Triple
T6898991
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Niall Ferguson |
E159444
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entity |
| Predicate | notableWork |
P4
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FINISHED |
| Object |
Colossus: The Rise and Fall of the American Empire
Colossus: The Rise and Fall of the American Empire is a historical and political analysis book that examines the nature, ambitions, and limitations of American global power in the modern era.
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E626948
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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: Colossus: The Rise and Fall of the American Empire | Statement: [Niall Ferguson, notableWork, Colossus: The Rise and Fall of the American Empire]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Colossus: The Rise and Fall of the American Empire Context triple: [Niall Ferguson, notableWork, Colossus: The Rise and Fall of the American Empire]
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A.
The American Empire Project
The American Empire Project is a book series that critically examines U.S. foreign policy, militarism, and global dominance from a left-leaning, often anti-imperialist perspective.
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B.
Dismantling the Empire
Dismantling the Empire is a political analysis book by Chalmers Johnson that critiques U.S. militarism and imperial overreach and warns of its consequences for American democracy.
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C.
The Sorrows of Empire: Militarism, Secrecy, and the End of the Republic
"The Sorrows of Empire: Militarism, Secrecy, and the End of the Republic" is a non-fiction book by Chalmers Johnson that critiques U.S. imperial overreach, permanent war, and the erosion of American democracy.
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D.
A People’s History of American Empire
A People’s History of American Empire is a graphic history book that adapts Howard Zinn’s radical, bottom-up account of U.S. imperialism and foreign policy for a broad, visually driven audience.
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E.
These Truths: A History of the United States
These Truths: A History of the United States is a sweeping, critically acclaimed single-volume history that examines the American experiment in democracy from its founding to the present, written by historian Jill Lepore.
- 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: Colossus: The Rise and Fall of the American Empire Triple: [Niall Ferguson, notableWork, Colossus: The Rise and Fall of the American Empire]
Generated description
Colossus: The Rise and Fall of the American Empire is a historical and political analysis book that examines the nature, ambitions, and limitations of American global power in the modern era.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Colossus: The Rise and Fall of the American Empire Target entity description: Colossus: The Rise and Fall of the American Empire is a historical and political analysis book that examines the nature, ambitions, and limitations of American global power in the modern era.
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A.
The American Empire Project
The American Empire Project is a book series that critically examines U.S. foreign policy, militarism, and global dominance from a left-leaning, often anti-imperialist perspective.
-
B.
Dismantling the Empire
Dismantling the Empire is a political analysis book by Chalmers Johnson that critiques U.S. militarism and imperial overreach and warns of its consequences for American democracy.
-
C.
The Sorrows of Empire: Militarism, Secrecy, and the End of the Republic
"The Sorrows of Empire: Militarism, Secrecy, and the End of the Republic" is a non-fiction book by Chalmers Johnson that critiques U.S. imperial overreach, permanent war, and the erosion of American democracy.
-
D.
A People’s History of American Empire
A People’s History of American Empire is a graphic history book that adapts Howard Zinn’s radical, bottom-up account of U.S. imperialism and foreign policy for a broad, visually driven audience.
-
E.
These Truths: A History of the United States
These Truths: A History of the United States is a sweeping, critically acclaimed single-volume history that examines the American experiment in democracy from its founding to the present, written by historian Jill Lepore.
- 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_69c6883822e0819091e321526f20ae0a |
completed | March 27, 2026, 1:38 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c6d95d67448190857f36b8115b03f6 |
completed | March 27, 2026, 7:24 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c748eb23888190bca6e42dc03ab31b |
completed | March 28, 2026, 3:20 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69c749b9f4048190b7f8564f804e1231 |
completed | March 28, 2026, 3:23 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69c74a8b5af88190a60782e247129d1a |
completed | March 28, 2026, 3:27 a.m. |
Created at: March 27, 2026, 2:24 p.m.