Triple
T3002998
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Boston University School of Law |
E81832
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasAlumni |
P51
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Howard Zinn |
E27256
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: Howard Zinn | Statement: [Boston University School of Law, hasAlumni, Howard Zinn]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Howard Zinn Context triple: [Boston University School of Law, hasAlumni, Howard Zinn]
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A.
Howard Zinn
chosen
Howard Zinn was an American historian, playwright, and social activist best known for his influential book "A People’s History of the United States," which presented U.S. history from the perspective of marginalized groups.
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B.
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.
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C.
Stephen Kinzer
Stephen Kinzer is an American author and former New York Times foreign correspondent known for his books on U.S. foreign policy, regime change, and the history of American intervention abroad.
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D.
Herbert Aptheker
Herbert Aptheker was an American Marxist historian and activist best known for his pioneering scholarship on African American history and slave revolts.
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E.
I.F. Stone
I.F. Stone was an American investigative journalist and publisher renowned for his independent newsletter "I.F. Stone's Weekly," which exposed government deception and championed civil liberties.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69ad8b1c4de88190a83b7cefaa1f2842 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 2:43 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69ad9a1371c481909e214234afed1a65 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 3:47 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b12e5302c881908294827106b314e4 |
completed | March 11, 2026, 8:56 a.m. |
Created at: March 8, 2026, 2:59 p.m.