Triple

T20730516
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library E509559 entity
Predicate hasCollection P426 FINISHED
Object Marshall McLuhan papers
The Marshall McLuhan papers are an archival collection of manuscripts, correspondence, research notes, and related materials documenting the life and work of media theorist Marshall McLuhan.
E1447102 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: Marshall McLuhan papers | Statement: [Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, hasCollection, Marshall McLuhan papers]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Marshall McLuhan papers
Context triple: [Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, hasCollection, Marshall McLuhan papers]
  • A. Sense and Nonsense of McLuhan
    Sense and Nonsense of McLuhan is a critical study by Sidney Finkelstein that analyzes and challenges the media theories of Marshall McLuhan.
  • B. Understanding Media: The Extensions of Man
    Understanding Media: The Extensions of Man is Marshall McLuhan’s influential 1964 book that explores how different communication technologies shape human perception, culture, and society.
  • C. As We May Think
    As We May Think is a seminal 1945 essay by Vannevar Bush that envisioned hypertext-like information systems and profoundly influenced the development of modern computing and the internet.
  • D. Macy Conferences on Cybernetics
    The Macy Conferences on Cybernetics were a landmark series of interdisciplinary meetings in the mid-20th century that helped establish cybernetics by bringing together leading scientists from fields such as mathematics, engineering, psychology, and anthropology.
  • E. The Study of Man
    The Study of Man is a foundational 1936 anthropology book by Ralph Linton that systematically introduces and explains the nature of culture and human societies.
  • 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: Marshall McLuhan papers
Triple: [Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, hasCollection, Marshall McLuhan papers]
Generated description
The Marshall McLuhan papers are an archival collection of manuscripts, correspondence, research notes, and related materials documenting the life and work of media theorist Marshall McLuhan.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Marshall McLuhan papers
Target entity description: The Marshall McLuhan papers are an archival collection of manuscripts, correspondence, research notes, and related materials documenting the life and work of media theorist Marshall McLuhan.
  • A. Sense and Nonsense of McLuhan
    Sense and Nonsense of McLuhan is a critical study by Sidney Finkelstein that analyzes and challenges the media theories of Marshall McLuhan.
  • B. Understanding Media: The Extensions of Man
    Understanding Media: The Extensions of Man is Marshall McLuhan’s influential 1964 book that explores how different communication technologies shape human perception, culture, and society.
  • C. As We May Think
    As We May Think is a seminal 1945 essay by Vannevar Bush that envisioned hypertext-like information systems and profoundly influenced the development of modern computing and the internet.
  • D. Macy Conferences on Cybernetics
    The Macy Conferences on Cybernetics were a landmark series of interdisciplinary meetings in the mid-20th century that helped establish cybernetics by bringing together leading scientists from fields such as mathematics, engineering, psychology, and anthropology.
  • E. The Study of Man
    The Study of Man is a foundational 1936 anthropology book by Ralph Linton that systematically introduces and explains the nature of culture and human societies.
  • 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_69e0b4c589c08190834fb5d86d0efa2b completed April 16, 2026, 10:07 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e6c1ec9820819093a07f90503686b2 completed April 21, 2026, 12:16 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a08e060f4d8819097ca1dc0d59a610c completed May 16, 2026, 9:23 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a08e170755881909c73ebd2d7b00f0f completed May 16, 2026, 9:28 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a08e1e759ec8190a305662f220a1826 completed May 16, 2026, 9:30 p.m.
Created at: April 16, 2026, 12:30 p.m.