Triple
T3054579
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | The Attention Merchants: The Epic Scramble to Get Inside Our Heads |
E60449
|
entity |
| Predicate | subject |
P450
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
surveillance capitalism
Surveillance capitalism is an economic system in which companies harvest, analyze, and monetize personal data and human attention as a primary source of profit and power.
|
E323664
|
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: surveillance capitalism | Statement: [The Attention Merchants: The Epic Scramble to Get Inside Our Heads, subject, surveillance capitalism]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: surveillance capitalism Context triple: [The Attention Merchants: The Epic Scramble to Get Inside Our Heads, subject, surveillance capitalism]
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A.
“Capitalism”
"Capitalism" is a public artwork installed at the Oregon Convention Center that artistically critiques or reflects on economic and social themes associated with capitalist systems.
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B.
PRISM surveillance program
The PRISM surveillance program is a classified U.S. National Security Agency data-collection initiative that gathers and analyzes digital communications from major internet companies for intelligence purposes.
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C.
The Master Switch: The Rise and Fall of Information Empires
The Master Switch: The Rise and Fall of Information Empires is a nonfiction book that examines the recurring cycle of openness and monopolistic control in communications and information industries throughout modern history.
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D.
The Decline and Rise of the Consumer
"The Decline and Rise of the Consumer" is a work by philosopher and cultural pluralism advocate Horace M. Kallen that examines the role, power, and rights of consumers within modern industrial and democratic society.
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E.
The Attention Merchants: The Epic Scramble to Get Inside Our Heads
The Attention Merchants: The Epic Scramble to Get Inside Our Heads is a nonfiction book that traces the history and mechanics of the attention economy, examining how media, advertising, and technology industries capture and monetize human attention.
- 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: surveillance capitalism Triple: [The Attention Merchants: The Epic Scramble to Get Inside Our Heads, subject, surveillance capitalism]
Generated description
Surveillance capitalism is an economic system in which companies harvest, analyze, and monetize personal data and human attention as a primary source of profit and power.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: surveillance capitalism Target entity description: Surveillance capitalism is an economic system in which companies harvest, analyze, and monetize personal data and human attention as a primary source of profit and power.
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A.
“Capitalism”
"Capitalism" is a public artwork installed at the Oregon Convention Center that artistically critiques or reflects on economic and social themes associated with capitalist systems.
-
B.
PRISM surveillance program
The PRISM surveillance program is a classified U.S. National Security Agency data-collection initiative that gathers and analyzes digital communications from major internet companies for intelligence purposes.
-
C.
The Master Switch: The Rise and Fall of Information Empires
The Master Switch: The Rise and Fall of Information Empires is a nonfiction book that examines the recurring cycle of openness and monopolistic control in communications and information industries throughout modern history.
-
D.
The Decline and Rise of the Consumer
"The Decline and Rise of the Consumer" is a work by philosopher and cultural pluralism advocate Horace M. Kallen that examines the role, power, and rights of consumers within modern industrial and democratic society.
-
E.
The Attention Merchants: The Epic Scramble to Get Inside Our Heads
The Attention Merchants: The Epic Scramble to Get Inside Our Heads is a nonfiction book that traces the history and mechanics of the attention economy, examining how media, advertising, and technology industries capture and monetize human attention.
- 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_69ad8578137c81908259dcb27c7d6d7c |
completed | March 8, 2026, 2:19 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69ad9bf6b9948190bc957bfd1579c471 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 3:55 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b1ef03425c8190a44486ab563c210f |
completed | March 11, 2026, 10:38 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69b1f2d6e2008190adad44758e2d4766 |
completed | March 11, 2026, 10:55 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69b1f34005c88190817c40dc30f99f14 |
completed | March 11, 2026, 10:57 p.m. |
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:02 p.m.