Triple

T2538545
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Bruno Latour E56327 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object Laboratory Life: The Construction of Scientific Facts
Laboratory Life: The Construction of Scientific Facts is a foundational work in science and technology studies that ethnographically examines how scientific facts are socially constructed within laboratory practice.
E276766 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: Laboratory Life: The Construction of Scientific Facts | Statement: [Bruno Latour, notableWork, Laboratory Life: The Construction of Scientific Facts]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Laboratory Life: The Construction of Scientific Facts
Context triple: [Bruno Latour, notableWork, Laboratory Life: The Construction of Scientific Facts]
  • A. The Art and Politics of Science
    The Art and Politics of Science is a memoir by Nobel Prize–winning scientist Harold Varmus that reflects on his life in research and his influential roles in science policy and leadership.
  • B. Reflections on the Romance of Science
    Reflections on the Romance of Science is a collection of essays by Carl Sagan that explores the history, philosophy, and wonder of scientific discovery.
  • C. The Structure of Scientific Revolutions
    The Structure of Scientific Revolutions is a landmark 1962 book by philosopher Thomas S. Kuhn that introduced the concept of paradigm shifts to explain how scientific fields undergo periodic, transformative changes rather than progressing through a steady accumulation of knowledge.
  • D. The Scientist as Rebel (book)
    The Scientist as Rebel is a collection of essays by physicist and mathematician Freeman Dyson that explores science, religion, ethics, and the role of dissent in scientific progress.
  • E. Essays of a Biologist
    Essays of a Biologist is a collection of influential essays by evolutionary biologist Julian Huxley that explores biology’s implications for human society, philosophy, and the modern worldview.
  • 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: Laboratory Life: The Construction of Scientific Facts
Triple: [Bruno Latour, notableWork, Laboratory Life: The Construction of Scientific Facts]
Generated description
Laboratory Life: The Construction of Scientific Facts is a foundational work in science and technology studies that ethnographically examines how scientific facts are socially constructed within laboratory practice.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Laboratory Life: The Construction of Scientific Facts
Target entity description: Laboratory Life: The Construction of Scientific Facts is a foundational work in science and technology studies that ethnographically examines how scientific facts are socially constructed within laboratory practice.
  • A. The Art and Politics of Science
    The Art and Politics of Science is a memoir by Nobel Prize–winning scientist Harold Varmus that reflects on his life in research and his influential roles in science policy and leadership.
  • B. Reflections on the Romance of Science
    Reflections on the Romance of Science is a collection of essays by Carl Sagan that explores the history, philosophy, and wonder of scientific discovery.
  • C. The Structure of Scientific Revolutions
    The Structure of Scientific Revolutions is a landmark 1962 book by philosopher Thomas S. Kuhn that introduced the concept of paradigm shifts to explain how scientific fields undergo periodic, transformative changes rather than progressing through a steady accumulation of knowledge.
  • D. The Scientist as Rebel (book)
    The Scientist as Rebel is a collection of essays by physicist and mathematician Freeman Dyson that explores science, religion, ethics, and the role of dissent in scientific progress.
  • E. Essays of a Biologist
    Essays of a Biologist is a collection of influential essays by evolutionary biologist Julian Huxley that explores biology’s implications for human society, philosophy, and the modern worldview.
  • 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_69ab4a49b6508190bc467fbef4bac334 completed March 6, 2026, 9:42 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abd298fc2481908b2925bf6a06532b completed March 7, 2026, 7:24 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69af5cfc54cc8190bb43b54f873ffa63 completed March 9, 2026, 11:51 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69af5dd89fe48190a99b2bea591818cd completed March 9, 2026, 11:55 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69af5e8583408190862ba4e13bf81cbd completed March 9, 2026, 11:57 p.m.
Created at: March 6, 2026, 9:47 p.m.