Triple
T20737030
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | George Witton |
E509737
|
entity |
| Predicate | authorOf |
P4244
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FINISHED |
| Object | Scapegoats of the Empire |
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NE NERFINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: Scapegoats of the Empire | Statement: [George Witton, authorOf, Scapegoats of the Empire]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Scapegoats of the Empire Context triple: [George Witton, authorOf, Scapegoats of the Empire]
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A.
Scapegoats of the Empire
chosen
Scapegoats of the Empire is a memoir by Australian soldier George Witton that recounts his controversial court-martial and imprisonment during the Boer War, criticizing British military justice.
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B.
Dismantling the Empire
Dismantling the Empire is a political analysis book by Chalmers Johnson that critiques U.S. militarism and imperial overreach and warns of its consequences for American democracy.
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C.
Sorrows of Empire
Sorrows of Empire is a political analysis book that critiques U.S. militarism and imperial expansion as part of The American Empire Project series.
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D.
Incoherent Empire
Incoherent Empire is a book by historian Michael Mann that critically analyzes the nature, contradictions, and global impact of American imperial power in the contemporary era.
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E.
The Testament of an Empire Builder
The Testament of an Empire Builder is a work by Scottish poet and essayist John Davidson that reflects his characteristic blend of philosophical reflection and late-Victorian literary style.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (2 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_69e6c20ac6e881908524be890be699e7 |
completed | April 21, 2026, 12:17 a.m. |
Created at: April 16, 2026, 12:32 p.m.