Triple

T7109450
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Society Must Be Defended E165670 entity
Predicate translator P5475 FINISHED
Object David Macey
David Macey was a British translator and intellectual historian best known for bringing the works of French theorists such as Michel Foucault and Frantz Fanon to English-speaking audiences.
E642039 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: David Macey | Statement: [Society Must Be Defended, translator, David Macey]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: David Macey
Context triple: [Society Must Be Defended, translator, David Macey]
  • A. Matthew Parris
    Matthew Parris is a British political commentator, columnist, and former Conservative MP known for his incisive and often witty analysis of UK politics.
  • B. Noel Barber
    Noel Barber was a British journalist and novelist known for his adventurous reporting and bestselling historical romances, often drawing on his experiences during World War II.
  • C. Peter Hitchens
    Peter Hitchens is a British journalist, author, and conservative commentator known for his columns in The Mail on Sunday and his critiques of modern liberalism and social policy.
  • D. Andrew Cockburn
    Andrew Cockburn is a British-American journalist and author known for his investigative reporting and books on national security, military affairs, and U.S. foreign policy.
  • E. Jonathan Coe
    Jonathan Coe is a British novelist and satirist best known for works such as "What a Carve Up!" and "The Rotters' Club," which often blend political commentary with dark humor.
  • 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: David Macey
Triple: [Society Must Be Defended, translator, David Macey]
Generated description
David Macey was a British translator and intellectual historian best known for bringing the works of French theorists such as Michel Foucault and Frantz Fanon to English-speaking audiences.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: David Macey
Target entity description: David Macey was a British translator and intellectual historian best known for bringing the works of French theorists such as Michel Foucault and Frantz Fanon to English-speaking audiences.
  • A. Matthew Parris
    Matthew Parris is a British political commentator, columnist, and former Conservative MP known for his incisive and often witty analysis of UK politics.
  • B. Noel Barber
    Noel Barber was a British journalist and novelist known for his adventurous reporting and bestselling historical romances, often drawing on his experiences during World War II.
  • C. Peter Hitchens
    Peter Hitchens is a British journalist, author, and conservative commentator known for his columns in The Mail on Sunday and his critiques of modern liberalism and social policy.
  • D. Andrew Cockburn
    Andrew Cockburn is a British-American journalist and author known for his investigative reporting and books on national security, military affairs, and U.S. foreign policy.
  • E. Jonathan Coe
    Jonathan Coe is a British novelist and satirist best known for works such as "What a Carve Up!" and "The Rotters' Club," which often blend political commentary with dark humor.
  • 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_69c6888120f081908f8f01b201dc4a4c completed March 27, 2026, 1:39 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c6e5bcf3e08190bd8c6cf896c416c4 completed March 27, 2026, 8:17 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c79cb8d4988190945516cee5d6d53b completed March 28, 2026, 9:17 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c79d3feacc819097887064a7439340 completed March 28, 2026, 9:20 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c79df3f5648190981176b6c9791181 completed March 28, 2026, 9:23 a.m.
Created at: March 27, 2026, 2:43 p.m.