Triple
T124795
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Franz Boas |
E2523
|
entity |
| Predicate | knownFor |
P22
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Boasian anthropology
Boasian anthropology is a foundational school of thought in anthropology that emphasizes cultural relativism, historical particularism, and rigorous empirical fieldwork to understand human societies on their own terms.
|
E2523
|
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: Boasian anthropology | Statement: [Franz Boas, knownFor, Boasian anthropology]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Boasian anthropology Context triple: [Franz Boas, knownFor, Boasian anthropology]
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A.
sociobiology
Sociobiology is a field of study that examines the biological and evolutionary basis of social behavior in animals, including humans.
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B.
Franz Boas
Franz Boas was a pioneering German-American anthropologist often regarded as the "father of American anthropology" for his foundational work in cultural relativism and field-based ethnographic research.
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C.
Social Darwinism
Social Darwinism is a 19th-century social theory that applied Charles Darwin’s ideas of natural selection to human societies, often to justify economic inequality, competition, and laissez-faire capitalism.
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D.
evolutionary psychology
Evolutionary psychology is a field of psychology that explains human thoughts, feelings, and behaviors as adaptations shaped by natural selection over our species’ evolutionary history.
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E.
The Geological Evidence of the Antiquity of Man
The Geological Evidence of the Antiquity of Man is an 1863 scientific work by Charles Lyell that marshals geological and fossil evidence to argue for the great age of humanity and to support evolutionary ideas.
- 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: Boasian anthropology Triple: [Franz Boas, knownFor, Boasian anthropology]
Generated description
Boasian anthropology is a foundational school of thought in anthropology that emphasizes cultural relativism, historical particularism, and rigorous empirical fieldwork to understand human societies on their own terms.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Boasian anthropology Target entity description: Boasian anthropology is a foundational school of thought in anthropology that emphasizes cultural relativism, historical particularism, and rigorous empirical fieldwork to understand human societies on their own terms.
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A.
sociobiology
Sociobiology is a field of study that examines the biological and evolutionary basis of social behavior in animals, including humans.
-
B.
Franz Boas
chosen
Franz Boas was a pioneering German-American anthropologist often regarded as the "father of American anthropology" for his foundational work in cultural relativism and field-based ethnographic research.
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C.
Social Darwinism
Social Darwinism is a 19th-century social theory that applied Charles Darwin’s ideas of natural selection to human societies, often to justify economic inequality, competition, and laissez-faire capitalism.
-
D.
evolutionary psychology
Evolutionary psychology is a field of psychology that explains human thoughts, feelings, and behaviors as adaptations shaped by natural selection over our species’ evolutionary history.
-
E.
The Geological Evidence of the Antiquity of Man
The Geological Evidence of the Antiquity of Man is an 1863 scientific work by Charles Lyell that marshals geological and fossil evidence to argue for the great age of humanity and to support evolutionary ideas.
- F. None of above.
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_69a251b54ea88190b18281669f59b4c0 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 2:23 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a2573e4e6481908252dfef2e34f46e |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 2:47 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69a2982578e88190a651b8a50e65edaf |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 7:24 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69a2989abd3881908a5832f1a0014014 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 7:26 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69a299c2e0a8819084ebe0f257653075 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 7:31 a.m. |
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 2:27 a.m.