Triple
T2920624
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | The Population Bomb |
E78711
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasPerspective |
P380
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
neo-Malthusian
A neo-Malthusian is an advocate of the view that rapid population growth threatens environmental sustainability and human well-being, often calling for population control measures to prevent resource depletion and ecological crisis.
|
E309105
|
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: neo-Malthusian | Statement: [The Population Bomb, hasPerspective, neo-Malthusian]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: neo-Malthusian Context triple: [The Population Bomb, hasPerspective, neo-Malthusian]
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A.
Malthusian catastrophe
A Malthusian catastrophe is a theoretical scenario in which unchecked population growth outstrips food production, leading to widespread famine, disease, and social collapse.
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B.
NEOB
NEOB is a U.S. federal government office building in Washington, D.C., that houses various agencies and staff of the Executive Office of the President.
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C.
Illustrations and Proofs of the Principle of Population
Illustrations and Proofs of the Principle of Population is a 19th-century work by Francis Place that defends and elaborates Thomas Malthus’s population theory with empirical evidence and argument.
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D.
Emily Malthus
Emily Malthus was a daughter of the English cleric and influential political economist Thomas Robert Malthus.
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E.
Thomas Malthus
Thomas Malthus was an English economist and demographer best known for his theory that population growth tends to outpace food production, leading to inevitable checks such as famine and disease.
- 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: neo-Malthusian Triple: [The Population Bomb, hasPerspective, neo-Malthusian]
Generated description
A neo-Malthusian is an advocate of the view that rapid population growth threatens environmental sustainability and human well-being, often calling for population control measures to prevent resource depletion and ecological crisis.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: neo-Malthusian Target entity description: A neo-Malthusian is an advocate of the view that rapid population growth threatens environmental sustainability and human well-being, often calling for population control measures to prevent resource depletion and ecological crisis.
-
A.
Malthusian catastrophe
A Malthusian catastrophe is a theoretical scenario in which unchecked population growth outstrips food production, leading to widespread famine, disease, and social collapse.
-
B.
NEOB
NEOB is a U.S. federal government office building in Washington, D.C., that houses various agencies and staff of the Executive Office of the President.
-
C.
Illustrations and Proofs of the Principle of Population
Illustrations and Proofs of the Principle of Population is a 19th-century work by Francis Place that defends and elaborates Thomas Malthus’s population theory with empirical evidence and argument.
-
D.
Emily Malthus
Emily Malthus was a daughter of the English cleric and influential political economist Thomas Robert Malthus.
-
E.
Thomas Malthus
Thomas Malthus was an English economist and demographer best known for his theory that population growth tends to outpace food production, leading to inevitable checks such as famine and disease.
- 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_69ad8b0c2ad081909ff87050ae542bb9 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 2:43 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69ad96a672f88190851e487dac18d43f |
completed | March 8, 2026, 3:32 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b056344ca48190b4d14dd2c1ac643d |
completed | March 10, 2026, 5:34 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69b05b30b1dc819085fdf1c7ad14f13e |
completed | March 10, 2026, 5:56 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69b05c43b08481908ae7cbd23f0b8a93 |
completed | March 10, 2026, 6 p.m. |
Created at: March 8, 2026, 2:54 p.m.