Triple

T3689980
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Robert Nisbet E78318 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object The Sociological Tradition
The Sociological Tradition is a seminal work of social theory by Robert Nisbet that traces and interprets the major ideas and thinkers shaping classical sociology.
E380205 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 Sociological Tradition | Statement: [Robert Nisbet, notableWork, The Sociological Tradition]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Sociological Tradition
Context triple: [Robert Nisbet, notableWork, The Sociological Tradition]
  • A. The Rules of Sociological Method
    The Rules of Sociological Method is a foundational sociological treatise that systematically defines social facts and outlines a rigorous scientific approach to studying society.
  • B. The Study of Sociology
    The Study of Sociology is an 1873 work by Herbert Spencer that lays out his early systematic approach to sociological theory and methodology.
  • C. The Methodology of the Social Sciences
    The Methodology of the Social Sciences is a foundational work by Max Weber that articulates his influential theories on social science methodology, including concepts like ideal types, value neutrality, and the interpretive understanding of social action.
  • D. Rethinking Social Inquiry
    Rethinking Social Inquiry is a methodological volume in political science that critiques and extends the quantitative, positivist approach of Designing Social Inquiry by advocating for pluralistic, case-based, and mixed-method research strategies.
  • E. The Principles of Sociology
    The Principles of Sociology is a foundational 19th-century work by Herbert Spencer that systematically applies evolutionary theory to the study and organization of human societies.
  • 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 Sociological Tradition
Triple: [Robert Nisbet, notableWork, The Sociological Tradition]
Generated description
The Sociological Tradition is a seminal work of social theory by Robert Nisbet that traces and interprets the major ideas and thinkers shaping classical sociology.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Sociological Tradition
Target entity description: The Sociological Tradition is a seminal work of social theory by Robert Nisbet that traces and interprets the major ideas and thinkers shaping classical sociology.
  • A. Main Currents in Sociological Thought
    Main Currents in Sociological Thought is a major work of sociological theory in which Raymond Aron critically examines and interprets the ideas of key classical sociologists such as Marx, Tocqueville, Durkheim, and Weber.
  • B. The Rules of Sociological Method
    The Rules of Sociological Method is a foundational sociological treatise that systematically defines social facts and outlines a rigorous scientific approach to studying society.
  • C. The Study of Sociology
    The Study of Sociology is an 1873 work by Herbert Spencer that lays out his early systematic approach to sociological theory and methodology.
  • D. The Methodology of the Social Sciences
    The Methodology of the Social Sciences is a foundational work by Max Weber that articulates his influential theories on social science methodology, including concepts like ideal types, value neutrality, and the interpretive understanding of social action.
  • E. Rethinking Social Inquiry
    Rethinking Social Inquiry is a methodological volume in political science that critiques and extends the quantitative, positivist approach of Designing Social Inquiry by advocating for pluralistic, case-based, and mixed-method research strategies.
  • 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_69ad85e285a081908f8cbfa9e2ed9b75 completed March 8, 2026, 2:21 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69adc4cb47208190b1321af859d02c51 completed March 8, 2026, 6:49 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b4c3c9e9c08190bd97642ccf39b172 completed March 14, 2026, 2:11 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b4c78bca688190bb06f64827285790 completed March 14, 2026, 2:27 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b4c7f33dec8190b71ea08cb1d34c32 completed March 14, 2026, 2:29 a.m.
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:26 p.m.