Triple
T204045
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | The American Empire Project |
E4570
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasContributor |
P4244
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Howard Zinn
Howard Zinn was an American historian, playwright, and social activist best known for his influential book "A People’s History of the United States," which presented U.S. history from the perspective of marginalized groups.
|
E27256
|
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: Howard Zinn | Statement: [The American Empire Project, hasContributor, Howard Zinn]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Howard Zinn Context triple: [The American Empire Project, hasContributor, Howard Zinn]
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A.
Edward S. Herman
Edward S. Herman was an American economist, media analyst, and critic of U.S. foreign policy best known for co-developing the "propaganda model" of the media.
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B.
J. O. Taylor
J. O. Taylor was a cinematographer active during early Hollywood who worked on the landmark 1933 monster film "King Kong."
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C.
Kai Bird
Kai Bird is an American historian, biographer, and Pulitzer Prize–winning author best known for co-writing the J. Robert Oppenheimer biography "American Prometheus."
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D.
Norman Finkelstein
Norman Finkelstein is an American political scientist, author, and commentator known for his controversial critiques of Israeli policy and the politics surrounding the Holocaust.
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E.
Peter Gay
Peter Gay was a German-born American historian and author best known for his influential works on the Enlightenment, the Victorian middle class, and the history of psychoanalysis.
- 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: Howard Zinn Triple: [The American Empire Project, hasContributor, Howard Zinn]
Generated description
Howard Zinn was an American historian, playwright, and social activist best known for his influential book "A People’s History of the United States," which presented U.S. history from the perspective of marginalized groups.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Howard Zinn Target entity description: Howard Zinn was an American historian, playwright, and social activist best known for his influential book "A People’s History of the United States," which presented U.S. history from the perspective of marginalized groups.
-
A.
Edward S. Herman
Edward S. Herman was an American economist, media analyst, and critic of U.S. foreign policy best known for co-developing the "propaganda model" of the media.
-
B.
J. O. Taylor
J. O. Taylor was a cinematographer active during early Hollywood who worked on the landmark 1933 monster film "King Kong."
-
C.
Kai Bird
Kai Bird is an American historian, biographer, and Pulitzer Prize–winning author best known for co-writing the J. Robert Oppenheimer biography "American Prometheus."
-
D.
Norman Finkelstein
Norman Finkelstein is an American political scientist, author, and commentator known for his controversial critiques of Israeli policy and the politics surrounding the Holocaust.
-
E.
Peter Gay
Peter Gay was a German-born American historian and author best known for his influential works on the Enlightenment, the Victorian middle class, and the history of psychoanalysis.
- 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_69a25737567c81908f9c505300239181 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 2:47 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a25be898ec8190b5e752a1d3b6f466 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 3:07 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69a338e6c2bc81908fbc7402770ab35b |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 6:50 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69a33b028fc481908a91d70289bd485a |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 6:59 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69a33b6580888190b3ebc9704f3e016a |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 7 p.m. |
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 2:51 a.m.