Triple

T204049
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject The American Empire Project E4570 entity
Predicate hasContributor P4244 FINISHED
Object Stephen Kinzer
Stephen Kinzer is an American author and former New York Times foreign correspondent known for his books on U.S. foreign policy, regime change, and the history of American intervention abroad.
E27935 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: Stephen Kinzer | Statement: [The American Empire Project, hasContributor, Stephen Kinzer]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Stephen Kinzer
Context triple: [The American Empire Project, hasContributor, Stephen Kinzer]
  • A. Alfred W. McCoy
    Alfred W. McCoy is an American historian and author known for his influential work on U.S. foreign policy, empire, and the global drug trade.
  • B. Chalmers Johnson
    Chalmers Johnson was an American political scientist and author best known for his influential critiques of U.S. foreign policy and imperial overreach, particularly in works like "Blowback."
  • C. 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.
  • D. 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.
  • E. 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.
  • 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: Stephen Kinzer
Triple: [The American Empire Project, hasContributor, Stephen Kinzer]
Generated description
Stephen Kinzer is an American author and former New York Times foreign correspondent known for his books on U.S. foreign policy, regime change, and the history of American intervention abroad.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Stephen Kinzer
Target entity description: Stephen Kinzer is an American author and former New York Times foreign correspondent known for his books on U.S. foreign policy, regime change, and the history of American intervention abroad.
  • A. Alfred W. McCoy
    Alfred W. McCoy is an American historian and author known for his influential work on U.S. foreign policy, empire, and the global drug trade.
  • B. Chalmers Johnson
    Chalmers Johnson was an American political scientist and author best known for his influential critiques of U.S. foreign policy and imperial overreach, particularly in works like "Blowback."
  • C. 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.
  • D. 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.
  • E. 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.
  • 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_69a34764cb5c8190b9095a38866387d9 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 7:52 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a348107f8c81908102ecab4fafbffe completed Feb. 28, 2026, 7:54 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a3485cf79881909e9576240f7408a5 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 7:56 p.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 2:51 a.m.