Triple
T225887
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Humboldt University of Berlin |
E4311
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasNotableAlumni |
P51
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Edward Said
Edward Said was a prominent Palestinian-American literary critic, cultural theorist, and public intellectual best known for his foundational work "Orientalism" and his influence on postcolonial studies.
|
E29115
|
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: Edward Said | Statement: [Humboldt University of Berlin, hasNotableAlumni, Edward Said]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Edward Said Context triple: [Humboldt University of Berlin, hasNotableAlumni, Edward Said]
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A.
Stephen Kinzer
Stephen Kinzer is an American author and former New York Times foreign correspondent known for his books on U.S. foreign policy, regime change, and the history of American intervention abroad.
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B.
Juan Cole
Juan Cole is an American historian and commentator best known for his expertise on the modern Middle East and U.S. foreign policy.
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C.
Alfred W. McCoy
Alfred W. McCoy is an American historian and author known for his influential work on U.S. foreign policy, empire, and the global drug trade.
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D.
Norman Finkelstein
Norman Finkelstein is an American political scientist, author, and commentator known for his controversial critiques of Israeli policy and the politics surrounding the Holocaust.
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E.
Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak
Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak is an Indian literary theorist, feminist critic, and postcolonial scholar best known for her influential essay “Can the Subaltern Speak?” and her work on deconstruction and global feminism.
- 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: Edward Said Triple: [Humboldt University of Berlin, hasNotableAlumni, Edward Said]
Generated description
Edward Said was a prominent Palestinian-American literary critic, cultural theorist, and public intellectual best known for his foundational work "Orientalism" and his influence on postcolonial studies.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Edward Said Target entity description: Edward Said was a prominent Palestinian-American literary critic, cultural theorist, and public intellectual best known for his foundational work "Orientalism" and his influence on postcolonial studies.
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A.
Stephen Kinzer
Stephen Kinzer is an American author and former New York Times foreign correspondent known for his books on U.S. foreign policy, regime change, and the history of American intervention abroad.
-
B.
Juan Cole
Juan Cole is an American historian and commentator best known for his expertise on the modern Middle East and U.S. foreign policy.
-
C.
Alfred W. McCoy
Alfred W. McCoy is an American historian and author known for his influential work on U.S. foreign policy, empire, and the global drug trade.
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D.
Norman Finkelstein
Norman Finkelstein is an American political scientist, author, and commentator known for his controversial critiques of Israeli policy and the politics surrounding the Holocaust.
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E.
Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak
Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak is an Indian literary theorist, feminist critic, and postcolonial scholar best known for her influential essay “Can the Subaltern Speak?” and her work on deconstruction and global feminism.
- 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_69a257363ffc81909757bde7ab3404da |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 2:47 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a25c8d97d08190ad7c1c3e9322f34c |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 3:10 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69a35b64d2e88190b2cefa7dee8296af |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 9:17 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69a35c0eb2748190987b74acdf5c8b61 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 9:20 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69a35c6b0680819084f9e25b32dcffc3 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 9:21 p.m. |
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 2:53 a.m.