Triple

T22494259
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Garry Wills E556097 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object A Necessary Evil: A History of American Distrust of Government
"A Necessary Evil: A History of American Distrust of Government" is a historical and political analysis that explores the deep roots and evolution of Americans’ skepticism toward governmental power.
E1540488 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: A Necessary Evil: A History of American Distrust of Government | Statement: [Garry Wills, notableWork, A Necessary Evil: A History of American Distrust of Government]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: A Necessary Evil: A History of American Distrust of Government
Context triple: [Garry Wills, notableWork, A Necessary Evil: A History of American Distrust of Government]
  • A. America (The Book): A Citizen's Guide to Democracy Inaction
    "America (The Book): A Citizen's Guide to Democracy Inaction" is a satirical, textbook-style commentary on American politics and history created by Jon Stewart and the writers of The Daily Show.
  • B. Last Call for Liberty: How America's Genius for Freedom Has Become Its Greatest Threat
    "Last Call for Liberty: How America's Genius for Freedom Has Become Its Greatest Threat" is a book by social critic and Christian apologist Os Guinness that examines the philosophical and moral foundations of American freedom and warns how distorted understandings of liberty are endangering the nation’s future.
  • C. The Great Political Superstition
    "The Great Political Superstition" is an essay by Herbert Spencer that critiques blind faith in governmental authority and challenges the belief that the state is inherently a force for good.
  • D. Twilight of Democracy: The Seductive Lure of Authoritarianism
    "Twilight of Democracy: The Seductive Lure of Authoritarianism" is a nonfiction book by historian and journalist Anne Applebaum that examines how and why democracies around the world are sliding toward authoritarianism, often with the support of former liberal elites.
  • E. The Sorrows of Empire: Militarism, Secrecy, and the End of the Republic
    "The Sorrows of Empire: Militarism, Secrecy, and the End of the Republic" is a non-fiction book by Chalmers Johnson that critiques U.S. imperial overreach, permanent war, and the erosion of American democracy.
  • 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: A Necessary Evil: A History of American Distrust of Government
Triple: [Garry Wills, notableWork, A Necessary Evil: A History of American Distrust of Government]
Generated description
"A Necessary Evil: A History of American Distrust of Government" is a historical and political analysis that explores the deep roots and evolution of Americans’ skepticism toward governmental power.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: A Necessary Evil: A History of American Distrust of Government
Target entity description: "A Necessary Evil: A History of American Distrust of Government" is a historical and political analysis that explores the deep roots and evolution of Americans’ skepticism toward governmental power.
  • A. America (The Book): A Citizen's Guide to Democracy Inaction
    "America (The Book): A Citizen's Guide to Democracy Inaction" is a satirical, textbook-style commentary on American politics and history created by Jon Stewart and the writers of The Daily Show.
  • B. Last Call for Liberty: How America's Genius for Freedom Has Become Its Greatest Threat
    "Last Call for Liberty: How America's Genius for Freedom Has Become Its Greatest Threat" is a book by social critic and Christian apologist Os Guinness that examines the philosophical and moral foundations of American freedom and warns how distorted understandings of liberty are endangering the nation’s future.
  • C. The Great Political Superstition
    "The Great Political Superstition" is an essay by Herbert Spencer that critiques blind faith in governmental authority and challenges the belief that the state is inherently a force for good.
  • D. Twilight of Democracy: The Seductive Lure of Authoritarianism
    "Twilight of Democracy: The Seductive Lure of Authoritarianism" is a nonfiction book by historian and journalist Anne Applebaum that examines how and why democracies around the world are sliding toward authoritarianism, often with the support of former liberal elites.
  • E. The Sorrows of Empire: Militarism, Secrecy, and the End of the Republic
    "The Sorrows of Empire: Militarism, Secrecy, and the End of the Republic" is a non-fiction book by Chalmers Johnson that critiques U.S. imperial overreach, permanent war, and the erosion of American democracy.
  • 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_69e11e5445bc8190b6a9481926db3355 completed April 16, 2026, 5:37 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69f15cb0dfb88190a4175e5e95d7ad4b completed April 29, 2026, 1:19 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a0b17dfe7f48190a0879581d3e4d80f completed May 18, 2026, 1:45 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a0b18d9beec8190b890e127c62b2ef6 completed May 18, 2026, 1:49 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a0b19953e248190b599854dc58771a0 completed May 18, 2026, 1:52 p.m.
Created at: April 16, 2026, 8:49 p.m.