Triple

T7908034
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject John Millar E183624 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object The Origin of the Distinction of Ranks
The Origin of the Distinction of Ranks is an 18th-century sociological and historical treatise by John Millar that analyzes the development of social hierarchy and class structures in human societies.
E696628 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 Origin of the Distinction of Ranks | Statement: [John Millar, notableWork, The Origin of the Distinction of Ranks]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Origin of the Distinction of Ranks
Context triple: [John Millar, notableWork, The Origin of the Distinction of Ranks]
  • A. An Essay Toward an Autobiography of a Race Concept
    "An Essay Toward an Autobiography of a Race Concept" is the subtitle of W. E. B. Du Bois’s 1940 work *Dusk of Dawn*, in which he reflects on his life and the evolving idea of race in American and global history.
  • B. The Origin and Goal of History
    The Origin and Goal of History is a philosophical work by Karl Jaspers that explores the meaning, structure, and spiritual dimensions of human history, introducing his influential concept of the "Axial Age."
  • C. The Notion of Authority
    The Notion of Authority is a philosophical work by Alexandre Kojève that analyzes the nature, foundations, and types of authority in social and political life.
  • D. Discourse on the Origin and Basis of Inequality Among Men
    Discourse on the Origin and Basis of Inequality Among Men is a philosophical treatise by Jean-Jacques Rousseau that examines the development of human society and the origins of social and economic inequality.
  • E. Letters on the Study and Use of History
    Letters on the Study and Use of History is an 18th-century series of essays by Henry St John, Viscount Bolingbroke, offering a philosophical and practical reflection on how history should be studied and applied to politics and moral life.
  • 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 Origin of the Distinction of Ranks
Triple: [John Millar, notableWork, The Origin of the Distinction of Ranks]
Generated description
The Origin of the Distinction of Ranks is an 18th-century sociological and historical treatise by John Millar that analyzes the development of social hierarchy and class structures in human societies.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Origin of the Distinction of Ranks
Target entity description: The Origin of the Distinction of Ranks is an 18th-century sociological and historical treatise by John Millar that analyzes the development of social hierarchy and class structures in human societies.
  • A. An Essay Toward an Autobiography of a Race Concept
    "An Essay Toward an Autobiography of a Race Concept" is the subtitle of W. E. B. Du Bois’s 1940 work *Dusk of Dawn*, in which he reflects on his life and the evolving idea of race in American and global history.
  • B. The Origin and Goal of History
    The Origin and Goal of History is a philosophical work by Karl Jaspers that explores the meaning, structure, and spiritual dimensions of human history, introducing his influential concept of the "Axial Age."
  • C. The Notion of Authority
    The Notion of Authority is a philosophical work by Alexandre Kojève that analyzes the nature, foundations, and types of authority in social and political life.
  • D. Discourse on the Origin and Basis of Inequality Among Men
    Discourse on the Origin and Basis of Inequality Among Men is a philosophical treatise by Jean-Jacques Rousseau that examines the development of human society and the origins of social and economic inequality.
  • E. Letters on the Study and Use of History
    Letters on the Study and Use of History is an 18th-century series of essays by Henry St John, Viscount Bolingbroke, offering a philosophical and practical reflection on how history should be studied and applied to politics and moral life.
  • 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_69ca828dec0c81908b8f55a4dbbb53ff completed March 30, 2026, 2:02 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cb3a59de00819099f1ce02bb469e75 completed March 31, 2026, 3:07 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69cb5bd0024c81909679a45612bcb1a7 completed March 31, 2026, 5:29 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69cb5f1f864c819086d3a2b04061ead0 completed March 31, 2026, 5:43 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69cb76aede388190a56e066c3302c35e completed March 31, 2026, 7:24 a.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 5:03 p.m.