notableWork, Bound to Lead: The Changing Nature of American Power]
Generated description
Bound to Lead: The Changing Nature of American Power is a seminal book by Joseph S. Nye Jr. that argues the United States’ global influence increasingly depends on “soft power” as well as traditional military and economic strength.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bound to Lead: The Changing Nature of American Power Target entity description: Bound to Lead: The Changing Nature of American Power is a seminal book by Joseph S. Nye Jr. that argues the United States’ global influence increasingly depends on “soft power” as well as traditional military and economic strength.
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A.
In the Shadows of the American Century: The Rise and Decline of U.S. Global Power
*In the Shadows of the American Century: The Rise and Decline of U.S. Global Power* is a historical and geopolitical study that examines how the United States built its global dominance and why that power is now in relative decline.
-
B.
American Power and the New Mandarins
American Power and the New Mandarins is a 1969 collection of political essays by Noam Chomsky that sharply criticizes U.S. foreign policy and intellectual complicity in the Vietnam War.
-
C.
Blowback: The Costs and Consequences of American Empire
Blowback: The Costs and Consequences of American Empire is a nonfiction book by Chalmers Johnson that critiques U.S. foreign policy and explores how American military and economic interventions abroad generate unintended and often violent repercussions.
-
D.
The Grand Chessboard: American Primacy and Its Geostrategic Imperatives
"The Grand Chessboard: American Primacy and Its Geostrategic Imperatives" is a 1997 geopolitical analysis book by Zbigniew Brzezinski that outlines a strategy for maintaining U.S. global dominance, particularly through control and influence in Eurasia.
-
E.
The Narrow Corridor: States, Societies, and the Fate of Liberty
The Narrow Corridor: States, Societies, and the Fate of Liberty is a political economy book that explores how the balance between state power and societal forces shapes the emergence and preservation of freedom across different countries and historical periods.
- 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_69ab4ac14040819098b13f4a27d5c8ff |
completed | March 6, 2026, 9:44 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69abd4563b8c8190934616651e93654c |
completed | March 7, 2026, 7:31 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69af83cfdd6081908cdeb21243e73dda |
completed | March 10, 2026, 2:37 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69af878cfbd8819092e81326bbb1dfd3 |
completed | March 10, 2026, 2:53 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69af8809574c819087ebf57cf5cffb7c |
completed | March 10, 2026, 2:55 a.m. |
Created at: March 6, 2026, 9:49 p.m.