Triple
T1302894
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Alfred W. McCoy |
E27806
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entity |
| Predicate | notableWork |
P4
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FINISHED |
| Object |
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.
|
E148761
|
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: In the Shadows of the American Century: The Rise and Decline of U.S. Global Power | Statement: [Alfred W. McCoy, notableWork, In the Shadows of the American Century: The Rise and Decline of U.S. Global Power]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: In the Shadows of the American Century: The Rise and Decline of U.S. Global Power Context triple: [Alfred W. McCoy, notableWork, In the Shadows of the American Century: The Rise and Decline of U.S. Global Power]
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A.
The Collapse of Globalism and the Reinvention of the World
The Collapse of Globalism and the Reinvention of the World is a non-fiction book by Canadian philosopher John Ralston Saul that critiques economic globalization and explores emerging alternatives for organizing political and social life.
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B.
American Power and the New Mandarins
American Power and the New Mandarins is a 1969 collection of political essays by Noam Chomsky that sharply criticizes U.S. foreign policy and intellectual complicity in the Vietnam War.
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C.
After the Apocalypse: America’s Role in a World Transformed
"After the Apocalypse: America’s Role in a World Transformed" is a nonfiction book by historian and former Army officer Andrew Bacevich that critiques U.S. foreign policy and argues for a fundamental rethinking of America’s global role in the wake of recent crises.
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D.
America at Century’s End
"America at Century’s End" is a work by James R. Schlesinger that analyzes the United States’ strategic, political, and economic challenges as it approached the close of the twentieth century.
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E.
The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order
The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order is a 1996 political science book by Samuel P. Huntington that argues future global conflicts will be driven primarily by cultural and civilizational differences rather than ideological or economic ones.
- 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: In the Shadows of the American Century: The Rise and Decline of U.S. Global Power Triple: [Alfred W. McCoy, notableWork, In the Shadows of the American Century: The Rise and Decline of U.S. Global Power]
Generated description
*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.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: In the Shadows of the American Century: The Rise and Decline of U.S. Global Power Target entity description: *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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A.
The Collapse of Globalism and the Reinvention of the World
The Collapse of Globalism and the Reinvention of the World is a non-fiction book by Canadian philosopher John Ralston Saul that critiques economic globalization and explores emerging alternatives for organizing political and social life.
-
B.
American Power and the New Mandarins
American Power and the New Mandarins is a 1969 collection of political essays by Noam Chomsky that sharply criticizes U.S. foreign policy and intellectual complicity in the Vietnam War.
-
C.
After the Apocalypse: America’s Role in a World Transformed
"After the Apocalypse: America’s Role in a World Transformed" is a nonfiction book by historian and former Army officer Andrew Bacevich that critiques U.S. foreign policy and argues for a fundamental rethinking of America’s global role in the wake of recent crises.
-
D.
America at Century’s End
"America at Century’s End" is a work by James R. Schlesinger that analyzes the United States’ strategic, political, and economic challenges as it approached the close of the twentieth century.
-
E.
The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order
The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order is a 1996 political science book by Samuel P. Huntington that argues future global conflicts will be driven primarily by cultural and civilizational differences rather than ideological or economic ones.
- 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_69a496d7d83481908f83085854e51328 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:43 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a4c116d7d881908ee631258f80980e |
completed | March 1, 2026, 10:43 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69acb3046a888190956f6bedb6ec589f |
completed | March 7, 2026, 11:21 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69acb370c7cc81908a78bb5438416db6 |
completed | March 7, 2026, 11:23 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69acb409b4d0819081266cf3e6c09164 |
completed | March 7, 2026, 11:26 p.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:51 p.m.