Triple
T6579764
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Talal Asad |
E157260
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entity |
| Predicate | notableWork |
P4
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FINISHED |
| Object |
Secular Translations: Nation-State, Modern Self, and Calculative Reason
"Secular Translations: Nation-State, Modern Self, and Calculative Reason" is a scholarly work by anthropologist Talal Asad that critically examines how secular modernity, state power, and notions of the self are shaped through practices of translation and calculative reasoning.
|
E599469
|
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: Secular Translations: Nation-State, Modern Self, and Calculative Reason | Statement: [Talal Asad, notableWork, Secular Translations: Nation-State, Modern Self, and Calculative Reason]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Secular Translations: Nation-State, Modern Self, and Calculative Reason Context triple: [Talal Asad, notableWork, Secular Translations: Nation-State, Modern Self, and Calculative Reason]
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A.
A Critique of Postcolonial Reason
A Critique of Postcolonial Reason is a seminal theoretical work by Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak that interrogates how Western philosophy, literature, and colonial discourse construct and silence the subaltern.
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B.
Reason, Truth and History
Reason, Truth and History is a 1981 philosophical work by Hilary Putnam that critically examines realism, reference, and the nature of truth in analytic philosophy.
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C.
The Dictatorship of Reason in the West
The Dictatorship of Reason in the West is the subtitle of John Ralston Saul’s book "Voltaire’s Bastards," which critiques how Western societies have elevated rationalism and technocratic thinking above ethics, common sense, and democratic values.
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D.
Crafting the Neoliberal State
Crafting the Neoliberal State is a scholarly work by sociologist Loïc Wacquant that analyzes how neoliberalism reshapes state power, punishment, and social policy.
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E.
The State in the Third Millennium
The State in the Third Millennium is a political treatise by Prince Hans-Adam II of Liechtenstein that explores the future role, structure, and legitimacy of the modern state in a globalized world.
- 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: Secular Translations: Nation-State, Modern Self, and Calculative Reason Triple: [Talal Asad, notableWork, Secular Translations: Nation-State, Modern Self, and Calculative Reason]
Generated description
"Secular Translations: Nation-State, Modern Self, and Calculative Reason" is a scholarly work by anthropologist Talal Asad that critically examines how secular modernity, state power, and notions of the self are shaped through practices of translation and calculative reasoning.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Secular Translations: Nation-State, Modern Self, and Calculative Reason Target entity description: "Secular Translations: Nation-State, Modern Self, and Calculative Reason" is a scholarly work by anthropologist Talal Asad that critically examines how secular modernity, state power, and notions of the self are shaped through practices of translation and calculative reasoning.
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A.
A Critique of Postcolonial Reason
A Critique of Postcolonial Reason is a seminal theoretical work by Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak that interrogates how Western philosophy, literature, and colonial discourse construct and silence the subaltern.
-
B.
Reason, Truth and History
Reason, Truth and History is a 1981 philosophical work by Hilary Putnam that critically examines realism, reference, and the nature of truth in analytic philosophy.
-
C.
The Dictatorship of Reason in the West
The Dictatorship of Reason in the West is the subtitle of John Ralston Saul’s book "Voltaire’s Bastards," which critiques how Western societies have elevated rationalism and technocratic thinking above ethics, common sense, and democratic values.
-
D.
Crafting the Neoliberal State
Crafting the Neoliberal State is a scholarly work by sociologist Loïc Wacquant that analyzes how neoliberalism reshapes state power, punishment, and social policy.
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E.
The State in the Third Millennium
The State in the Third Millennium is a political treatise by Prince Hans-Adam II of Liechtenstein that explores the future role, structure, and legitimacy of the modern state in a globalized world.
- 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_69c6882b3a108190b3a9eb343ae4162c |
completed | March 27, 2026, 1:37 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c6ae8ef4d08190b4c88aa0c15fe91c |
completed | March 27, 2026, 4:21 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c6cba5cc708190a8748160a7878b8f |
completed | March 27, 2026, 6:25 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69c6cd08a9c88190a481d4d3f8e680bf |
completed | March 27, 2026, 6:31 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69c6cdc859cc8190bbae2efc39409021 |
completed | March 27, 2026, 6:34 p.m. |
Created at: March 27, 2026, 1:54 p.m.