Triple
T197834
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Guns, Germs, and Steel |
E4036
|
entity |
| Predicate | centralThesis |
P533
|
FINISHED |
| Object | geographic and environmental factors largely explain the unequal development of human societies |
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LITERAL 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: geographic and environmental factors largely explain the unequal development of human societies | Statement: [Guns, Germs, and Steel, centralThesis, geographic and environmental factors largely explain the unequal development of human societies]
PD
Predicate disambiguation
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: centralThesis Context triple: [Guns, Germs, and Steel, centralThesis, geographic and environmental factors largely explain the unequal development of human societies]
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A.
centralQuestion
Indicates that something is the main issue, problem, or inquiry around which a discussion, work, or investigation is focused.
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B.
centralIn
Indicates that one entity occupies a central or most important position within another entity, context, or structure.
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C.
coreIdea
chosen
Indicates the central concept or primary message that underlies or unifies something, such as a text, argument, or work.
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D.
centralText
Indicates that one text element is positioned or designated as the central or primary text relative to surrounding content or layout.
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E.
hasCentralTheme
Indicates that one entity serves as the primary or dominant theme or subject matter of another entity.
- F. None of above.
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_69a254bca59881909a15e1496f1508c7 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 2:36 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a25be47ea881909c296b30a0d47a65 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 3:07 a.m. |
| PD | Predicate disambiguation | batch_69a25b47481c8190add47c641c977bb9 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 3:04 a.m. |
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 2:44 a.m.