Triple

T5969979
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Bret Stephens E132847 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object The Dying Art of Disagreement
The Dying Art of Disagreement is an essay by columnist Bret Stephens that argues for the importance of civil discourse, intellectual humility, and rigorous debate in a polarized society.
E558703 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 Dying Art of Disagreement | Statement: [Bret Stephens, notableWork, The Dying Art of Disagreement]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Dying Art of Disagreement
Context triple: [Bret Stephens, notableWork, The Dying Art of Disagreement]
  • A. Letters to a Young Contrarian
    Letters to a Young Contrarian is a book by Christopher Hitchens that offers guidance on independent thinking, skepticism, and principled dissent through a series of reflective essays.
  • B. The 50 Year Argument
    The 50 Year Argument is a documentary film that chronicles the history, influence, and cultural impact of The New York Review of Books over five decades.
  • C. Stop the Fussing and Fighting
    "Stop the Fussing and Fighting" is a roots reggae track by the British band Culture, known for its socially conscious lyrics and classic late-1970s reggae sound.
  • D. Farewell to Reason
    Farewell to Reason is a philosophical work by Paul Feyerabend that critiques rationalism and defends epistemological pluralism in science and society.
  • E. The Challenge of Facts
    "The Challenge of Facts" is an influential essay by American sociologist and classical liberal thinker William Graham Sumner that critiques moralistic interference in social and economic processes and defends empirical, scientific analysis of 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: The Dying Art of Disagreement
Triple: [Bret Stephens, notableWork, The Dying Art of Disagreement]
Generated description
The Dying Art of Disagreement is an essay by columnist Bret Stephens that argues for the importance of civil discourse, intellectual humility, and rigorous debate in a polarized society.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Dying Art of Disagreement
Target entity description: The Dying Art of Disagreement is an essay by columnist Bret Stephens that argues for the importance of civil discourse, intellectual humility, and rigorous debate in a polarized society.
  • A. Letters to a Young Contrarian
    Letters to a Young Contrarian is a book by Christopher Hitchens that offers guidance on independent thinking, skepticism, and principled dissent through a series of reflective essays.
  • B. The 50 Year Argument
    The 50 Year Argument is a documentary film that chronicles the history, influence, and cultural impact of The New York Review of Books over five decades.
  • C. Stop the Fussing and Fighting
    "Stop the Fussing and Fighting" is a roots reggae track by the British band Culture, known for its socially conscious lyrics and classic late-1970s reggae sound.
  • D. Farewell to Reason
    Farewell to Reason is a philosophical work by Paul Feyerabend that critiques rationalism and defends epistemological pluralism in science and society.
  • E. The Challenge of Facts
    "The Challenge of Facts" is an influential essay by American sociologist and classical liberal thinker William Graham Sumner that critiques moralistic interference in social and economic processes and defends empirical, scientific analysis of 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_69c0086deab081908550159ca23eec9b completed March 22, 2026, 3:19 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c03a4263e8819084e98e6c016c9532 completed March 22, 2026, 6:51 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c0e40506848190843971e772d56054 completed March 23, 2026, 6:56 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c0edb0a0808190b2b6f5fc0d7b7913 completed March 23, 2026, 7:37 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c0ee2ffbc88190a256b5cb8a98f382 completed March 23, 2026, 7:39 a.m.
Created at: March 22, 2026, 4:03 p.m.