Triple

T15687791
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Steps to an Ecology of Mind E380247 entity
Predicate hasPart P35 FINISHED
Object “The Cybernetics of ‘Self’: A Theory of Alcoholism”
“The Cybernetics of ‘Self’: A Theory of Alcoholism” is an influential essay by anthropologist Gregory Bateson that applies systems theory and cybernetics to explain alcoholism as a self-perpetuating pattern within individuals and their relationships.
E1171536 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 Cybernetics of ‘Self’: A Theory of Alcoholism” | Statement: [Steps to an Ecology of Mind, hasPart, “The Cybernetics of ‘Self’: A Theory of Alcoholism”]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: “The Cybernetics of ‘Self’: A Theory of Alcoholism”
Context triple: [Steps to an Ecology of Mind, hasPart, “The Cybernetics of ‘Self’: A Theory of Alcoholism”]
  • A. The Four Fundamental Concepts of Psychoanalysis
    The Four Fundamental Concepts of Psychoanalysis is a seminal work by Jacques Lacan that systematically presents his reinterpretation of Freudian theory through key ideas such as the unconscious, repetition, transference, and the drive.
  • B. The Organization of Behavior: A Neuropsychological Theory
    The Organization of Behavior: A Neuropsychological Theory is a landmark 1949 book by psychologist Donald Hebb that introduced the influential concept of Hebbian learning to explain how neural networks underlie learning and behavior.
  • C. Cybernetics: Or Control and Communication in the Animal and the Machine
    "Cybernetics: Or Control and Communication in the Animal and the Machine" is Norbert Wiener's foundational 1948 work that established the field of cybernetics by analyzing feedback, control, and communication in biological organisms and machines.
  • D. The Self and Its Brain (excerpt)
    The Self and Its Brain (excerpt) is a passage from the philosophical work by Karl Popper and John Eccles that explores the relationship between consciousness and the physical brain.
  • E. The Neurotic Constitution
    The Neurotic Constitution is a foundational work in individual psychology in which Alfred Adler outlines his theory of neurosis as a response to feelings of inferiority and the striving for superiority.
  • 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 Cybernetics of ‘Self’: A Theory of Alcoholism”
Triple: [Steps to an Ecology of Mind, hasPart, “The Cybernetics of ‘Self’: A Theory of Alcoholism”]
Generated description
“The Cybernetics of ‘Self’: A Theory of Alcoholism” is an influential essay by anthropologist Gregory Bateson that applies systems theory and cybernetics to explain alcoholism as a self-perpetuating pattern within individuals and their relationships.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: “The Cybernetics of ‘Self’: A Theory of Alcoholism”
Target entity description: “The Cybernetics of ‘Self’: A Theory of Alcoholism” is an influential essay by anthropologist Gregory Bateson that applies systems theory and cybernetics to explain alcoholism as a self-perpetuating pattern within individuals and their relationships.
  • A. The Four Fundamental Concepts of Psychoanalysis
    The Four Fundamental Concepts of Psychoanalysis is a seminal work by Jacques Lacan that systematically presents his reinterpretation of Freudian theory through key ideas such as the unconscious, repetition, transference, and the drive.
  • B. The Organization of Behavior: A Neuropsychological Theory
    The Organization of Behavior: A Neuropsychological Theory is a landmark 1949 book by psychologist Donald Hebb that introduced the influential concept of Hebbian learning to explain how neural networks underlie learning and behavior.
  • C. Cybernetics: Or Control and Communication in the Animal and the Machine
    "Cybernetics: Or Control and Communication in the Animal and the Machine" is Norbert Wiener's foundational 1948 work that established the field of cybernetics by analyzing feedback, control, and communication in biological organisms and machines.
  • D. The Self and Its Brain (excerpt)
    The Self and Its Brain (excerpt) is a passage from the philosophical work by Karl Popper and John Eccles that explores the relationship between consciousness and the physical brain.
  • E. The Neurotic Constitution
    The Neurotic Constitution is a foundational work in individual psychology in which Alfred Adler outlines his theory of neurosis as a response to feelings of inferiority and the striving for superiority.
  • 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_69d86d99e860819094b6957cde470f2c completed April 10, 2026, 3:25 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e04f4cee5481908699fbb2b7bdd2f6 completed April 16, 2026, 2:54 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ff6ee91340819086c8f51e8eb477aa completed May 9, 2026, 5:29 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ff6fd9c968819098b2552a9deb0445 completed May 9, 2026, 5:33 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ff708d42448190a53b90e00721eaa5 completed May 9, 2026, 5:36 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 4:44 a.m.