Triple
T387488
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | John Ralston Saul |
E8809
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableWork |
P4
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Voltaire’s Bastards
Voltaire’s Bastards is a non-fiction book by John Ralston Saul that critiques the dominance of rationalist technocracy in modern Western society and its corrosive effects on democracy and human values.
|
E49404
|
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: Voltaire’s Bastards | Statement: [John Ralston Saul, notableWork, Voltaire’s Bastards]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Voltaire’s Bastards Context triple: [John Ralston Saul, notableWork, Voltaire’s Bastards]
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A.
Candide
Candide is a satirical novella by Voltaire that follows a naïve young man’s disillusioning journey through a series of misfortunes, sharply critiquing philosophical optimism and societal hypocrisy.
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B.
The Scriblerus Club
The Scriblerus Club was an early 18th-century London literary circle, including figures like Jonathan Swift and Alexander Pope, that satirized pretentious learning and bad taste through collaborative works.
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C.
Honi soit qui mal y pense
"Honi soit qui mal y pense" is a medieval French phrase meaning "Shame on him who thinks evil of it," best known as the chivalric motto of England’s Order of the Garter.
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D.
Zadig
Zadig is a philosophical novella by Voltaire that follows the trials of a wise and virtuous Babylonian man to satirize society, religion, and the nature of fate.
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E.
Le Siècle
Le Siècle was a prominent 19th-century French newspaper known for publishing major literary works and influencing public opinion in France.
- 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: Voltaire’s Bastards Triple: [John Ralston Saul, notableWork, Voltaire’s Bastards]
Generated description
Voltaire’s Bastards is a non-fiction book by John Ralston Saul that critiques the dominance of rationalist technocracy in modern Western society and its corrosive effects on democracy and human values.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Voltaire’s Bastards Target entity description: Voltaire’s Bastards is a non-fiction book by John Ralston Saul that critiques the dominance of rationalist technocracy in modern Western society and its corrosive effects on democracy and human values.
-
A.
Candide
Candide is a satirical novella by Voltaire that follows a naïve young man’s disillusioning journey through a series of misfortunes, sharply critiquing philosophical optimism and societal hypocrisy.
-
B.
The Scriblerus Club
The Scriblerus Club was an early 18th-century London literary circle, including figures like Jonathan Swift and Alexander Pope, that satirized pretentious learning and bad taste through collaborative works.
-
C.
Honi soit qui mal y pense
"Honi soit qui mal y pense" is a medieval French phrase meaning "Shame on him who thinks evil of it," best known as the chivalric motto of England’s Order of the Garter.
-
D.
Zadig
Zadig is a philosophical novella by Voltaire that follows the trials of a wise and virtuous Babylonian man to satirize society, religion, and the nature of fate.
-
E.
Le Siècle
Le Siècle was a prominent 19th-century French newspaper known for publishing major literary works and influencing public opinion in France.
- 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_69a2e7f55c60819097aff65ea2ca2832 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 1:04 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a2ec5828d881909e8810061c02480c |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 1:23 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69a403500d048190874ff9e3078d86fe |
completed | March 1, 2026, 9:13 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69a4041ef2d8819086370c7f55887ae5 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 9:17 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69a4048229bc8190afe728fce60b8eac |
completed | March 1, 2026, 9:18 a.m. |
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:08 p.m.