Triple

T2859436
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject George B. McClellan Jr. E63281 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object The American City: A Problem in Democracy
The American City: A Problem in Democracy is an early 20th-century work of political and social analysis examining how rapid urbanization challenges democratic governance in the United States.
E306456 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: The American City: A Problem in Democracy | Statement: [George B. McClellan Jr., notableWork, The American City: A Problem in Democracy]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The American City: A Problem in Democracy
Context triple: [George B. McClellan Jr., notableWork, The American City: A Problem in Democracy]
  • A. Who Governs? Democracy and Power in an American City
    "Who Governs? Democracy and Power in an American City" is a landmark political science study that analyzes the distribution of power and democratic decision-making in New Haven, Connecticut.
  • B. The Public and Its Problems
    The Public and Its Problems is a 1927 philosophical work by John Dewey that analyzes democracy, the nature of the public, and the role of communication and institutions in addressing social issues.
  • C. The Solution of the Problem of Democracy (Part One of The Green Book)
    The Solution of the Problem of Democracy (Part One of The Green Book) is the section in Muammar Gaddafi’s political manifesto that outlines his alternative model of direct popular rule as a critique and replacement for conventional representative democracy.
  • D. In Praise of Public Life
    In Praise of Public Life is a political memoir and reflection on civic engagement by former U.S. Senator Joe Lieberman, advocating for the value and responsibilities of serving in government.
  • E. Field Notes on Democracy
    Field Notes on Democracy is a collection of political essays by Arundhati Roy that critiques contemporary Indian democracy, nationalism, and state power.
  • 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: The American City: A Problem in Democracy
Triple: [George B. McClellan Jr., notableWork, The American City: A Problem in Democracy]
Generated description
The American City: A Problem in Democracy is an early 20th-century work of political and social analysis examining how rapid urbanization challenges democratic governance in the United States.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The American City: A Problem in Democracy
Target entity description: The American City: A Problem in Democracy is an early 20th-century work of political and social analysis examining how rapid urbanization challenges democratic governance in the United States.
  • A. Who Governs? Democracy and Power in an American City
    "Who Governs? Democracy and Power in an American City" is a landmark political science study that analyzes the distribution of power and democratic decision-making in New Haven, Connecticut.
  • B. The Public and Its Problems
    The Public and Its Problems is a 1927 philosophical work by John Dewey that analyzes democracy, the nature of the public, and the role of communication and institutions in addressing social issues.
  • C. The Solution of the Problem of Democracy (Part One of The Green Book)
    The Solution of the Problem of Democracy (Part One of The Green Book) is the section in Muammar Gaddafi’s political manifesto that outlines his alternative model of direct popular rule as a critique and replacement for conventional representative democracy.
  • D. In Praise of Public Life
    In Praise of Public Life is a political memoir and reflection on civic engagement by former U.S. Senator Joe Lieberman, advocating for the value and responsibilities of serving in government.
  • E. Field Notes on Democracy
    Field Notes on Democracy is a collection of political essays by Arundhati Roy that critiques contemporary Indian democracy, nationalism, and state power.
  • 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_69ab4c41e8c08190a9e8f5249cc12610 completed March 6, 2026, 9:50 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abdf8aec3c8190a4168d8c916b5268 completed March 7, 2026, 8:19 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b01d972aa481908f6cb5f27706990c completed March 10, 2026, 1:33 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b021fbc2808190b415fd8af934cf73 completed March 10, 2026, 1:51 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b02656f8488190ab0d715d1634b6a7 completed March 10, 2026, 2:10 p.m.
Created at: March 6, 2026, 10:02 p.m.