Triple

T8237462
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Leo Strauss E192445 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object Thoughts on Machiavelli
"Thoughts on Machiavelli" is a seminal work of political philosophy by Leo Strauss that offers a close, controversial reinterpretation of Machiavelli’s writings and their implications for modern political thought.
E720846 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: Thoughts on Machiavelli | Statement: [Leo Strauss, notableWork, Thoughts on Machiavelli]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thoughts on Machiavelli
Context triple: [Leo Strauss, notableWork, Thoughts on Machiavelli]
  • A. The Originality of Machiavelli
    The Originality of Machiavelli is an influential essay by Isaiah Berlin that examines Machiavelli’s distinctive political thought and its break with traditional moral and religious frameworks.
  • B. Considerazioni intorno ai Discorsi del Machiavelli
    Considerazioni intorno ai Discorsi del Machiavelli is a critical commentary by Francesco Guicciardini in which he analyzes and often challenges the political theories presented in Niccolò Machiavelli’s Discourses on Livy.
  • C. The New Machiavelli
    The New Machiavelli is a 1911 political novel by H. G. Wells that satirically explores British politics and personal morality through the rise and fall of an ambitious reformist politician.
  • D. Machiavel
    Machiavel is a personified version of Niccolò Machiavelli’s cynical political philosophy, often used in Renaissance drama as a scheming, amoral commentator on events.
  • E. Anti-Machiavel
    Anti-Machiavel is an 18th-century political treatise by Frederick II of Prussia that refutes Machiavelli’s principles in The Prince and advocates for enlightened, moral rulership.
  • 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: Thoughts on Machiavelli
Triple: [Leo Strauss, notableWork, Thoughts on Machiavelli]
Generated description
"Thoughts on Machiavelli" is a seminal work of political philosophy by Leo Strauss that offers a close, controversial reinterpretation of Machiavelli’s writings and their implications for modern political thought.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thoughts on Machiavelli
Target entity description: "Thoughts on Machiavelli" is a seminal work of political philosophy by Leo Strauss that offers a close, controversial reinterpretation of Machiavelli’s writings and their implications for modern political thought.
  • A. The Originality of Machiavelli
    The Originality of Machiavelli is an influential essay by Isaiah Berlin that examines Machiavelli’s distinctive political thought and its break with traditional moral and religious frameworks.
  • B. Considerazioni intorno ai Discorsi del Machiavelli
    Considerazioni intorno ai Discorsi del Machiavelli is a critical commentary by Francesco Guicciardini in which he analyzes and often challenges the political theories presented in Niccolò Machiavelli’s Discourses on Livy.
  • C. The New Machiavelli
    The New Machiavelli is a 1911 political novel by H. G. Wells that satirically explores British politics and personal morality through the rise and fall of an ambitious reformist politician.
  • D. Machiavel
    Machiavel is a personified version of Niccolò Machiavelli’s cynical political philosophy, often used in Renaissance drama as a scheming, amoral commentator on events.
  • E. Anti-Machiavel
    Anti-Machiavel is an 18th-century political treatise by Frederick II of Prussia that refutes Machiavelli’s principles in The Prince and advocates for enlightened, moral rulership.
  • 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.