Triple
T10990938
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
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| Subject | Jack F. Matlock Jr. |
E259751
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| Predicate | notableWork |
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| Object |
Superpower Illusions: How Myths and False Ideologies Led America Astray—and How to Return to Reality
Superpower Illusions: How Myths and False Ideologies Led America Astray—and How to Return to Reality is a book by former U.S. ambassador Jack F. Matlock Jr. that critiques American foreign policy misconceptions after the Cold War and argues for a more realistic, diplomacy-focused approach to global affairs.
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E898456
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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: Superpower Illusions: How Myths and False Ideologies Led America Astray—and How to Return to Reality | Statement: [Jack F. Matlock Jr., notableWork, Superpower Illusions: How Myths and False Ideologies Led America Astray—and How to Return to Reality]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Superpower Illusions: How Myths and False Ideologies Led America Astray—and How to Return to Reality Context triple: [Jack F. Matlock Jr., notableWork, Superpower Illusions: How Myths and False Ideologies Led America Astray—and How to Return to Reality]
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A.
The Paradox of American Power
The Paradox of American Power is a book by political scientist Joseph S. Nye Jr. that analyzes the limits of U.S. dominance and argues for combining military strength with economic and soft power in a globalized world.
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B.
Blowback: The Costs and Consequences of American Empire
Blowback: The Costs and Consequences of American Empire is a nonfiction book by Chalmers Johnson that critiques U.S. foreign policy and explores how American military and economic interventions abroad generate unintended and often violent repercussions.
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C.
In the Shadows of the American Century: The Rise and Decline of U.S. Global Power
*In the Shadows of the American Century: The Rise and Decline of U.S. Global Power* is a historical and geopolitical study that examines how the United States built its global dominance and why that power is now in relative decline.
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D.
Exceptional: Why the World Needs a Powerful America
"Exceptional: Why the World Needs a Powerful America" is a political and historical book arguing for a robust U.S. global leadership role and defending the idea of American exceptionalism.
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E.
Losing America: Confronting a Reckless and Arrogant Presidency
Losing America: Confronting a Reckless and Arrogant Presidency is a political book by U.S. Senator Robert Byrd that sharply criticizes the George W. Bush administration’s policies and expansion of executive power.
- 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: Superpower Illusions: How Myths and False Ideologies Led America Astray—and How to Return to Reality Triple: [Jack F. Matlock Jr., notableWork, Superpower Illusions: How Myths and False Ideologies Led America Astray—and How to Return to Reality]
Generated description
Superpower Illusions: How Myths and False Ideologies Led America Astray—and How to Return to Reality is a book by former U.S. ambassador Jack F. Matlock Jr. that critiques American foreign policy misconceptions after the Cold War and argues for a more realistic, diplomacy-focused approach to global affairs.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Superpower Illusions: How Myths and False Ideologies Led America Astray—and How to Return to Reality Target entity description: Superpower Illusions: How Myths and False Ideologies Led America Astray—and How to Return to Reality is a book by former U.S. ambassador Jack F. Matlock Jr. that critiques American foreign policy misconceptions after the Cold War and argues for a more realistic, diplomacy-focused approach to global affairs.
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A.
The Paradox of American Power
The Paradox of American Power is a book by political scientist Joseph S. Nye Jr. that analyzes the limits of U.S. dominance and argues for combining military strength with economic and soft power in a globalized world.
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B.
Blowback: The Costs and Consequences of American Empire
Blowback: The Costs and Consequences of American Empire is a nonfiction book by Chalmers Johnson that critiques U.S. foreign policy and explores how American military and economic interventions abroad generate unintended and often violent repercussions.
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C.
In the Shadows of the American Century: The Rise and Decline of U.S. Global Power
*In the Shadows of the American Century: The Rise and Decline of U.S. Global Power* is a historical and geopolitical study that examines how the United States built its global dominance and why that power is now in relative decline.
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D.
Exceptional: Why the World Needs a Powerful America
"Exceptional: Why the World Needs a Powerful America" is a political and historical book arguing for a robust U.S. global leadership role and defending the idea of American exceptionalism.
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E.
Losing America: Confronting a Reckless and Arrogant Presidency
Losing America: Confronting a Reckless and Arrogant Presidency is a political book by U.S. Senator Robert Byrd that sharply criticizes the George W. Bush administration’s policies and expansion of executive power.
- 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_69d6aa8a6a548190a750f944ccdc8064 |
completed | April 8, 2026, 7:20 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d787b8d7088190b7d6b63c3bac4ad1 |
completed | April 9, 2026, 11:04 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69e34504ebec8190a78e4795765b0c24 |
completed | April 18, 2026, 8:47 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69e3556fd3548190a33f04604be947cf |
completed | April 18, 2026, 9:57 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69e3593b0f8481909ed7a90f8bb9839d |
completed | April 18, 2026, 10:13 a.m. |
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:24 p.m.