Triple

T277075
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Herbert Spencer E5272 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object The Principles of Sociology
The Principles of Sociology is a foundational 19th-century work by Herbert Spencer that systematically applies evolutionary theory to the study and organization of human societies.
E36046 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: The Principles of Sociology | Statement: [Herbert Spencer, notableWork, The Principles of Sociology]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Principles of Sociology
Context triple: [Herbert Spencer, notableWork, The Principles of Sociology]
  • A. Rethinking Social Inquiry
    Rethinking Social Inquiry is a methodological volume in political science that critiques and extends the quantitative, positivist approach of Designing Social Inquiry by advocating for pluralistic, case-based, and mixed-method research strategies.
  • B. An Inquiry into Well-Being and Destitution
    An Inquiry into Well-Being and Destitution is an influential economic and philosophical treatise that rigorously examines the concepts of welfare, poverty, and inequality within a comprehensive theoretical framework.
  • C. The System of Economic Contradictions, or The Philosophy of Poverty
    The System of Economic Contradictions, or The Philosophy of Poverty is an 1846 work by Pierre-Joseph Proudhon that offers a critical, dialectical analysis of capitalism and political economy from a socialist and anarchist perspective.
  • D. Twenty Years at Hull-House
    Twenty Years at Hull-House is Jane Addams’s influential autobiographical account of her pioneering social reform work and the development of the Hull House settlement in Chicago.
  • E. Sociobiology: The New Synthesis
    Sociobiology: The New Synthesis is a landmark 1975 book by biologist Edward O. Wilson that founded the modern field of sociobiology by applying evolutionary theory to the study of social behavior in animals and humans.
  • 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: The Principles of Sociology
Triple: [Herbert Spencer, notableWork, The Principles of Sociology]
Generated description
The Principles of Sociology is a foundational 19th-century work by Herbert Spencer that systematically applies evolutionary theory to the study and organization of human societies.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Principles of Sociology
Target entity description: The Principles of Sociology is a foundational 19th-century work by Herbert Spencer that systematically applies evolutionary theory to the study and organization of human societies.
  • A. Rethinking Social Inquiry
    Rethinking Social Inquiry is a methodological volume in political science that critiques and extends the quantitative, positivist approach of Designing Social Inquiry by advocating for pluralistic, case-based, and mixed-method research strategies.
  • B. An Inquiry into Well-Being and Destitution
    An Inquiry into Well-Being and Destitution is an influential economic and philosophical treatise that rigorously examines the concepts of welfare, poverty, and inequality within a comprehensive theoretical framework.
  • C. The System of Economic Contradictions, or The Philosophy of Poverty
    The System of Economic Contradictions, or The Philosophy of Poverty is an 1846 work by Pierre-Joseph Proudhon that offers a critical, dialectical analysis of capitalism and political economy from a socialist and anarchist perspective.
  • D. Twenty Years at Hull-House
    Twenty Years at Hull-House is Jane Addams’s influential autobiographical account of her pioneering social reform work and the development of the Hull House settlement in Chicago.
  • E. Sociobiology: The New Synthesis
    Sociobiology: The New Synthesis is a landmark 1975 book by biologist Edward O. Wilson that founded the modern field of sociobiology by applying evolutionary theory to the study of social behavior in animals and humans.
  • 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_69a257e6c8788190987dfe705ca2912a completed Feb. 28, 2026, 2:50 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a25ded68c88190b1fc595ce329aeb9 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 3:15 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a391525a7081909166884a8ea47ace completed March 1, 2026, 1:07 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a391e734148190a56e6a07447af304 completed March 1, 2026, 1:09 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a3924ca2148190811f9d376805d0cd completed March 1, 2026, 1:11 a.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 2:59 a.m.