Triple

T6464360
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Epstein E142195 entity
Predicate isCategoryOf P19933 FINISHED
Object Mikhail Epstein
Mikhail Epstein is a Russian-American literary theorist and cultural philosopher known for his work on postmodernism, Russian intellectual history, and the future of the humanities.
E598315 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: Mikhail Epstein | Statement: [Epstein, isCategoryOf, Mikhail Epstein]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mikhail Epstein
Context triple: [Epstein, isCategoryOf, Mikhail Epstein]
  • A. Aleksandr Epstein
    Aleksandr Epstein is a person whose specific public background or notable achievements are not clearly documented in widely available sources.
  • B. Mikhail Bronshtein
    Mikhail Bronshtein is a notable individual who shares the surname Bronstein, which is associated with several prominent figures in fields such as mathematics, physics, and chess.
  • C. Boris Thomashefsky
    Boris Thomashefsky was a pioneering star of the American Yiddish theater, known for popularizing Yiddish-language stage productions among immigrant audiences in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
  • D. Yakov Rechter
    Yakov Rechter was a prominent Israeli architect known for his modernist public buildings and cultural institutions, which helped shape the architectural landscape of Israel in the 20th century.
  • E. Grigory Shtern
    Grigory Shtern was a Soviet Red Army commander and corps-level officer who played a prominent role in pre–World War II conflicts, including key operations against Japan and in the Winter War.
  • 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: Mikhail Epstein
Triple: [Epstein, isCategoryOf, Mikhail Epstein]
Generated description
Mikhail Epstein is a Russian-American literary theorist and cultural philosopher known for his work on postmodernism, Russian intellectual history, and the future of the humanities.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mikhail Epstein
Target entity description: Mikhail Epstein is a Russian-American literary theorist and cultural philosopher known for his work on postmodernism, Russian intellectual history, and the future of the humanities.
  • A. Aleksandr Epstein
    Aleksandr Epstein is a person whose specific public background or notable achievements are not clearly documented in widely available sources.
  • B. Mikhail Bronshtein
    Mikhail Bronshtein is a notable individual who shares the surname Bronstein, which is associated with several prominent figures in fields such as mathematics, physics, and chess.
  • C. Boris Thomashefsky
    Boris Thomashefsky was a pioneering star of the American Yiddish theater, known for popularizing Yiddish-language stage productions among immigrant audiences in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
  • D. Yakov Rechter
    Yakov Rechter was a prominent Israeli architect known for his modernist public buildings and cultural institutions, which helped shape the architectural landscape of Israel in the 20th century.
  • E. Grigory Shtern
    Grigory Shtern was a Soviet Red Army commander and corps-level officer who played a prominent role in pre–World War II conflicts, including key operations against Japan and in the Winter War.
  • 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_69c008d3bf4c8190bcf798c5ba9d6fb3 completed March 22, 2026, 3:20 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c06a10305081909521ee200cf70a30 completed March 22, 2026, 10:15 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c669e06d088190baf3b220bd3bc56c completed March 27, 2026, 11:28 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c670d1f55081909b53da5fc57f516e completed March 27, 2026, 11:58 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c67161e2e88190918e03f88e88508f completed March 27, 2026, noon
Created at: March 22, 2026, 4:49 p.m.