Triple

T23298944
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Structure and Process in Modern Societies E590248 entity
Predicate relatedWorkByAuthor P922 FINISHED
Object Essays in Sociological Theory
Essays in Sociological Theory is a collection of influential essays by sociologist Talcott Parsons that helped shape mid-20th-century structural functionalist theory and the analysis of modern social systems.
E1581535 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: Essays in Sociological Theory | Statement: [Structure and Process in Modern Societies, relatedWorkByAuthor, Essays in Sociological Theory]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Essays in Sociological Theory
Context triple: [Structure and Process in Modern Societies, relatedWorkByAuthor, Essays in Sociological Theory]
  • A. On Theoretical Sociology
    On Theoretical Sociology is a seminal collection of essays by sociologist Robert K. Merton that articulates and refines key concepts in sociological theory, including middle-range theory and the structure of sociological explanation.
  • B. Social Theory and Social Structure
    Social Theory and Social Structure is a foundational sociological work by Robert K. Merton that systematizes key concepts such as middle-range theory, reference groups, and anomie, profoundly shaping modern sociological theory.
  • C. Collected Papers II: Studies in Social Theory
    Collected Papers II: Studies in Social Theory is a posthumous volume of essays by phenomenological sociologist Alfred Schutz that develops his influential theories on the structures of the social world and the foundations of social science.
  • D. The Sociological Tradition
    The Sociological Tradition is a seminal work of social theory by Robert Nisbet that traces and interprets the major ideas and thinkers shaping classical sociology.
  • E. Foundations of Social Theory
    Foundations of Social Theory is a major sociological work that systematically develops a rational choice framework to explain how individual actions generate larger social structures and institutions.
  • 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: Essays in Sociological Theory
Triple: [Structure and Process in Modern Societies, relatedWorkByAuthor, Essays in Sociological Theory]
Generated description
Essays in Sociological Theory is a collection of influential essays by sociologist Talcott Parsons that helped shape mid-20th-century structural functionalist theory and the analysis of modern social systems.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Essays in Sociological Theory
Target entity description: Essays in Sociological Theory is a collection of influential essays by sociologist Talcott Parsons that helped shape mid-20th-century structural functionalist theory and the analysis of modern social systems.
  • A. On Theoretical Sociology
    On Theoretical Sociology is a seminal collection of essays by sociologist Robert K. Merton that articulates and refines key concepts in sociological theory, including middle-range theory and the structure of sociological explanation.
  • B. Social Theory and Social Structure
    Social Theory and Social Structure is a foundational sociological work by Robert K. Merton that systematizes key concepts such as middle-range theory, reference groups, and anomie, profoundly shaping modern sociological theory.
  • C. Collected Papers II: Studies in Social Theory
    Collected Papers II: Studies in Social Theory is a posthumous volume of essays by phenomenological sociologist Alfred Schutz that develops his influential theories on the structures of the social world and the foundations of social science.
  • D. The Sociological Tradition
    The Sociological Tradition is a seminal work of social theory by Robert Nisbet that traces and interprets the major ideas and thinkers shaping classical sociology.
  • E. Foundations of Social Theory
    Foundations of Social Theory is a major sociological work that systematically develops a rational choice framework to explain how individual actions generate larger social structures and institutions.
  • 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_69e25d1c0ecc8190a355aa229f06d0e0 completed April 17, 2026, 4:17 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69f196d133448190bf350a9f51c1531c completed April 29, 2026, 5:27 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a0c4c950f30819090432d04c6abf51d completed May 19, 2026, 11:42 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a0c4ef9dcc48190b0c0ca52555f5490 completed May 19, 2026, 11:52 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a0c506b25ec819084b9522fa827abe7 completed May 19, 2026, 11:58 a.m.
Created at: April 17, 2026, 5:03 p.m.