Triple

T3253599
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject John Clive E68242 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object Macaulay: The Shaping of the Historian
"Macaulay: The Shaping of the Historian" is a biographical study by John Clive that examines the life, intellectual development, and historical significance of the British historian and politician Thomas Babington Macaulay.
E341906 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: Macaulay: The Shaping of the Historian | Statement: [John Clive, notableWork, Macaulay: The Shaping of the Historian]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Macaulay: The Shaping of the Historian
Context triple: [John Clive, notableWork, Macaulay: The Shaping of the Historian]
  • A. The Meaning of History
    The Meaning of History is a philosophical work by Russian religious thinker Nicolas Berdyaev that explores the spiritual and existential significance of historical events and humanity’s destiny.
  • B. The Politics of History
    The Politics of History is a critical work of historiography by Howard Zinn that challenges traditional narratives and argues for a politically engaged, socially conscious approach to writing and teaching history.
  • C. The Englishman and His History
    The Englishman and His History is a historical study by Herbert Butterfield examining how English national identity and political thought have been shaped by interpretations of the past.
  • D. The Enlightenment: An Interpretation
    The Enlightenment: An Interpretation is a landmark two-volume historical study by Peter Gay that analyzes the ideas, culture, and leading figures of the 18th-century Enlightenment in Europe.
  • E. History as a Novel, the Novel as History
    "History as a Novel, the Novel as History" is the subtitle of Norman Mailer’s nonfiction work *The Armies of the Night*, highlighting its blend of historical reportage and novelistic narrative.
  • 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: Macaulay: The Shaping of the Historian
Triple: [John Clive, notableWork, Macaulay: The Shaping of the Historian]
Generated description
"Macaulay: The Shaping of the Historian" is a biographical study by John Clive that examines the life, intellectual development, and historical significance of the British historian and politician Thomas Babington Macaulay.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Macaulay: The Shaping of the Historian
Target entity description: "Macaulay: The Shaping of the Historian" is a biographical study by John Clive that examines the life, intellectual development, and historical significance of the British historian and politician Thomas Babington Macaulay.
  • A. The Meaning of History
    The Meaning of History is a philosophical work by Russian religious thinker Nicolas Berdyaev that explores the spiritual and existential significance of historical events and humanity’s destiny.
  • B. The Politics of History
    The Politics of History is a critical work of historiography by Howard Zinn that challenges traditional narratives and argues for a politically engaged, socially conscious approach to writing and teaching history.
  • C. The Englishman and His History
    The Englishman and His History is a historical study by Herbert Butterfield examining how English national identity and political thought have been shaped by interpretations of the past.
  • D. The Enlightenment: An Interpretation
    The Enlightenment: An Interpretation is a landmark two-volume historical study by Peter Gay that analyzes the ideas, culture, and leading figures of the 18th-century Enlightenment in Europe.
  • E. History as a Novel, the Novel as History
    "History as a Novel, the Novel as History" is the subtitle of Norman Mailer’s nonfiction work *The Armies of the Night*, highlighting its blend of historical reportage and novelistic narrative.
  • 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_69ad858f74408190bcbd07f967cd7bd0 completed March 8, 2026, 2:19 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69adaf640fd8819083c3c0cc41db2ffc completed March 8, 2026, 5:18 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b28ec4375881908d7f22ef4a80b60c completed March 12, 2026, 10 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b28fbaa3048190b42991ede51c6ca8 completed March 12, 2026, 10:04 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b2ab2315ec8190b27da4e41696a7e3 completed March 12, 2026, 12:01 p.m.
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:09 p.m.