Triple
T17742268
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | John Erskine |
E442889
|
entity |
| Predicate | influenced |
P9
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FINISHED |
| Object | Great Books curriculum at American universities |
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NE NERFINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: Great Books curriculum at American universities | Statement: [John Erskine, influenced, Great Books curriculum at American universities]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Great Books curriculum at American universities Context triple: [John Erskine, influenced, Great Books curriculum at American universities]
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A.
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.
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B.
Literature and the American College
Literature and the American College is a critical work by Irving Babbitt that argues for a humanistic, classical approach to higher education and the study of literature in American universities.
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C.
Columbia College Core Curriculum
chosen
The Columbia College Core Curriculum is a renowned set of foundational courses in literature, philosophy, art, music, science, and writing that all undergraduates at Columbia College must complete to ensure a broad, rigorous liberal arts education.
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D.
The Theory of Education in the United States
The Theory of Education in the United States is a critical examination of American schooling by libertarian thinker Albert Jay Nock, arguing that mass education undermines genuine intellectual and moral development.
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E.
The Uses of the University
The Uses of the University is a seminal book by Clark Kerr that analyzes the evolving role, structure, and societal functions of modern higher education institutions, especially the multiversity.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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_69d8b9ed3a2081909b2ec0d4dd2f4c37 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 8:50 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e47ace58988190b927ca29af7a8b77 |
completed | April 19, 2026, 6:48 a.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 10:09 a.m.