Triple

T20231701
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Howard S. Becker E495540 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object Writing for Social Scientists
"Writing for Social Scientists" is a widely used guidebook in which sociologist Howard S. Becker offers practical, down-to-earth advice on how academics can improve their writing and publishing practices.
E1418692 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: Writing for Social Scientists | Statement: [Howard S. Becker, notableWork, Writing for Social Scientists]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Writing for Social Scientists
Context triple: [Howard S. Becker, notableWork, Writing for Social Scientists]
  • A. Strength and Weakness of the Social Sciences
    "Strength and Weakness of the Social Sciences" is a critical work by biologist and philosopher Gunther Stent that examines the methodological limits, explanatory power, and epistemological status of the social sciences in comparison to the natural sciences.
  • B. The Methodology of the Social Sciences
    The Methodology of the Social Sciences is a foundational work by Max Weber that articulates his influential theories on social science methodology, including concepts like ideal types, value neutrality, and the interpretive understanding of social action.
  • C. Rethinking Social Inquiry
    Rethinking Social Inquiry is a methodological volume in political science that critiques and extends the quantitative, positivist approach of Designing Social Inquiry by advocating for pluralistic, case-based, and mixed-method research strategies.
  • D. The science of writing
    "The Science of Writing" is a scholarly work by cognitive psychologist John R. Hayes that analyzes the mental processes and strategies involved in written composition.
  • E. Tactics of Scientific Research
    Tactics of Scientific Research is a foundational methodological text in experimental psychology and behavior analysis that outlines rigorous strategies for designing, conducting, and interpreting scientific experiments.
  • 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: Writing for Social Scientists
Triple: [Howard S. Becker, notableWork, Writing for Social Scientists]
Generated description
"Writing for Social Scientists" is a widely used guidebook in which sociologist Howard S. Becker offers practical, down-to-earth advice on how academics can improve their writing and publishing practices.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Writing for Social Scientists
Target entity description: "Writing for Social Scientists" is a widely used guidebook in which sociologist Howard S. Becker offers practical, down-to-earth advice on how academics can improve their writing and publishing practices.
  • A. Strength and Weakness of the Social Sciences
    "Strength and Weakness of the Social Sciences" is a critical work by biologist and philosopher Gunther Stent that examines the methodological limits, explanatory power, and epistemological status of the social sciences in comparison to the natural sciences.
  • B. The Methodology of the Social Sciences
    The Methodology of the Social Sciences is a foundational work by Max Weber that articulates his influential theories on social science methodology, including concepts like ideal types, value neutrality, and the interpretive understanding of social action.
  • C. Rethinking Social Inquiry
    Rethinking Social Inquiry is a methodological volume in political science that critiques and extends the quantitative, positivist approach of Designing Social Inquiry by advocating for pluralistic, case-based, and mixed-method research strategies.
  • D. The science of writing
    "The Science of Writing" is a scholarly work by cognitive psychologist John R. Hayes that analyzes the mental processes and strategies involved in written composition.
  • E. Tactics of Scientific Research
    Tactics of Scientific Research is a foundational methodological text in experimental psychology and behavior analysis that outlines rigorous strategies for designing, conducting, and interpreting scientific experiments.
  • 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_69da626cff80819097b530718a7c98b6 completed April 11, 2026, 3:02 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e66fddafac819089cef4158f5e0ab5 completed April 20, 2026, 6:26 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a084b8c7c9881908f724d10c915963a completed May 16, 2026, 10:48 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a084c041b5c8190881a6d08c4afe42f completed May 16, 2026, 10:50 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a084c7dee808190a0883f7f0c7873a9 completed May 16, 2026, 10:52 a.m.
Created at: April 11, 2026, 11:39 p.m.