Triple

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Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Rick Smolan E324062 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object The Human Face of Big Data
The Human Face of Big Data is a multimedia project and book that explores how the explosion of digital information is transforming human life, society, and decision-making around the world.
 E1049323 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: The Human Face of Big Data | Statement: [Rick Smolan, notableWork, The Human Face of Big Data]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: The Human Face of Big Data
Context triple: [Rick Smolan, notableWork, The Human Face of Big Data]
  • A. The Future of Data Analysis
    "The Future of Data Analysis" is a seminal 1962 paper by statistician John W. Tukey that helped define and popularize exploratory data analysis and reshaped modern statistical practice.
  • B. The Transformation of Data
    The Transformation of Data is a notable chapter in R.A. Fisher’s "The Design of Experiments" that discusses methods for mathematically modifying experimental data to meet statistical assumptions and improve analysis.
  • C. The Joy of Data
    The Joy of Data is a documentary presented by mathematician Hannah Fry that explores how data shapes our world in an accessible and engaging way.
  • D. The Social Life of Information
    The Social Life of Information is an influential book by John Seely Brown and Paul Duguid that explores how social and organizational contexts shape the way information is created, shared, and used in the digital age.
  • E. The Data of Ethics
    The Data of Ethics is a foundational section of Herbert Spencer’s ethical philosophy that examines the empirical and psychological bases of moral conduct.
  • 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: The Human Face of Big Data
Triple: [Rick Smolan, notableWork, The Human Face of Big Data]
Generated description
The Human Face of Big Data is a multimedia project and book that explores how the explosion of digital information is transforming human life, society, and decision-making around the world.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: The Human Face of Big Data
Target entity description: The Human Face of Big Data is a multimedia project and book that explores how the explosion of digital information is transforming human life, society, and decision-making around the world.
  • A. The Future of Data Analysis
    "The Future of Data Analysis" is a seminal 1962 paper by statistician John W. Tukey that helped define and popularize exploratory data analysis and reshaped modern statistical practice.
  • B. The Transformation of Data
    The Transformation of Data is a notable chapter in R.A. Fisher’s "The Design of Experiments" that discusses methods for mathematically modifying experimental data to meet statistical assumptions and improve analysis.
  • C. The Joy of Data
    The Joy of Data is a documentary presented by mathematician Hannah Fry that explores how data shapes our world in an accessible and engaging way.
  • D. The Social Life of Information
    The Social Life of Information is an influential book by John Seely Brown and Paul Duguid that explores how social and organizational contexts shape the way information is created, shared, and used in the digital age.
  • E. The Data of Ethics
    The Data of Ethics is a foundational section of Herbert Spencer’s ethical philosophy that examines the empirical and psychological bases of moral conduct.
  • 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_69d8076830b48190910a902bae5888e2 completed April 9, 2026, 8:09 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69dbb00e0188819094fde44f85adb69c completed April 12, 2026, 2:45 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f76bb3d77c8190a7af2ee7e9b6748a completed May 3, 2026, 3:37 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f77640b5308190aaa50e8d5d871832 completed May 3, 2026, 4:22 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f77923fd1481908af251a1dcbcf441 completed May 3, 2026, 4:34 p.m.
Created at: April 9, 2026, 9:48 p.m.