Triple

T2538580
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Bruno Latour E56327 entity
Predicate notableIdea P4 FINISHED
Object we have never been modern
"We Have Never Been Modern" is a 1991 book by French philosopher and sociologist Bruno Latour that challenges traditional distinctions between nature and society and critiques the modernist worldview.
E276780 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: we have never been modern | Statement: [Bruno Latour, notableIdea, we have never been modern]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: we have never been modern
Context triple: [Bruno Latour, notableIdea, we have never been modern]
  • A. The Malaise of Modernity
    The Malaise of Modernity is a philosophical work by Charles Taylor that examines how individualism, instrumental reason, and the loss of shared moral horizons shape the problems and anxieties of contemporary Western society.
  • B. A Modern Instance
    "A Modern Instance" is an 1882 realist novel by William Dean Howells that explores the moral and social implications of divorce in late 19th-century American society.
  • C. A Modern Symposium
    A Modern Symposium is a philosophical dialogue by Goldsworthy Lowes Dickinson that explores contemporary ethical, religious, and social questions through a series of fictional conversations.
  • D. Between Past and Future
    "Between Past and Future" is a collection of political and philosophical essays by Hannah Arendt that examines the crises of modernity and the challenges of freedom, authority, and tradition in contemporary society.
  • E. Past and Present
    Past and Present is a 19th-century historical and social critique by Thomas Carlyle that contrasts medieval monastic life with the industrial age to condemn modern social injustices and moral decay.
  • 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: we have never been modern
Triple: [Bruno Latour, notableIdea, we have never been modern]
Generated description
"We Have Never Been Modern" is a 1991 book by French philosopher and sociologist Bruno Latour that challenges traditional distinctions between nature and society and critiques the modernist worldview.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: we have never been modern
Target entity description: "We Have Never Been Modern" is a 1991 book by French philosopher and sociologist Bruno Latour that challenges traditional distinctions between nature and society and critiques the modernist worldview.
  • A. The Malaise of Modernity
    The Malaise of Modernity is a philosophical work by Charles Taylor that examines how individualism, instrumental reason, and the loss of shared moral horizons shape the problems and anxieties of contemporary Western society.
  • B. A Modern Instance
    "A Modern Instance" is an 1882 realist novel by William Dean Howells that explores the moral and social implications of divorce in late 19th-century American society.
  • C. A Modern Symposium
    A Modern Symposium is a philosophical dialogue by Goldsworthy Lowes Dickinson that explores contemporary ethical, religious, and social questions through a series of fictional conversations.
  • D. Between Past and Future
    "Between Past and Future" is a collection of political and philosophical essays by Hannah Arendt that examines the crises of modernity and the challenges of freedom, authority, and tradition in contemporary society.
  • E. Past and Present
    Past and Present is a 19th-century historical and social critique by Thomas Carlyle that contrasts medieval monastic life with the industrial age to condemn modern social injustices and moral decay.
  • 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.