Triple
T3270063
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Tim Wu |
E68623
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableWork |
P4
|
FINISHED |
| Object | The Attention Merchants |
E60449
|
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: The Attention Merchants | Statement: [Tim Wu, notableWork, The Attention Merchants]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Attention Merchants Context triple: [Tim Wu, notableWork, The Attention Merchants]
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A.
The Attention Merchants: The Epic Scramble to Get Inside Our Heads
chosen
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.
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B.
The Meme Machine
The Meme Machine is a popular science book by psychologist Susan Blackmore that explores the concept of memes as units of cultural evolution and their role in shaping human behavior and consciousness.
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C.
The Start-up of You
The Start-up of You is a career strategy book that applies entrepreneurial principles to personal and professional development, co-written by LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman.
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D.
The Next Big Thing
The Next Big Thing is a nickname for Brock Lesnar, highlighting his rapid rise as a dominant and highly touted professional wrestler and mixed martial artist.
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E.
The Master Switch
The Master Switch is a nonfiction book by Tim Wu that explores how communication industries tend to cycle between open innovation and closed, monopolistic control.
- 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_69ad859b54f881909bf530d549caf2fd |
completed | March 8, 2026, 2:20 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69adaff349148190beae8c0994b7ad83 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 5:20 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b28efded588190bd6c361e5298b496 |
completed | March 12, 2026, 10:01 a.m. |
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:09 p.m.