Triple

T5660567
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Michael Ignatieff E124726 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object The Lesser Evil
The Lesser Evil is a political philosophy book by Michael Ignatieff that examines how democracies can confront terrorism and other threats while compromising as little as possible on civil liberties and human rights.
 E537895 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 Lesser Evil | Statement: [Michael Ignatieff, notableWork, The Lesser Evil]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: The Lesser Evil
Context triple: [Michael Ignatieff, notableWork, The Lesser Evil]
  • A. Necessary Evil
    "Necessary Evil" is a popular studio album by Ghanaian dancehall and reggae artist Stonebwoy that helped solidify his prominence in the African music scene.
  • B. The Consequences
    The Consequences is a notable work associated with the creator or project known as Consequence, recognized for its significance within their body of work.
  • C. The Righteous
    The Righteous is a film written by and starring Mark O'Brien, known as a brooding psychological horror drama with strong religious and moral themes.
  • D. The Great Betrayal
    The Great Betrayal is a political book by Pat Buchanan that critiques free trade and globalization from a nationalist, protectionist perspective.
  • E. The Menacing Power
    "The Menacing Power" is an episode title from the 1939 science fiction movie serial *The Phantom Creeps*, starring Bela Lugosi as a mad scientist.
  • 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 Lesser Evil
Triple: [Michael Ignatieff, notableWork, The Lesser Evil]
Generated description
The Lesser Evil is a political philosophy book by Michael Ignatieff that examines how democracies can confront terrorism and other threats while compromising as little as possible on civil liberties and human rights.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: The Lesser Evil
Target entity description: The Lesser Evil is a political philosophy book by Michael Ignatieff that examines how democracies can confront terrorism and other threats while compromising as little as possible on civil liberties and human rights.
  • A. Necessary Evil
    "Necessary Evil" is a popular studio album by Ghanaian dancehall and reggae artist Stonebwoy that helped solidify his prominence in the African music scene.
  • B. The Consequences
    The Consequences is a notable work associated with the creator or project known as Consequence, recognized for its significance within their body of work.
  • C. The Righteous
    The Righteous is a film written by and starring Mark O'Brien, known as a brooding psychological horror drama with strong religious and moral themes.
  • D. The Great Betrayal
    The Great Betrayal is a political book by Pat Buchanan that critiques free trade and globalization from a nationalist, protectionist perspective.
  • E. The Menacing Power
    "The Menacing Power" is an episode title from the 1939 science fiction movie serial *The Phantom Creeps*, starring Bela Lugosi as a mad scientist.
  • 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_69c0082774a481909d7e63fb2aad56ac completed March 22, 2026, 3:17 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c0232077448190afdef460671eaf4f completed March 22, 2026, 5:13 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c04da6fa808190a3c500ee664bb150 completed March 22, 2026, 8:14 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c04edf30448190a60eda49b8b031a0 completed March 22, 2026, 8:19 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c04fb62690819083327781cb857ccc completed March 22, 2026, 8:23 p.m.
Created at: March 22, 2026, 3:42 p.m.