Triple

T2694672
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Kenneth N. Waltz E58482 entity
Predicate influenced P9 FINISHED
Object Stephen M. Walt
Stephen M. Walt is an American political scientist and prominent international relations scholar best known for his work on realist theory, including the concept of balance of threat and critiques of U.S. foreign policy.
 E295491 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: Stephen M. Walt | Statement: [Kenneth N. Waltz, influenced, Stephen M. Walt]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Stephen M. Walt
Context triple: [Kenneth N. Waltz, influenced, Stephen M. Walt]
  • A. Robert O. Keohane
    Robert O. Keohane is a prominent American political scientist best known for his influential work on international relations theory, particularly neoliberal institutionalism and the role of international institutions in global governance.
  • B. John J. Mearsheimer
    John J. Mearsheimer is an American political scientist and leading realist theorist in international relations, best known for his work on offensive realism and critiques of U.S. foreign policy.
  • C. Joseph S. Nye Jr.
    Joseph S. Nye Jr. is an American political scientist best known for developing the concept of "soft power" and for his influential work in international relations theory and U.S. foreign policy.
  • D. Fredrik Logevall
    Fredrik Logevall is a Swedish-born American historian and Pulitzer Prize–winning author known for his scholarship on the Vietnam War and U.S. foreign policy.
  • E. Alexander Wendt
    Alexander Wendt is a prominent American political scientist and leading figure in international relations theory, best known for advancing constructivism through works such as "Social Theory of International Politics."
  • 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: Stephen M. Walt
Triple: [Kenneth N. Waltz, influenced, Stephen M. Walt]
Generated description
Stephen M. Walt is an American political scientist and prominent international relations scholar best known for his work on realist theory, including the concept of balance of threat and critiques of U.S. foreign policy.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Stephen M. Walt
Target entity description: Stephen M. Walt is an American political scientist and prominent international relations scholar best known for his work on realist theory, including the concept of balance of threat and critiques of U.S. foreign policy.
  • A. Robert O. Keohane
    Robert O. Keohane is a prominent American political scientist best known for his influential work on international relations theory, particularly neoliberal institutionalism and the role of international institutions in global governance.
  • B. John J. Mearsheimer
    John J. Mearsheimer is an American political scientist and leading realist theorist in international relations, best known for his work on offensive realism and critiques of U.S. foreign policy.
  • C. Joseph S. Nye Jr.
    Joseph S. Nye Jr. is an American political scientist best known for developing the concept of "soft power" and for his influential work in international relations theory and U.S. foreign policy.
  • D. Fredrik Logevall
    Fredrik Logevall is a Swedish-born American historian and Pulitzer Prize–winning author known for his scholarship on the Vietnam War and U.S. foreign policy.
  • E. Alexander Wendt
    Alexander Wendt is a prominent American political scientist and leading figure in international relations theory, best known for advancing constructivism through works such as "Social Theory of International Politics."
  • 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_69ab4ac269e481909cb317d79e68b75b completed March 6, 2026, 9:44 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abda10a9bc81908473d02ab9116cef completed March 7, 2026, 7:56 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69afbbba22348190a3f70439a6b21e1c completed March 10, 2026, 6:35 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69afbd19f768819095804112c8862ae0 completed March 10, 2026, 6:41 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69afbdbe655c8190bb870d24835e24a2 completed March 10, 2026, 6:44 a.m.
Created at: March 6, 2026, 9:55 p.m.