Triple

T8237447
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Leo Strauss E192445 entity
Predicate influenced P9 FINISHED
Object Harry V. Jaffa
Harry V. Jaffa was an American political philosopher and historian best known for his scholarship on Abraham Lincoln, natural right, and the American founding within the Straussian tradition.
 E720839 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: Harry V. Jaffa | Statement: [Leo Strauss, influenced, Harry V. Jaffa]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Harry V. Jaffa
Context triple: [Leo Strauss, influenced, Harry V. Jaffa]
  • A. Harry Fischbeck
    Harry Fischbeck was an early American cinematographer best known as one of the founders of the American Society of Cinematographers, helping to establish professional standards and recognition for the craft.
  • B. Donald A. Wollheim
    Donald A. Wollheim was an influential American science fiction editor, publisher, and author, best known for founding DAW Books and helping to shape modern science fiction and fantasy publishing.
  • C. Frederick Hollander
    Frederick Hollander was a German-born composer and songwriter best known for his film scores and cabaret music, particularly in Hollywood during the 1930s and 1940s.
  • D. Jude U. Hofschneider
    Jude U. Hofschneider is a Northern Mariana Islands politician who has served as lieutenant governor and held various leadership roles in the territory’s government.
  • E. Harold D. Uris
    Harold D. Uris was an American real estate developer and philanthropist, best known for co-founding Uris Buildings Corporation and for his major donations to educational institutions such as Cornell University.
  • 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: Harry V. Jaffa
Triple: [Leo Strauss, influenced, Harry V. Jaffa]
Generated description
Harry V. Jaffa was an American political philosopher and historian best known for his scholarship on Abraham Lincoln, natural right, and the American founding within the Straussian tradition.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Harry V. Jaffa
Target entity description: Harry V. Jaffa was an American political philosopher and historian best known for his scholarship on Abraham Lincoln, natural right, and the American founding within the Straussian tradition.
  • A. Harry Fischbeck
    Harry Fischbeck was an early American cinematographer best known as one of the founders of the American Society of Cinematographers, helping to establish professional standards and recognition for the craft.
  • B. Donald A. Wollheim
    Donald A. Wollheim was an influential American science fiction editor, publisher, and author, best known for founding DAW Books and helping to shape modern science fiction and fantasy publishing.
  • C. Frederick Hollander
    Frederick Hollander was a German-born composer and songwriter best known for his film scores and cabaret music, particularly in Hollywood during the 1930s and 1940s.
  • D. Jude U. Hofschneider
    Jude U. Hofschneider is a Northern Mariana Islands politician who has served as lieutenant governor and held various leadership roles in the territory’s government.
  • E. Harold D. Uris
    Harold D. Uris was an American real estate developer and philanthropist, best known for co-founding Uris Buildings Corporation and for his major donations to educational institutions such as Cornell University.
  • 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_69ca82dc8f148190a2c75a98501a7b91 completed March 30, 2026, 2:04 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cb783929c081909db1182947755bae completed March 31, 2026, 7:31 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69cd3504e6ac8190b4cb12c80a7e7fc0 completed April 1, 2026, 3:08 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69cd37a47f3c81909491e9b0316c32f0 completed April 1, 2026, 3:20 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69cd4ecc8d68819099932b1ecefc0d36 completed April 1, 2026, 4:58 p.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 5:47 p.m.