Triple

T12775821
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Sidney Finkelstein E305369 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object Sense and Nonsense of McLuhan
Sense and Nonsense of McLuhan is a critical study by Sidney Finkelstein that analyzes and challenges the media theories of Marshall McLuhan.
E1002706 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: Sense and Nonsense of McLuhan | Statement: [Sidney Finkelstein, notableWork, Sense and Nonsense of McLuhan]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sense and Nonsense of McLuhan
Context triple: [Sidney Finkelstein, notableWork, Sense and Nonsense of McLuhan]
  • A. The Medium is the Message (conceptual influence)
    "The Medium is the Message" is Marshall McLuhan’s influential media theory concept asserting that the form of a medium shapes and controls the scale and impact of the message it conveys.
  • B. As We May Think
    As We May Think is a seminal 1945 essay by Vannevar Bush that envisioned hypertext-like information systems and profoundly influenced the development of modern computing and the internet.
  • C. The Treachery of Images
    The Treachery of Images is a famous 1929 painting by René Magritte that depicts a realistic pipe alongside the caption “Ceci n’est pas une pipe,” challenging viewers’ assumptions about representation and reality.
  • D. The Technological Society
    The Technological Society is a seminal 1954 work of social criticism by French philosopher Jacques Ellul that analyzes how modern technological systems come to dominate and shape every aspect of human life and society.
  • E. A Theory of Semiotics
    A Theory of Semiotics is Umberto Eco’s influential scholarly work that systematically explores the theory of signs, symbols, and meaning in communication and culture.
  • 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: Sense and Nonsense of McLuhan
Triple: [Sidney Finkelstein, notableWork, Sense and Nonsense of McLuhan]
Generated description
Sense and Nonsense of McLuhan is a critical study by Sidney Finkelstein that analyzes and challenges the media theories of Marshall McLuhan.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sense and Nonsense of McLuhan
Target entity description: Sense and Nonsense of McLuhan is a critical study by Sidney Finkelstein that analyzes and challenges the media theories of Marshall McLuhan.
  • A. The Medium is the Message (conceptual influence)
    "The Medium is the Message" is Marshall McLuhan’s influential media theory concept asserting that the form of a medium shapes and controls the scale and impact of the message it conveys.
  • B. As We May Think
    As We May Think is a seminal 1945 essay by Vannevar Bush that envisioned hypertext-like information systems and profoundly influenced the development of modern computing and the internet.
  • C. The Treachery of Images
    The Treachery of Images is a famous 1929 painting by René Magritte that depicts a realistic pipe alongside the caption “Ceci n’est pas une pipe,” challenging viewers’ assumptions about representation and reality.
  • D. The Technological Society
    The Technological Society is a seminal 1954 work of social criticism by French philosopher Jacques Ellul that analyzes how modern technological systems come to dominate and shape every aspect of human life and society.
  • E. A Theory of Semiotics
    A Theory of Semiotics is Umberto Eco’s influential scholarly work that systematically explores the theory of signs, symbols, and meaning in communication and culture.
  • 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_69d7bdf2b43c819098ae5aa68e61ea58 completed April 9, 2026, 2:55 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d96df6b3c88190b0bbe70de8ddcbf3 completed April 10, 2026, 9:39 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f684fee60c81909245d4d70c9338c0 completed May 2, 2026, 11:13 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f687ae18c08190a94dca38bb69d10f completed May 2, 2026, 11:24 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f68884ed348190a1b2c89b1d655fa9 completed May 2, 2026, 11:28 p.m.
Created at: April 9, 2026, 5:29 p.m.