Triple
T21077487
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | William Playfair |
E519275
|
entity |
| Predicate | publicationDateOfWork |
P25
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Statistical Breviary, 1801 |
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NE NERFINISHED |
How this triple was built (3 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: Statistical Breviary, 1801 | Statement: [William Playfair, publicationDateOfWork, Statistical Breviary, 1801]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Statistical Breviary, 1801 Context triple: [William Playfair, publicationDateOfWork, Statistical Breviary, 1801]
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A.
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.
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B.
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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C.
Natural and Political Observations Mentioned in a Following Index, and Made upon the Bills of Mortality
Natural and Political Observations Mentioned in a Following Index, and Made upon the Bills of Mortality is a pioneering 17th-century work of statistical analysis that laid the foundations for demography and epidemiology by examining London’s mortality records.
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D.
Graunt
Graunt is an English surname most notably associated with John Graunt, a 17th-century pioneer of demography and statistical analysis of population data.
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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Statistical Breviary, 1801 Target entity description: "Statistical Breviary, 1801" is an early statistical work by William Playfair notable for pioneering the use of graphical methods, including some of the first modern pie charts, to present economic and demographic data.
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A.
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.
-
B.
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.
-
C.
Natural and Political Observations Mentioned in a Following Index, and Made upon the Bills of Mortality
Natural and Political Observations Mentioned in a Following Index, and Made upon the Bills of Mortality is a pioneering 17th-century work of statistical analysis that laid the foundations for demography and epidemiology by examining London’s mortality records.
-
D.
Graunt
Graunt is an English surname most notably associated with John Graunt, a 17th-century pioneer of demography and statistical analysis of population data.
-
E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
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_69e0b506e59c8190849b71ed07929215 |
completed | April 16, 2026, 10:08 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e702d77b8081908ecfb05ab391fd39 |
completed | April 21, 2026, 4:53 a.m. |
Created at: April 16, 2026, 2:49 p.m.