Triple

T18553096
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Horace Mitchell Miner E453429 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object Body Ritual among the Nacirema
"Body Ritual among the Nacirema" is a satirical anthropological essay by Horace Miner that critiques how cultural practices are described by depicting everyday American behaviors as exotic rituals.
E1329786 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: Body Ritual among the Nacirema | Statement: [Horace Mitchell Miner, notableWork, Body Ritual among the Nacirema]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Body Ritual among the Nacirema
Context triple: [Horace Mitchell Miner, notableWork, Body Ritual among the Nacirema]
  • A. Sex and Temperament in Three Primitive Societies
    Sex and Temperament in Three Primitive Societies is a landmark anthropological study by Margaret Mead that examines gender roles and cultural variation through fieldwork in three New Guinea societies.
  • B. “Form and Pattern in Anthropology”
    “Form and Pattern in Anthropology” is an essay by Gregory Bateson that explores how recurring forms and patterns shape cultural systems and anthropological understanding.
  • C. Myth, Ritual and Religion
    Myth, Ritual and Religion is a seminal two-volume anthropological and folkloric study by Andrew Lang that examines the origins, functions, and comparative patterns of myths and religious practices across cultures.
  • D. The Sexual Life of Savages in North-Western Melanesia
    The Sexual Life of Savages in North-Western Melanesia is a classic ethnographic work by anthropologist Bronisław Malinowski that examines the intimate, social, and cultural practices of the Trobriand Islanders.
  • E. The Structural Study of Totemism
    The Structural Study of Totemism is a key essay by Claude Lévi-Strauss in which he analyzes totemic systems through structuralist methods to reveal underlying patterns of human thought and social organization.
  • 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: Body Ritual among the Nacirema
Triple: [Horace Mitchell Miner, notableWork, Body Ritual among the Nacirema]
Generated description
"Body Ritual among the Nacirema" is a satirical anthropological essay by Horace Miner that critiques how cultural practices are described by depicting everyday American behaviors as exotic rituals.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Body Ritual among the Nacirema
Target entity description: "Body Ritual among the Nacirema" is a satirical anthropological essay by Horace Miner that critiques how cultural practices are described by depicting everyday American behaviors as exotic rituals.
  • A. Sex and Temperament in Three Primitive Societies
    Sex and Temperament in Three Primitive Societies is a landmark anthropological study by Margaret Mead that examines gender roles and cultural variation through fieldwork in three New Guinea societies.
  • B. “Form and Pattern in Anthropology”
    “Form and Pattern in Anthropology” is an essay by Gregory Bateson that explores how recurring forms and patterns shape cultural systems and anthropological understanding.
  • C. Myth, Ritual and Religion
    Myth, Ritual and Religion is a seminal two-volume anthropological and folkloric study by Andrew Lang that examines the origins, functions, and comparative patterns of myths and religious practices across cultures.
  • D. The Sexual Life of Savages in North-Western Melanesia
    The Sexual Life of Savages in North-Western Melanesia is a classic ethnographic work by anthropologist Bronisław Malinowski that examines the intimate, social, and cultural practices of the Trobriand Islanders.
  • E. The Structural Study of Totemism
    The Structural Study of Totemism is a key essay by Claude Lévi-Strauss in which he analyzes totemic systems through structuralist methods to reveal underlying patterns of human thought and social organization.
  • 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_69d8d388b0c881908e610a1c45b52640 completed April 10, 2026, 10:40 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e538027b94819082a4c4af66e170d7 completed April 19, 2026, 8:16 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a049ae1d420819081fa8a691406ca65 completed May 13, 2026, 3:38 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a049c6de51c8190ac839784577fa9b7 completed May 13, 2026, 3:44 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a049d555d208190a729bac48489ed3e completed May 13, 2026, 3:48 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 11:38 a.m.