Triple
T1949481
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Fundamentalist–modernist controversy |
E42126
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableFigure |
P4290
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FINISHED |
| Object | J. Gresham Machen |
E53198
|
NE FINISHED |
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: J. Gresham Machen | Statement: [Fundamentalist–modernist controversy, notableFigure, J. Gresham Machen]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: J. Gresham Machen Context triple: [Fundamentalist–modernist controversy, notableFigure, J. Gresham Machen]
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A.
J. Gresham Machen
chosen
J. Gresham Machen was an influential early 20th-century American Presbyterian theologian and New Testament scholar, best known for his defense of historic Christian orthodoxy against theological liberalism and for founding Westminster Theological Seminary.
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B.
Carl F. H. Henry
Carl F. H. Henry was a prominent 20th-century American evangelical theologian and author who helped shape modern evangelical thought and was a founding figure of Christianity Today magazine.
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C.
R. A. Torrey
R. A. Torrey was an American evangelist, pastor, educator, and author known for his leadership in the Bible conference movement and his influential writings on Christian doctrine and prayer.
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D.
Cornelius Van Til
Cornelius Van Til was a 20th-century Reformed theologian and Christian philosopher best known for developing presuppositional apologetics within the Calvinist tradition.
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E.
Charles Hodge
Charles Hodge was a prominent 19th-century American Presbyterian theologian and long-time Princeton professor known for his influential Reformed theology and the multi-volume "Systematic Theology."
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69a8870e08fc8190a319cbf2600db15f |
completed | March 4, 2026, 7:25 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69abb3315df481908f60cd87453fbc03 |
completed | March 7, 2026, 5:10 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69adfbc17ce08190bd74c9c62d260326 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 10:44 p.m. |
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:36 p.m.