Triple
T3090815
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | William T. Vollmann |
E64475
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableWork |
P4
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Carbon Ideologies
Carbon Ideologies is William T. Vollmann’s sprawling, multi-volume nonfiction exploration of global energy use, climate change, and the political, economic, and moral systems that sustain carbon-intensive lifestyles.
|
E325410
|
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: Carbon Ideologies | Statement: [William T. Vollmann, notableWork, Carbon Ideologies]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Carbon Ideologies Context triple: [William T. Vollmann, notableWork, Carbon Ideologies]
-
A.
Capitalism vs. the Climate
Capitalism vs. the Climate is the subtitle of Naomi Klein’s book "This Changes Everything," encapsulating its argument that the climate crisis is fundamentally intertwined with and exacerbated by the structures of global capitalism.
-
B.
Carbon War Room
Carbon War Room is an environmental nonprofit initiative focused on accelerating market-based solutions to climate change and promoting low-carbon business practices worldwide.
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C.
The human roots of the ecological crisis
"The human roots of the ecological crisis" is a key chapter in Pope Francis’ encyclical Laudato si’ that analyzes how modern technological, economic, and cultural patterns of human behavior have led to environmental degradation and social injustice.
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D.
The (Burning) Case for a Green New Deal
The (Burning) Case for a Green New Deal is the subtitle of Naomi Klein’s book "On Fire," which argues urgently for transformative climate action and a just green economic transition.
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E.
Facing Gaia: Eight Lectures on the New Climatic Regime
"Facing Gaia: Eight Lectures on the New Climatic Regime" is a philosophical work by Bruno Latour that rethinks humanity’s relationship with the Earth in the context of climate change and the Anthropocene.
- 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: Carbon Ideologies Triple: [William T. Vollmann, notableWork, Carbon Ideologies]
Generated description
Carbon Ideologies is William T. Vollmann’s sprawling, multi-volume nonfiction exploration of global energy use, climate change, and the political, economic, and moral systems that sustain carbon-intensive lifestyles.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Carbon Ideologies Target entity description: Carbon Ideologies is William T. Vollmann’s sprawling, multi-volume nonfiction exploration of global energy use, climate change, and the political, economic, and moral systems that sustain carbon-intensive lifestyles.
-
A.
Capitalism vs. the Climate
Capitalism vs. the Climate is the subtitle of Naomi Klein’s book "This Changes Everything," encapsulating its argument that the climate crisis is fundamentally intertwined with and exacerbated by the structures of global capitalism.
-
B.
Carbon War Room
Carbon War Room is an environmental nonprofit initiative focused on accelerating market-based solutions to climate change and promoting low-carbon business practices worldwide.
-
C.
The human roots of the ecological crisis
"The human roots of the ecological crisis" is a key chapter in Pope Francis’ encyclical Laudato si’ that analyzes how modern technological, economic, and cultural patterns of human behavior have led to environmental degradation and social injustice.
-
D.
The (Burning) Case for a Green New Deal
The (Burning) Case for a Green New Deal is the subtitle of Naomi Klein’s book "On Fire," which argues urgently for transformative climate action and a just green economic transition.
-
E.
Facing Gaia: Eight Lectures on the New Climatic Regime
"Facing Gaia: Eight Lectures on the New Climatic Regime" is a philosophical work by Bruno Latour that rethinks humanity’s relationship with the Earth in the context of climate change and the Anthropocene.
- 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_69ad857c97d88190b26f9b1c90839c77 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 2:19 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69ada20eeee88190a5eecfce10e3848c |
completed | March 8, 2026, 4:21 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b1f8a6fe2081909e2bf9ee5629f017 |
completed | March 11, 2026, 11:20 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69b1f94a05608190bc163a6950586ff9 |
completed | March 11, 2026, 11:22 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69b1f9ad0b148190b98f93699598dd1e |
completed | March 11, 2026, 11:24 p.m. |
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:03 p.m.