Triple

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Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject The Party Decides: Presidential Nominations Before and After Reform E326332 entity
Predicate author P4 FINISHED
Object John Zaller
John Zaller is an American political scientist known for his influential work on public opinion, media, and party influence in U.S. politics.
E1017348 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: John Zaller | Statement: [The Party Decides: Presidential Nominations Before and After Reform, author, John Zaller]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Zaller
Context triple: [The Party Decides: Presidential Nominations Before and After Reform, author, John Zaller]
  • A. Larry M. Bartels
    Larry M. Bartels is an American political scientist renowned for his influential research on democratic representation, economic inequality, and public opinion in the United States.
  • B. Russell J. Dalton
    Russell J. Dalton is a political scientist known for his influential research on comparative politics, political culture, and citizen participation in advanced industrial democracies.
  • C. Russell Binder
    Russell Binder is a film and television producer known for his work on projects such as the movie "Part of Me."
  • D. Gabriel A. Almond
    Gabriel A. Almond was an influential American political scientist known for his pioneering work in comparative politics and political culture.
  • E. Jeffrey Alexander
    Jeffrey Alexander is an American sociologist known for advancing neo-functionalism and cultural sociology, building on and revising the theoretical legacy of Talcott Parsons.
  • 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: John Zaller
Triple: [The Party Decides: Presidential Nominations Before and After Reform, author, John Zaller]
Generated description
John Zaller is an American political scientist known for his influential work on public opinion, media, and party influence in U.S. politics.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Zaller
Target entity description: John Zaller is an American political scientist known for his influential work on public opinion, media, and party influence in U.S. politics.
  • A. Larry M. Bartels
    Larry M. Bartels is an American political scientist renowned for his influential research on democratic representation, economic inequality, and public opinion in the United States.
  • B. Russell J. Dalton
    Russell J. Dalton is a political scientist known for his influential research on comparative politics, political culture, and citizen participation in advanced industrial democracies.
  • C. Russell Binder
    Russell Binder is a film and television producer known for his work on projects such as the movie "Part of Me."
  • D. Gabriel A. Almond
    Gabriel A. Almond was an influential American political scientist known for his pioneering work in comparative politics and political culture.
  • E. Jeffrey Alexander
    Jeffrey Alexander is an American sociologist known for advancing neo-functionalism and cultural sociology, building on and revising the theoretical legacy of Talcott Parsons.
  • 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_69d8076cc45c81908123123f43e69266 completed April 9, 2026, 8:09 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d97efc07488190a15f3e41ea2db45c completed April 10, 2026, 10:51 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f6cbcb86148190ad1b19c6e8764397 completed May 3, 2026, 4:15 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f6cd3d5090819091b65f544ad139fd completed May 3, 2026, 4:21 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f6cdc8d52c819083717a455d589646 completed May 3, 2026, 4:23 a.m.
Created at: April 9, 2026, 8:53 p.m.