Triple

T4400457
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Brooks Adams E93601 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object The Law of Civilization and Decay
The Law of Civilization and Decay is a historical and sociological study by Brooks Adams that analyzes the rise and fall of civilizations through economic and psychological forces.
E437810 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 Law of Civilization and Decay | Statement: [Brooks Adams, notableWork, The Law of Civilization and Decay]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Law of Civilization and Decay
Context triple: [Brooks Adams, notableWork, The Law of Civilization and Decay]
  • A. Discontent and Its Civilizations
    Discontent and Its Civilizations is a collection of essays by Pakistani author Mohsin Hamid that reflects on politics, identity, and globalization in the post-9/11 world.
  • B. Ancient Society
    Ancient Society is an 1877 work by American anthropologist Lewis H. Morgan that analyzes the evolution of human social structures from savagery through barbarism to civilization.
  • C. 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.
  • D. Unto This Last
    Unto This Last is a seminal 1860 essay collection by John Ruskin that critiques classical economics and argues for a moral, socially responsible approach to political economy.
  • E. The Crisis of the Old Order
    The Crisis of the Old Order is a historical study by Arthur Schlesinger Jr. analyzing the political, social, and economic forces that led to the collapse of the pre–New Deal system in the United States.
  • 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 Law of Civilization and Decay
Triple: [Brooks Adams, notableWork, The Law of Civilization and Decay]
Generated description
The Law of Civilization and Decay is a historical and sociological study by Brooks Adams that analyzes the rise and fall of civilizations through economic and psychological forces.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Law of Civilization and Decay
Target entity description: The Law of Civilization and Decay is a historical and sociological study by Brooks Adams that analyzes the rise and fall of civilizations through economic and psychological forces.
  • A. Discontent and Its Civilizations
    Discontent and Its Civilizations is a collection of essays by Pakistani author Mohsin Hamid that reflects on politics, identity, and globalization in the post-9/11 world.
  • B. Ancient Society
    Ancient Society is an 1877 work by American anthropologist Lewis H. Morgan that analyzes the evolution of human social structures from savagery through barbarism to civilization.
  • C. 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.
  • D. Unto This Last
    Unto This Last is a seminal 1860 essay collection by John Ruskin that critiques classical economics and argues for a moral, socially responsible approach to political economy.
  • E. The Crisis of the Old Order
    The Crisis of the Old Order is a historical study by Arthur Schlesinger Jr. analyzing the political, social, and economic forces that led to the collapse of the pre–New Deal system in the United States.
  • 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_69b345158c748190a2c040fce2da9980 completed March 12, 2026, 10:58 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69b352cd71ec8190a62320fd072f744f completed March 12, 2026, 11:57 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b5f5f2310c8190934ba9768b68dd45 completed March 14, 2026, 11:57 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b5f689da008190ae5bd42af1f95bfa completed March 15, 2026, midnight
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b5f72f5dac819081f98d835c467aca completed March 15, 2026, 12:02 a.m.
Created at: March 12, 2026, 11:28 p.m.