Triple

T5208427
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Norman Cousins E117568 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object Modern Man Is Obsolete
Modern Man Is Obsolete is a 1945 essay by Norman Cousins that reflects on the implications of nuclear weapons and modern warfare for humanity’s future and moral responsibility.
 E502942 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Phrase: Modern Man Is Obsolete | Statement: [Norman Cousins, notableWork, Modern Man Is Obsolete]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Modern Man Is Obsolete
Context triple: [Norman Cousins, notableWork, Modern Man Is Obsolete]
  • A. A Modern Man
    A Modern Man is a rapid-fire comedic monologue by George Carlin in which he satirically lists the traits, contradictions, and buzzwords of contemporary life and identity.
  • B. Man Equals Man
    Man Equals Man is a satirical play by Bertolt Brecht that explores themes of identity, dehumanization, and the malleability of the individual within militaristic and capitalist systems.
  • C. Mirror of Man
    Mirror of Man is a Middle English moral and religious poem by John Gower that explores human sin, virtue, and salvation in an encyclopedic, allegorical form.
  • D. Man on His Past
    Man on His Past is a historical work by British historian Herbert Butterfield that reflects on the nature, methods, and interpretation of history.
  • E. Ages of Man
    Ages of Man is an ancient Greek myth, famously recounted by Hesiod, that divides human history into successive declining eras from a Golden Age to an Iron Age.
  • 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: Modern Man Is Obsolete
Triple: [Norman Cousins, notableWork, Modern Man Is Obsolete]
Generated description
Modern Man Is Obsolete is a 1945 essay by Norman Cousins that reflects on the implications of nuclear weapons and modern warfare for humanity’s future and moral responsibility.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Modern Man Is Obsolete
Target entity description: Modern Man Is Obsolete is a 1945 essay by Norman Cousins that reflects on the implications of nuclear weapons and modern warfare for humanity’s future and moral responsibility.
  • A. A Modern Man
    A Modern Man is a rapid-fire comedic monologue by George Carlin in which he satirically lists the traits, contradictions, and buzzwords of contemporary life and identity.
  • B. Man Equals Man
    Man Equals Man is a satirical play by Bertolt Brecht that explores themes of identity, dehumanization, and the malleability of the individual within militaristic and capitalist systems.
  • C. Mirror of Man
    Mirror of Man is a Middle English moral and religious poem by John Gower that explores human sin, virtue, and salvation in an encyclopedic, allegorical form.
  • D. Man on His Past
    Man on His Past is a historical work by British historian Herbert Butterfield that reflects on the nature, methods, and interpretation of history.
  • E. Ages of Man
    Ages of Man is an ancient Greek myth, famously recounted by Hesiod, that divides human history into successive declining eras from a Golden Age to an Iron Age.
  • 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_69bd4463dd3c81909966123f20b79d57 completed March 20, 2026, 12:58 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69bd7a6d70d081908c74e86b3bca9ba2 completed March 20, 2026, 4:48 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69beefd4b75c8190b1b87b8d93925245 completed March 21, 2026, 7:21 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69bef0761c208190bac06ff1f92c8224 completed March 21, 2026, 7:24 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69bef14ca27c81909a5a44155c9ddaf9 completed March 21, 2026, 7:28 p.m.
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:47 p.m.