Triple
T7353202
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Ian Hacking |
E169555
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableWork |
P4
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
The Social Construction of What?
The Social Construction of What? is a 1999 philosophical book by Ian Hacking that critically examines and clarifies the concept of social construction across science, knowledge, and reality.
|
E659166
|
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: The Social Construction of What? | Statement: [Ian Hacking, notableWork, The Social Construction of What?]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Social Construction of What? Context triple: [Ian Hacking, notableWork, The Social Construction of What?]
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A.
Rethinking Social Inquiry
Rethinking Social Inquiry is a methodological volume in political science that critiques and extends the quantitative, positivist approach of Designing Social Inquiry by advocating for pluralistic, case-based, and mixed-method research strategies.
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B.
Reality as Social Process
Reality as Social Process is a major philosophical work by Charles Hartshorne that develops a process-oriented, relational view of reality within the tradition of process theology and metaphysics.
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C.
Modern Social Imaginaries
Modern Social Imaginaries is a philosophical work by Charles Taylor that explores how shared social understandings and collective imaginaries shape modern Western institutions, practices, and identities.
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D.
Strength and Weakness of the Social Sciences
"Strength and Weakness of the Social Sciences" is a critical work by biologist and philosopher Gunther Stent that examines the methodological limits, explanatory power, and epistemological status of the social sciences in comparison to the natural sciences.
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E.
The Social Framework
The Social Framework is an influential economics book by John R. Hicks that presents a systematic introduction to the structure and functioning of a modern economic system.
- 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: The Social Construction of What? Triple: [Ian Hacking, notableWork, The Social Construction of What?]
Generated description
The Social Construction of What? is a 1999 philosophical book by Ian Hacking that critically examines and clarifies the concept of social construction across science, knowledge, and reality.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Social Construction of What? Target entity description: The Social Construction of What? is a 1999 philosophical book by Ian Hacking that critically examines and clarifies the concept of social construction across science, knowledge, and reality.
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A.
Rethinking Social Inquiry
Rethinking Social Inquiry is a methodological volume in political science that critiques and extends the quantitative, positivist approach of Designing Social Inquiry by advocating for pluralistic, case-based, and mixed-method research strategies.
-
B.
Reality as Social Process
Reality as Social Process is a major philosophical work by Charles Hartshorne that develops a process-oriented, relational view of reality within the tradition of process theology and metaphysics.
-
C.
Modern Social Imaginaries
Modern Social Imaginaries is a philosophical work by Charles Taylor that explores how shared social understandings and collective imaginaries shape modern Western institutions, practices, and identities.
-
D.
Strength and Weakness of the Social Sciences
"Strength and Weakness of the Social Sciences" is a critical work by biologist and philosopher Gunther Stent that examines the methodological limits, explanatory power, and epistemological status of the social sciences in comparison to the natural sciences.
-
E.
The Social Framework
The Social Framework is an influential economics book by John R. Hicks that presents a systematic introduction to the structure and functioning of a modern economic system.
- 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_69c68a5878888190968ce4d04db8d69f |
completed | March 27, 2026, 1:47 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c6f10d3ef88190b3a0763d80b1e726 |
completed | March 27, 2026, 9:05 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c7fa9dfbac8190993c866cda169633 |
completed | March 28, 2026, 3:58 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69c7fb9f863c8190bedb3074664ee146 |
completed | March 28, 2026, 4:02 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69c7fc2f66248190bac3fa24d530b938 |
completed | March 28, 2026, 4:05 p.m. |
Created at: March 27, 2026, 3:05 p.m.