Triple
T6383566
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Talcott Parsons |
E143643
|
entity |
| Predicate | influenced |
P9
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Robert K. Merton |
E236835
|
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: Robert K. Merton | Statement: [Talcott Parsons, influenced, Robert K. Merton]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Robert K. Merton Context triple: [Talcott Parsons, influenced, Robert K. Merton]
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A.
Robert K. Merton
chosen
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.
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B.
Herbert Blumer
Herbert Blumer was an American sociologist best known for coining the term "symbolic interactionism" and significantly shaping the Chicago School of sociology.
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C.
Talcott Parsons
Talcott Parsons was a prominent American sociologist best known for developing structural functionalism and influential grand theories of social systems and action.
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D.
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.
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E.
Norman H. Nie
Norman H. Nie was an American political scientist and social researcher best known as a co-creator of the SPSS statistical software and for his influential work on political participation and survey research.
- 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_69c008dac1ec81909cef8157ccd69962 |
completed | March 22, 2026, 3:20 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c06856434481909cbbca1c12c6e070 |
completed | March 22, 2026, 10:08 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c638791ce8819081aeec3b11e1c96e |
completed | March 27, 2026, 7:57 a.m. |
Created at: March 22, 2026, 4:34 p.m.