Triple
T2214148
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Durant |
E50984
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasNotableBearer |
P458
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Will Durant
Will Durant was an American historian and philosopher best known for co-authoring the multi-volume work "The Story of Civilization" with his wife, Ariel Durant.
|
E248230
|
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: Will Durant | Statement: [Durant, hasNotableBearer, Will Durant]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Will Durant Context triple: [Durant, hasNotableBearer, Will Durant]
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A.
Mortimer Adler
Mortimer Adler was an American philosopher, educator, and popularizer of the Great Books movement, known for his work on liberal education and efforts to make philosophy accessible to the general public.
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B.
Ariel Durant
Ariel Durant was a Pulitzer Prize–winning American historian and co-author, with her husband Will Durant, of the influential multi-volume series "The Story of Civilization."
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C.
Arnold Toynbee
Arnold Toynbee was a prominent British historian and philosopher of history best known for his multi-volume work "A Study of History," which analyzed the rise and fall of civilizations.
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D.
Michael H. Hart
Michael H. Hart is an American astrophysicist and author best known for his work on the Fermi paradox and his controversial book "The 100: A Ranking of the Most Influential Persons in History."
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E.
I. Bernard Cohen
I. Bernard Cohen was a prominent American historian of science best known for his influential scholarship on Isaac Newton and the Scientific Revolution.
- 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: Will Durant Triple: [Durant, hasNotableBearer, Will Durant]
Generated description
Will Durant was an American historian and philosopher best known for co-authoring the multi-volume work "The Story of Civilization" with his wife, Ariel Durant.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Will Durant Target entity description: Will Durant was an American historian and philosopher best known for co-authoring the multi-volume work "The Story of Civilization" with his wife, Ariel Durant.
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A.
Mortimer Adler
Mortimer Adler was an American philosopher, educator, and popularizer of the Great Books movement, known for his work on liberal education and efforts to make philosophy accessible to the general public.
-
B.
Ariel Durant
Ariel Durant was a Pulitzer Prize–winning American historian and co-author, with her husband Will Durant, of the influential multi-volume series "The Story of Civilization."
-
C.
Arnold Toynbee
Arnold Toynbee was a prominent British historian and philosopher of history best known for his multi-volume work "A Study of History," which analyzed the rise and fall of civilizations.
-
D.
Michael H. Hart
Michael H. Hart is an American astrophysicist and author best known for his work on the Fermi paradox and his controversial book "The 100: A Ranking of the Most Influential Persons in History."
-
E.
I. Bernard Cohen
I. Bernard Cohen was a prominent American historian of science best known for his influential scholarship on Isaac Newton and the Scientific Revolution.
- 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_69a88b06709c8190978fb2418470d1b6 |
completed | March 4, 2026, 7:41 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69abbfef875c8190b642736b4cc11d4c |
completed | March 7, 2026, 6:04 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ae6afa4f4481908cd1559624805559 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 6:38 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69ae6bbba3908190b24b6e29175cc449 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 6:42 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69ae6c5f6364819085aed383ab0ff8c5 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 6:44 a.m. |
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:46 p.m.