Triple
T627881
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Paul R. Ehrlich |
E15858
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableWork |
P4
|
FINISHED |
| Object | "The Population Bomb" |
E78711
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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 Population Bomb" | Statement: [Paul R. Ehrlich, notableWork, "The Population Bomb"]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: "The Population Bomb" Context triple: [Paul R. Ehrlich, notableWork, "The Population Bomb"]
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A.
the book "The Population Bomb"
chosen
"The Population Bomb" is a 1968 book by biologist Paul R. Ehrlich that famously warned of imminent global overpopulation crises and helped spark widespread debate about population growth and environmental limits.
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B.
Battle for Grain
The Battle for Grain was a major Fascist Italian agricultural policy initiative launched by Benito Mussolini in the 1920s to boost domestic wheat production and reduce reliance on foreign imports.
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C.
Malthusian catastrophe
A Malthusian catastrophe is a theoretical scenario in which unchecked population growth outstrips food production, leading to widespread famine, disease, and social collapse.
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D.
The Sixth Extinction
The Sixth Extinction is a nonfiction book by Elizabeth Kolbert that examines humanity’s role in causing an ongoing mass extinction of species and its implications for the planet’s future.
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E.
Populorum progressio
Populorum progressio is a 1967 papal encyclical that addresses global economic justice, development of peoples, and the moral dimensions of poverty and inequality.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69a4935c131c8190a5378c6bf101e8cc |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:28 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a49e59e2688190b3c18b17c5db1e2b |
completed | March 1, 2026, 8:15 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69a56c4b64088190a033462dd923f5b2 |
completed | March 2, 2026, 10:54 a.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:35 p.m.