Triple
T22012893
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Edward L. Thorndike |
E543622
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entity |
| Predicate | influenced |
P9
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FINISHED |
| Object | B. F. Skinner |
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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: B. F. Skinner | Statement: [Edward L. Thorndike, influenced, B. F. Skinner]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: B. F. Skinner Context triple: [Edward L. Thorndike, influenced, B. F. Skinner]
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A.
H. W. B. Skinner
H. W. B. Skinner was a physicist and academic mentor known for supervising future prominent astrophysicist Geoffrey Burbidge.
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B.
B. F. Skinner (born Burrhus Frederic Skinner)
chosen
B. F. Skinner was an influential American psychologist and behaviorist best known for developing the theory of operant conditioning and pioneering experimental analysis of behavior.
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C.
John B. Watson
John B. Watson was an American psychologist who founded the school of behaviorism, emphasizing the study of observable behavior over introspection.
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D.
Paul Mowrer
Paul Mowrer was an American journalist and foreign correspondent who won the first Pulitzer Prize for foreign correspondence in 1929.
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E.
Edward L. Thorndike
Edward L. Thorndike was an American psychologist and pioneer in educational psychology and learning theory, best known for his work on animal intelligence and the formulation of the law of effect.
- 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_69e11e2db934819095556760c7d85e4d |
completed | April 16, 2026, 5:36 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69f127a5e624819082ed5beeb4bc82fa |
completed | April 28, 2026, 9:33 p.m. |
Created at: April 16, 2026, 8:22 p.m.