Triple

T169285
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject B. F. Skinner E3082 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object Verbal Behavior
Verbal Behavior is B. F. Skinner’s influential book that applies the principles of behaviorism to the analysis and explanation of human language.
E21050 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: Verbal Behavior | Statement: [B. F. Skinner, notableWork, Verbal Behavior]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Verbal Behavior
Context triple: [B. F. Skinner, notableWork, Verbal Behavior]
  • A. Language and Mind
    Language and Mind is a collection of influential essays by Noam Chomsky that explores the nature of language, human cognition, and their implications for philosophy and psychology.
  • B. Syntactic Structures
    Syntactic Structures is a landmark 1957 book by linguist Noam Chomsky that revolutionized the study of language by introducing generative grammar and challenging behaviorist views of linguistics.
  • C. Cartesian Linguistics
    Cartesian Linguistics is a 1966 book by Noam Chomsky that explores the historical roots of modern linguistics in rationalist philosophy, particularly the Cartesian tradition.
  • D. Über die Verschiedenheit des menschlichen Sprachbaues
    Über die Verschiedenheit des menschlichen Sprachbaues is a seminal linguistic-philosophical work by Wilhelm von Humboldt that explores the diversity of human language structures and their relation to thought and culture.
  • E. Aspects of the Theory of Syntax
    Aspects of the Theory of Syntax is a seminal 1965 book by linguist Noam Chomsky that helped establish generative grammar as a central framework in theoretical linguistics.
  • 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: Verbal Behavior
Triple: [B. F. Skinner, notableWork, Verbal Behavior]
Generated description
Verbal Behavior is B. F. Skinner’s influential book that applies the principles of behaviorism to the analysis and explanation of human language.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Verbal Behavior
Target entity description: Verbal Behavior is B. F. Skinner’s influential book that applies the principles of behaviorism to the analysis and explanation of human language.
  • A. Language and Mind
    Language and Mind is a collection of influential essays by Noam Chomsky that explores the nature of language, human cognition, and their implications for philosophy and psychology.
  • B. Syntactic Structures
    Syntactic Structures is a landmark 1957 book by linguist Noam Chomsky that revolutionized the study of language by introducing generative grammar and challenging behaviorist views of linguistics.
  • C. Cartesian Linguistics
    Cartesian Linguistics is a 1966 book by Noam Chomsky that explores the historical roots of modern linguistics in rationalist philosophy, particularly the Cartesian tradition.
  • D. Über die Verschiedenheit des menschlichen Sprachbaues
    Über die Verschiedenheit des menschlichen Sprachbaues is a seminal linguistic-philosophical work by Wilhelm von Humboldt that explores the diversity of human language structures and their relation to thought and culture.
  • E. Aspects of the Theory of Syntax
    Aspects of the Theory of Syntax is a seminal 1965 book by linguist Noam Chomsky that helped establish generative grammar as a central framework in theoretical linguistics.
  • 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_69a2524ce1e48190ab066bf72859f474 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 2:26 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a258b6f4f88190b1264bbbeb19a29e completed Feb. 28, 2026, 2:53 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a2e0f8bf748190b2752f250a63d8e3 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 12:35 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a2e16a3c088190a7ed30c60da89e6e completed Feb. 28, 2026, 12:36 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a2e2a9c8608190a65a4a3b80cd6970 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 12:42 p.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 2:34 a.m.