Triple

T5138651
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Becker E115890 entity
Predicate hasNotableBearer P458 FINISHED
Object Howard Becker
Howard Becker was an influential American sociologist best known for his work on deviance, labeling theory, and the sociology of art and music.
E495540 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: Howard Becker | Statement: [Becker, hasNotableBearer, Howard Becker]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Howard Becker
Context triple: [Becker, hasNotableBearer, Howard Becker]
  • A. Herbert Blumer
    Herbert Blumer was an American sociologist best known for coining the term "symbolic interactionism" and significantly shaping the Chicago School of sociology.
  • B. Robert K. Merton
    Robert K. Merton was a prominent American sociologist known for his theories of social structure and anomie, the concept of self-fulfilling prophecy, and major contributions to the sociology of science.
  • C. Philip Hirschi
    Philip Hirschi is a cellist and musician best known for his work with the pioneering jazz fusion group Mahavishnu Orchestra.
  • D. Peter E. Berger
    Peter E. Berger is a film editor best known for his work on movies such as "Agnes of God."
  • E. Robert N. Bellah
    Robert N. Bellah was an influential American sociologist of religion best known for his analyses of the moral and religious dimensions of modern society.
  • 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: Howard Becker
Triple: [Becker, hasNotableBearer, Howard Becker]
Generated description
Howard Becker was an influential American sociologist best known for his work on deviance, labeling theory, and the sociology of art and music.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Howard Becker
Target entity description: Howard Becker was an influential American sociologist best known for his work on deviance, labeling theory, and the sociology of art and music.
  • A. Herbert Blumer
    Herbert Blumer was an American sociologist best known for coining the term "symbolic interactionism" and significantly shaping the Chicago School of sociology.
  • B. Robert K. Merton
    Robert K. Merton was a prominent American sociologist known for his theories of social structure and anomie, the concept of self-fulfilling prophecy, and major contributions to the sociology of science.
  • C. Philip Hirschi
    Philip Hirschi is a cellist and musician best known for his work with the pioneering jazz fusion group Mahavishnu Orchestra.
  • D. Peter E. Berger
    Peter E. Berger is a film editor best known for his work on movies such as "Agnes of God."
  • E. Robert N. Bellah
    Robert N. Bellah was an influential American sociologist of religion best known for his analyses of the moral and religious dimensions of modern society.
  • 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_69bd44459a988190a772a5c2ec6a1965 completed March 20, 2026, 12:57 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69bd787acd18819087f09db885893c3e completed March 20, 2026, 4:40 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69bec4d342c8819088f67c01d3769a6d completed March 21, 2026, 4:18 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69bec5867eac819089ee2c5eddc32a4b completed March 21, 2026, 4:21 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69bec5eb535c819097deeb331f9f0f4d completed March 21, 2026, 4:23 p.m.
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:43 p.m.