Triple

T6934388

Position	Surface form	Disambiguated ID	Type / Status
Subject	Gunther Stent	`E160515`	entity
Predicate	authorOf	`P4244`	FINISHED
Object	Paradoxes of Progress Paradoxes of Progress is a reflective work by molecular biologist and philosopher of science Gunther Stent that examines the social, ethical, and existential implications of scientific and technological advancement.	`E629016`	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: Paradoxes of Progress | Statement: [Gunther Stent, authorOf, Paradoxes of Progress]

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Paradoxes of Progress
Context triple: [Gunther Stent, authorOf, Paradoxes of Progress]

A. Illusions of Progress
Illusions of Progress is a political and social critique by Georges Sorel that challenges optimistic beliefs in linear social advancement and rational reform.
B. Power and Progress: Our Thousand-Year Struggle Over Technology and Prosperity
"Power and Progress: Our Thousand-Year Struggle Over Technology and Prosperity" is a historical and economic analysis that examines how technological advances have shaped inequality, political power, and shared prosperity over the past millennium.
C. The Stalled Society
The Stalled Society is a sociological work by Michel Crozier analyzing the structural and cultural causes of institutional paralysis and resistance to change in modern societies, particularly France.
D. The World’s Progress
The World’s Progress is a comprehensive reference work compiled by American publisher George Palmer Putnam that surveys major events, discoveries, and developments throughout world history.
E. The Malaise of Modernity
The Malaise of Modernity is a philosophical work by Charles Taylor that examines how individualism, instrumental reason, and the loss of shared moral horizons shape the problems and anxieties of contemporary Western society.
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: Paradoxes of Progress
Triple: [Gunther Stent, authorOf, Paradoxes of Progress]

Generated description

Paradoxes of Progress is a reflective work by molecular biologist and philosopher of science Gunther Stent that examines the social, ethical, and existential implications of scientific and technological advancement.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Paradoxes of Progress
Target entity description: Paradoxes of Progress is a reflective work by molecular biologist and philosopher of science Gunther Stent that examines the social, ethical, and existential implications of scientific and technological advancement.

A. Illusions of Progress
Illusions of Progress is a political and social critique by Georges Sorel that challenges optimistic beliefs in linear social advancement and rational reform.
B. Power and Progress: Our Thousand-Year Struggle Over Technology and Prosperity
"Power and Progress: Our Thousand-Year Struggle Over Technology and Prosperity" is a historical and economic analysis that examines how technological advances have shaped inequality, political power, and shared prosperity over the past millennium.
C. The Stalled Society
The Stalled Society is a sociological work by Michel Crozier analyzing the structural and cultural causes of institutional paralysis and resistance to change in modern societies, particularly France.
D. The World’s Progress
The World’s Progress is a comprehensive reference work compiled by American publisher George Palmer Putnam that surveys major events, discoveries, and developments throughout world history.
E. The Malaise of Modernity
The Malaise of Modernity is a philosophical work by Charles Taylor that examines how individualism, instrumental reason, and the loss of shared moral horizons shape the problems and anxieties of contemporary Western society.
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_69c6884e15208190b9e91487eaafcf85`	completed	March 27, 2026, 1:38 p.m.
NER	Named-entity recognition	`batch_69c6da415b1481908d70b92ecd5fd8e6`	completed	March 27, 2026, 7:28 p.m.
NED1	Entity disambiguation (via context triple)	`batch_69c7514ead808190bff53b49b5f331fb`	completed	March 28, 2026, 3:55 a.m.
NEDg	Description generation	`batch_69c7524d677c81909531ba9bb46f2632`	completed	March 28, 2026, 4 a.m.
NED2	Entity disambiguation (via description)	`batch_69c752bef2808190843f3cad53aa5702`	completed	March 28, 2026, 4:02 a.m.

Created at: March 27, 2026, 2:27 p.m.