Triple

T3685466
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Noel Annan E78212 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object The Curious Strength of Positivism in English Political Thought
The Curious Strength of Positivism in English Political Thought is a scholarly work by historian Noel Annan that examines the influence and resilience of positivist ideas within the development of modern English political theory.
E379182 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 Curious Strength of Positivism in English Political Thought | Statement: [Noel Annan, notableWork, The Curious Strength of Positivism in English Political Thought]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Curious Strength of Positivism in English Political Thought
Context triple: [Noel Annan, notableWork, The Curious Strength of Positivism in English Political Thought]
  • A. British Whig political thought
    British Whig political thought was an early modern English ideological tradition emphasizing constitutionalism, the rule of law, and resistance to arbitrary power, which deeply shaped colonial American views on liberty and government.
  • B. The Enlightenment: An Interpretation
    The Enlightenment: An Interpretation is a landmark two-volume historical study by Peter Gay that analyzes the ideas, culture, and leading figures of the 18th-century Enlightenment in Europe.
  • C. Varieties of Political Theory
    Varieties of Political Theory is a seminal collection of essays by political scientist David Easton that surveys and critiques major approaches and methodologies in modern political theory.
  • D. History of English Thought in the Eighteenth Century
    History of English Thought in the Eighteenth Century is a major 19th-century intellectual history work by Leslie Stephen that surveys and analyzes the development of English philosophical and religious ideas during the 1700s.
  • E. The Governance of Britain
    The Governance of Britain is a political work by former UK Prime Minister Harold Wilson that analyzes and critiques the structures and functioning of British government and democracy.
  • 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 Curious Strength of Positivism in English Political Thought
Triple: [Noel Annan, notableWork, The Curious Strength of Positivism in English Political Thought]
Generated description
The Curious Strength of Positivism in English Political Thought is a scholarly work by historian Noel Annan that examines the influence and resilience of positivist ideas within the development of modern English political theory.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Curious Strength of Positivism in English Political Thought
Target entity description: The Curious Strength of Positivism in English Political Thought is a scholarly work by historian Noel Annan that examines the influence and resilience of positivist ideas within the development of modern English political theory.
  • A. British Whig political thought
    British Whig political thought was an early modern English ideological tradition emphasizing constitutionalism, the rule of law, and resistance to arbitrary power, which deeply shaped colonial American views on liberty and government.
  • B. The Enlightenment: An Interpretation
    The Enlightenment: An Interpretation is a landmark two-volume historical study by Peter Gay that analyzes the ideas, culture, and leading figures of the 18th-century Enlightenment in Europe.
  • C. Varieties of Political Theory
    Varieties of Political Theory is a seminal collection of essays by political scientist David Easton that surveys and critiques major approaches and methodologies in modern political theory.
  • D. History of English Thought in the Eighteenth Century
    History of English Thought in the Eighteenth Century is a major 19th-century intellectual history work by Leslie Stephen that surveys and analyzes the development of English philosophical and religious ideas during the 1700s.
  • E. The Governance of Britain
    The Governance of Britain is a political work by former UK Prime Minister Harold Wilson that analyzes and critiques the structures and functioning of British government and democracy.
  • 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_69ad85e285a081908f8cbfa9e2ed9b75 completed March 8, 2026, 2:21 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69adc4c49b408190bc800bcf9745fe4f completed March 8, 2026, 6:49 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b4c3bd473c8190b814689f3c76cada completed March 14, 2026, 2:11 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b4c463b53c8190b3333fda95862545 completed March 14, 2026, 2:13 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b4c4ee4db88190810a1d49d757b2b6 completed March 14, 2026, 2:16 a.m.
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:26 p.m.