Triple

T9111402
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Michael Mann (historian) E218608 entity
Predicate name P16 FINISHED
Object Michael Mann
Michael Mann is a British historical sociologist known for his influential multi-volume work "The Sources of Social Power," which analyzes the development of societies through interrelated power networks.
 E779054 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: Michael Mann | Statement: [Michael Mann (historian), name, Michael Mann]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Michael Mann
Context triple: [Michael Mann (historian), name, Michael Mann]
  • A. Michael Mann
    Michael Mann is an American filmmaker renowned for his stylish, atmospheric crime dramas and thrillers such as "Heat," "Collateral," and "Manhunter."
  • B. Michael Mann
    Michael Mann was a German sociologist and political scientist, son of writer Thomas Mann, known for his work on the sociology of power and social structures.
  • C. Brad Anderson
    Brad Anderson is an American film and television director known for psychological thrillers and genre films such as "The Machinist" and "Session 9."
  • D. Michael Cimino
    Michael Cimino was an American film director and screenwriter best known for his ambitious, visually striking dramas and his Oscar-winning work on the Vietnam War epic "The Deer Hunter."
  • E. Michael Aldrich
    Michael Aldrich was a British inventor and entrepreneur best known for pioneering online shopping and developing one of the first systems to connect consumers to businesses via a domestic television and telephone line.
  • 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: Michael Mann
Triple: [Michael Mann (historian), name, Michael Mann]
Generated description
Michael Mann is a British historical sociologist known for his influential multi-volume work "The Sources of Social Power," which analyzes the development of societies through interrelated power networks.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Michael Mann
Target entity description: Michael Mann is a British historical sociologist known for his influential multi-volume work "The Sources of Social Power," which analyzes the development of societies through interrelated power networks.
  • A. Michael Mann
    Michael Mann is an American filmmaker renowned for his stylish, atmospheric crime dramas and thrillers such as "Heat," "Collateral," and "Manhunter."
  • B. Michael Mann
    Michael Mann was a German sociologist and political scientist, son of writer Thomas Mann, known for his work on the sociology of power and social structures.
  • C. Brad Anderson
    Brad Anderson is an American film and television director known for psychological thrillers and genre films such as "The Machinist" and "Session 9."
  • D. Michael Cimino
    Michael Cimino was an American film director and screenwriter best known for his ambitious, visually striking dramas and his Oscar-winning work on the Vietnam War epic "The Deer Hunter."
  • E. Michael Aldrich
    Michael Aldrich was a British inventor and entrepreneur best known for pioneering online shopping and developing one of the first systems to connect consumers to businesses via a domestic television and telephone line.
  • 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_69ca83dc94ac8190b9ef42684d36ff39 completed March 30, 2026, 2:08 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cca8495c448190b9bb3803fb2dda70 completed April 1, 2026, 5:08 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69d030467b188190a6d99bf2fc65207d completed April 3, 2026, 9:25 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69d0316f47c88190920843b469d15069 completed April 3, 2026, 9:30 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69d032778adc8190a087497507a6e1ca completed April 3, 2026, 9:34 p.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 7:16 p.m.