Triple
T2040195
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Edmund Halley |
E44724
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entity |
| Predicate | publication |
P80
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FINISHED |
| Object |
An Estimate of the Degrees of the Mortality of Mankind (1693)
An Estimate of the Degrees of the Mortality of Mankind (1693) is Edmund Halley’s pioneering demographic study that introduced one of the first life tables and laid foundations for actuarial science and life insurance mathematics.
|
E229505
|
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: An Estimate of the Degrees of the Mortality of Mankind (1693) | Statement: [Edmund Halley, publication, An Estimate of the Degrees of the Mortality of Mankind (1693)]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: An Estimate of the Degrees of the Mortality of Mankind (1693) Context triple: [Edmund Halley, publication, An Estimate of the Degrees of the Mortality of Mankind (1693)]
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A.
Illustrations and Proofs of the Principle of Population
Illustrations and Proofs of the Principle of Population is a 19th-century work by Francis Place that defends and elaborates Thomas Malthus’s population theory with empirical evidence and argument.
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B.
An Essay on the Principle of Population
An Essay on the Principle of Population is an influential 1798 work of political economy and demography arguing that population growth tends to outpace food production, leading to inevitable checks such as famine, disease, and war.
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C.
A Journal of the Plague Year
A Journal of the Plague Year is a historical novel by Daniel Defoe that vividly reconstructs life in London during the 1665 bubonic plague outbreak.
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D.
London Bills of Mortality
London Bills of Mortality were early modern weekly mortality statistics for London, recording deaths and their causes and serving as a crucial source for understanding epidemics and public health, including the Great Plague.
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E.
Annus Mirabilis of 1759
The Annus Mirabilis of 1759 refers to a year during the Seven Years' War in which Britain achieved a series of major military and naval victories that significantly shifted the balance of power in its favor.
- 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: An Estimate of the Degrees of the Mortality of Mankind (1693) Triple: [Edmund Halley, publication, An Estimate of the Degrees of the Mortality of Mankind (1693)]
Generated description
An Estimate of the Degrees of the Mortality of Mankind (1693) is Edmund Halley’s pioneering demographic study that introduced one of the first life tables and laid foundations for actuarial science and life insurance mathematics.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: An Estimate of the Degrees of the Mortality of Mankind (1693) Target entity description: An Estimate of the Degrees of the Mortality of Mankind (1693) is Edmund Halley’s pioneering demographic study that introduced one of the first life tables and laid foundations for actuarial science and life insurance mathematics.
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A.
Illustrations and Proofs of the Principle of Population
Illustrations and Proofs of the Principle of Population is a 19th-century work by Francis Place that defends and elaborates Thomas Malthus’s population theory with empirical evidence and argument.
-
B.
An Essay on the Principle of Population
An Essay on the Principle of Population is an influential 1798 work of political economy and demography arguing that population growth tends to outpace food production, leading to inevitable checks such as famine, disease, and war.
-
C.
A Journal of the Plague Year
A Journal of the Plague Year is a historical novel by Daniel Defoe that vividly reconstructs life in London during the 1665 bubonic plague outbreak.
-
D.
London Bills of Mortality
London Bills of Mortality were early modern weekly mortality statistics for London, recording deaths and their causes and serving as a crucial source for understanding epidemics and public health, including the Great Plague.
-
E.
Annus Mirabilis of 1759
The Annus Mirabilis of 1759 refers to a year during the Seven Years' War in which Britain achieved a series of major military and naval victories that significantly shifted the balance of power in its favor.
- 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_69a889159ec481908f9e4472d9f480c7 |
completed | March 4, 2026, 7:33 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69abb9533bd881909e3aecff7ddb5a8b |
completed | March 7, 2026, 5:36 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ae1ff92928819093f42f0fe4a935b3 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 1:18 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69ae20efd4dc8190addf69c80a33d247 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 1:22 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69ae21b4ce248190bbd7542592db0ec4 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 1:26 a.m. |
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:39 p.m.