Triple
T8215138
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Pure Sociology |
E191913
|
entity |
| Predicate | author |
P4
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Lester Frank Ward |
E36693
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: Lester Frank Ward | Statement: [Pure Sociology, author, Lester Frank Ward]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Lester Frank Ward Context triple: [Pure Sociology, author, Lester Frank Ward]
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A.
Lester Frank Ward
chosen
Lester Frank Ward was an American sociologist and botanist often regarded as a founding figure of American sociology, known for his progressive ideas about social planning and the role of education and government in promoting social welfare.
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B.
William Luson Thomas
William Luson Thomas was a 19th-century British wood-engraver and social reformer best known for founding the illustrated weekly newspaper The Graphic.
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C.
William Graham Sumner
William Graham Sumner was an influential American sociologist and classical liberal thinker known for his defense of laissez-faire economics and his association with Social Darwinist ideas in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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D.
Dudley Vaill Talcott
Dudley Vaill Talcott was an American sculptor and educator active in the early 20th century, known for his modernist works and contributions to art instruction.
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E.
Robert Nisbet
Robert Nisbet was a 20th-century American sociologist and conservative social theorist known for his critiques of modern individualism and the erosion of traditional communities and intermediate institutions.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69ca82c8c054819087fedd9a5436b8a3 |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:03 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cb776c5cd081908259b1c3d12285de |
completed | March 31, 2026, 7:27 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69cd34c010b48190b564fd365a5304d1 |
completed | April 1, 2026, 3:07 p.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 5:44 p.m.