Triple
T4363614
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Terence McKenna |
E98717
|
entity |
| Predicate | influencedBy |
P9
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Marshall McLuhan
Marshall McLuhan was a Canadian philosopher and media theorist best known for coining the phrase "the medium is the message" and for his pioneering work on how communication technologies shape human perception and society.
|
E432837
|
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: Marshall McLuhan | Statement: [Terence McKenna, influencedBy, Marshall McLuhan]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Marshall McLuhan Context triple: [Terence McKenna, influencedBy, Marshall McLuhan]
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A.
Wilbur Schramm
Wilbur Schramm was an influential American scholar often regarded as a founding figure of communication studies, who also played a key role in shaping creative writing education in the United States.
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B.
Paul Baran
Paul Baran was an American engineer and pioneer of packet-switching technology whose ideas were foundational to the development of the internet.
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C.
Jacques Ellul
Jacques Ellul was a French philosopher, sociologist, and theologian best known for his critiques of technological society and the state from a Christian perspective.
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D.
Gregory Bateson
Gregory Bateson was an English anthropologist, social scientist, and cyberneticist known for his work on systems theory, communication, and the ecology of mind.
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E.
Philip Drucker
Philip Drucker was an American anthropologist and archaeologist known for his pioneering fieldwork on Mesoamerican cultures, particularly the Olmec civilization.
- 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: Marshall McLuhan Triple: [Terence McKenna, influencedBy, Marshall McLuhan]
Generated description
Marshall McLuhan was a Canadian philosopher and media theorist best known for coining the phrase "the medium is the message" and for his pioneering work on how communication technologies shape human perception and society.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Marshall McLuhan Target entity description: Marshall McLuhan was a Canadian philosopher and media theorist best known for coining the phrase "the medium is the message" and for his pioneering work on how communication technologies shape human perception and society.
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A.
Wilbur Schramm
Wilbur Schramm was an influential American scholar often regarded as a founding figure of communication studies, who also played a key role in shaping creative writing education in the United States.
-
B.
Paul Baran
Paul Baran was an American engineer and pioneer of packet-switching technology whose ideas were foundational to the development of the internet.
-
C.
Jacques Ellul
Jacques Ellul was a French philosopher, sociologist, and theologian best known for his critiques of technological society and the state from a Christian perspective.
-
D.
Gregory Bateson
Gregory Bateson was an English anthropologist, social scientist, and cyberneticist known for his work on systems theory, communication, and the ecology of mind.
-
E.
Philip Drucker
Philip Drucker was an American anthropologist and archaeologist known for his pioneering fieldwork on Mesoamerican cultures, particularly the Olmec civilization.
- 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_69b3454c772081908e20173e379e8ebe |
completed | March 12, 2026, 10:59 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69b351e70a748190af6f1b709a0e75e6 |
completed | March 12, 2026, 11:53 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b5dbc925d881909fac944bc7ce5407 |
completed | March 14, 2026, 10:06 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69b5dc578b08819095cbf6ba8470d3e0 |
completed | March 14, 2026, 10:08 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69b5dd1b03508190a47bb6fb93f22ad8 |
completed | March 14, 2026, 10:11 p.m. |
Created at: March 12, 2026, 11:16 p.m.