Triple
T17547689
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Michael S. McPherson |
E427370
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entity |
| Predicate | notableWork |
P4
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FINISHED |
| Object | Keeping College Affordable |
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NE NERFINISHED |
How this triple was built (3 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: Keeping College Affordable | Statement: [Michael S. McPherson, notableWork, Keeping College Affordable]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Keeping College Affordable Context triple: [Michael S. McPherson, notableWork, Keeping College Affordable]
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A.
College Cost Reduction and Access Act
The College Cost Reduction and Access Act is a U.S. federal law that significantly expanded student financial aid and created income-based repayment options to make higher education more affordable.
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B.
Saving State U: Why We Must Fix Public Higher Education
"Saving State U: Why We Must Fix Public Higher Education" is a book by economist Nancy Folbre that critiques the underfunding and marketization of public universities in the United States and argues for renewed public investment in higher education as a common good.
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C.
Lower Ed: The Troubling Rise of For-Profit Colleges in the New Economy
Lower Ed: The Troubling Rise of For-Profit Colleges in the New Economy is a sociological examination of how for-profit colleges exploit economic inequality, racial stratification, and credentialism in the contemporary U.S. higher education system.
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D.
Consortium on Financing Higher Education
The Consortium on Financing Higher Education is an organization of highly selective, private colleges and universities in the United States that collaborates on issues related to financial aid, affordability, and access to higher education.
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E.
The Higher Learning in America
The Higher Learning in America is Thorstein Veblen’s influential critique of U.S. universities, examining how business interests and status-seeking distort academic life and scholarship.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Keeping College Affordable Target entity description: "Keeping College Affordable" is a book by economist and higher-education scholar Michael S. McPherson that analyzes the rising costs of college and explores policies to maintain access and affordability for students.
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A.
College Cost Reduction and Access Act
The College Cost Reduction and Access Act is a U.S. federal law that significantly expanded student financial aid and created income-based repayment options to make higher education more affordable.
-
B.
Saving State U: Why We Must Fix Public Higher Education
"Saving State U: Why We Must Fix Public Higher Education" is a book by economist Nancy Folbre that critiques the underfunding and marketization of public universities in the United States and argues for renewed public investment in higher education as a common good.
-
C.
Lower Ed: The Troubling Rise of For-Profit Colleges in the New Economy
Lower Ed: The Troubling Rise of For-Profit Colleges in the New Economy is a sociological examination of how for-profit colleges exploit economic inequality, racial stratification, and credentialism in the contemporary U.S. higher education system.
-
D.
Consortium on Financing Higher Education
The Consortium on Financing Higher Education is an organization of highly selective, private colleges and universities in the United States that collaborates on issues related to financial aid, affordability, and access to higher education.
-
E.
The Higher Learning in America
The Higher Learning in America is Thorstein Veblen’s influential critique of U.S. universities, examining how business interests and status-seeking distort academic life and scholarship.
- F. None of above. chosen
Provenance (2 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_69d889df6dc081908f67dbadc03c07ee |
completed | April 10, 2026, 5:25 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e454626cfc8190a2602ba4934b8e6d |
completed | April 19, 2026, 4:04 a.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:49 a.m.