Triple
T32361
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media |
E646
|
entity |
| Predicate | author |
P4
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Edward S. Herman |
E2669
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: Edward S. Herman | Statement: [Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media, author, Edward S. Herman]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Edward S. Herman Context triple: [Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media, author, Edward S. Herman]
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A.
Edward S. Herman
chosen
Edward S. Herman was an American economist, media analyst, and critic of U.S. foreign policy best known for co-developing the "propaganda model" of the media.
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B.
Noam Chomsky
Noam Chomsky is an American linguist, philosopher, cognitive scientist, historian, and political activist widely regarded as the founder of modern linguistics and a prominent critic of U.S. foreign policy.
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C.
Gary King
Gary King is a prominent American political scientist and quantitative methodologist at Harvard University, known for his influential work in statistical methods for social science research.
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D.
Harold T. Shapiro
Harold T. Shapiro is an economist and academic leader best known for serving as president of both Princeton University and the University of Michigan and for his influential work at the intersection of higher education and public policy.
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E.
Linda Salzman Sagan
Linda Salzman Sagan is an American artist and writer best known for co-designing the Pioneer plaque and contributing to other interstellar message projects alongside Carl Sagan.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69a2479dec388190967ba648663442c9 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 1:40 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a2487838f881908ab8eda6c6ae53e4 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 1:44 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69a255307eac81908d0055775ef3c965 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 2:38 a.m. |
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:44 a.m.