Triple

T3608897
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject University of Coimbra E76435 entity
Predicate hasNotableAlumni P51 FINISHED
Object Boaventura de Sousa Santos
Boaventura de Sousa Santos is a Portuguese sociologist and legal scholar known for his work on epistemologies of the Global South, postcolonial theory, and critical legal studies.
E374196 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: Boaventura de Sousa Santos | Statement: [University of Coimbra, hasNotableAlumni, Boaventura de Sousa Santos]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Boaventura de Sousa Santos
Context triple: [University of Coimbra, hasNotableAlumni, Boaventura de Sousa Santos]
  • A. Ernesto Laclau
    Ernesto Laclau was an Argentine political theorist known for his influential work on populism, discourse, and hegemony within post-Marxist and post-structuralist thought.
  • B. Leonardo Boff
    Leonardo Boff is a Brazilian theologian, former Franciscan friar, and prominent proponent of liberation theology known for his critiques of Church hierarchy and advocacy for social justice and environmental causes.
  • C. Rafael Freyre
    Rafael Freyre is a coastal municipality in eastern Cuba known for its beaches and proximity to the city of Holguín.
  • D. Roberto Mangabeira Unger
    Roberto Mangabeira Unger is a Brazilian philosopher, social theorist, and politician known for his influential work in critical legal studies and his proposals for radical democratic and economic reform.
  • E. Saskia Sassen
    Saskia Sassen is a prominent sociologist best known for her work on globalization, migration, and the concept of the global city.
  • 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: Boaventura de Sousa Santos
Triple: [University of Coimbra, hasNotableAlumni, Boaventura de Sousa Santos]
Generated description
Boaventura de Sousa Santos is a Portuguese sociologist and legal scholar known for his work on epistemologies of the Global South, postcolonial theory, and critical legal studies.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Boaventura de Sousa Santos
Target entity description: Boaventura de Sousa Santos is a Portuguese sociologist and legal scholar known for his work on epistemologies of the Global South, postcolonial theory, and critical legal studies.
  • A. Ernesto Laclau
    Ernesto Laclau was an Argentine political theorist known for his influential work on populism, discourse, and hegemony within post-Marxist and post-structuralist thought.
  • B. Leonardo Boff
    Leonardo Boff is a Brazilian theologian, former Franciscan friar, and prominent proponent of liberation theology known for his critiques of Church hierarchy and advocacy for social justice and environmental causes.
  • C. Rafael Freyre
    Rafael Freyre is a coastal municipality in eastern Cuba known for its beaches and proximity to the city of Holguín.
  • D. Roberto Mangabeira Unger
    Roberto Mangabeira Unger is a Brazilian philosopher, social theorist, and politician known for his influential work in critical legal studies and his proposals for radical democratic and economic reform.
  • E. Saskia Sassen
    Saskia Sassen is a prominent sociologist best known for her work on globalization, migration, and the concept of the global city.
  • 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_69ad85da0ba481908b3b48c69efe2b98 completed March 8, 2026, 2:21 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69adc22a3cf081908c20b6fb55be0db2 completed March 8, 2026, 6:38 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b4330de7a08190933aa7e9dc0a65be completed March 13, 2026, 3:53 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b437cf839881909b1d505328285123 completed March 13, 2026, 4:14 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b43835994c81909230bbb21b12b8ef completed March 13, 2026, 4:15 p.m.
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:22 p.m.