Triple

T21089513
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Stephen Hicks E519599 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object Explaining Postmodernism: Skepticism and Socialism from Rousseau to Foucault
Explaining Postmodernism: Skepticism and Socialism from Rousseau to Foucault is a philosophical work by Stephen Hicks that traces the intellectual roots of postmodernism and critiques its relationship to skepticism and collectivist political thought.
E1466202 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: Explaining Postmodernism: Skepticism and Socialism from Rousseau to Foucault | Statement: [Stephen Hicks, notableWork, Explaining Postmodernism: Skepticism and Socialism from Rousseau to Foucault]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Explaining Postmodernism: Skepticism and Socialism from Rousseau to Foucault
Context triple: [Stephen Hicks, notableWork, Explaining Postmodernism: Skepticism and Socialism from Rousseau to Foucault]
  • A. The Illusions of Postmodernism
    The Illusions of Postmodernism is a critical work by literary theorist Terry Eagleton that challenges and critiques the philosophical and political assumptions of postmodern thought.
  • B. A Primer on Postmodernism
    A Primer on Postmodernism is a widely used introductory book in which theologian Stanley Grenz explains the origins, key ideas, and cultural impact of postmodern thought from a Christian perspective.
  • C. The Postmodern Turn
    The Postmodern Turn is a critical work by Douglas Kellner that examines the emergence and implications of postmodern theory and culture in contemporary society.
  • D. Postmodernism, or, The Cultural Logic of Late Capitalism
    Postmodernism, or, The Cultural Logic of Late Capitalism is a seminal 1991 work of critical theory that analyzes postmodern culture as the ideological expression of late twentieth-century multinational capitalism.
  • E. Postmodern Theory: Critical Interrogations
    Postmodern Theory: Critical Interrogations is a foundational scholarly book that critically examines and synthesizes key debates in postmodern philosophy, culture, and social theory.
  • 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: Explaining Postmodernism: Skepticism and Socialism from Rousseau to Foucault
Triple: [Stephen Hicks, notableWork, Explaining Postmodernism: Skepticism and Socialism from Rousseau to Foucault]
Generated description
Explaining Postmodernism: Skepticism and Socialism from Rousseau to Foucault is a philosophical work by Stephen Hicks that traces the intellectual roots of postmodernism and critiques its relationship to skepticism and collectivist political thought.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Explaining Postmodernism: Skepticism and Socialism from Rousseau to Foucault
Target entity description: Explaining Postmodernism: Skepticism and Socialism from Rousseau to Foucault is a philosophical work by Stephen Hicks that traces the intellectual roots of postmodernism and critiques its relationship to skepticism and collectivist political thought.
  • A. The Illusions of Postmodernism
    The Illusions of Postmodernism is a critical work by literary theorist Terry Eagleton that challenges and critiques the philosophical and political assumptions of postmodern thought.
  • B. A Primer on Postmodernism
    A Primer on Postmodernism is a widely used introductory book in which theologian Stanley Grenz explains the origins, key ideas, and cultural impact of postmodern thought from a Christian perspective.
  • C. The Postmodern Turn
    The Postmodern Turn is a critical work by Douglas Kellner that examines the emergence and implications of postmodern theory and culture in contemporary society.
  • D. Postmodernism, or, The Cultural Logic of Late Capitalism
    Postmodernism, or, The Cultural Logic of Late Capitalism is a seminal 1991 work of critical theory that analyzes postmodern culture as the ideological expression of late twentieth-century multinational capitalism.
  • E. Postmodern Theory: Critical Interrogations
    Postmodern Theory: Critical Interrogations is a foundational scholarly book that critically examines and synthesizes key debates in postmodern philosophy, culture, and social theory.
  • 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_69e0b507dd9081908fb8bfcbef4c8b46 completed April 16, 2026, 10:08 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e7094dd65481909391ed74115afc23 completed April 21, 2026, 5:21 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a095a5879d88190ac29a01da51ea009 completed May 17, 2026, 6:04 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a095c017bec81909fd6c73a0fb677df completed May 17, 2026, 6:11 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a095cee4c308190a08844f285231ff9 completed May 17, 2026, 6:15 a.m.
Created at: April 16, 2026, 2:50 p.m.