Triple
T38882
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Herbert |
E769
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasNotableBearer |
P458
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Herbert Spencer
Herbert Spencer was a 19th-century English philosopher and sociologist best known for applying evolutionary theory to social and ethical issues and popularizing the concept of "survival of the fittest."
|
E5272
|
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: Herbert Spencer | Statement: [Herbert, hasNotableBearer, Herbert Spencer]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Herbert Spencer Context triple: [Herbert, hasNotableBearer, Herbert Spencer]
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A.
John Stuart Mill
John Stuart Mill was a 19th-century British philosopher and political economist known for his influential works on utilitarianism, liberty, and liberal democratic theory.
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B.
Franz Boas
Franz Boas was a pioneering German-American anthropologist often regarded as the "father of American anthropology" for his foundational work in cultural relativism and field-based ethnographic research.
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C.
Thomas Malthus
Thomas Malthus was an English economist and demographer best known for his theory that population growth tends to outpace food production, leading to inevitable checks such as famine and disease.
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D.
Bertrand Russell
Bertrand Russell was a British philosopher, logician, and social critic, renowned for his foundational work in analytic philosophy and contributions to logic, mathematics, and political thought.
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E.
Charles Darwin
Charles Darwin was a 19th-century English naturalist whose theory of evolution by natural selection revolutionized biology and our understanding of life on Earth.
- 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: Herbert Spencer Triple: [Herbert, hasNotableBearer, Herbert Spencer]
Generated description
Herbert Spencer was a 19th-century English philosopher and sociologist best known for applying evolutionary theory to social and ethical issues and popularizing the concept of "survival of the fittest."
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Herbert Spencer Target entity description: Herbert Spencer was a 19th-century English philosopher and sociologist best known for applying evolutionary theory to social and ethical issues and popularizing the concept of "survival of the fittest."
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A.
John Stuart Mill
John Stuart Mill was a 19th-century British philosopher and political economist known for his influential works on utilitarianism, liberty, and liberal democratic theory.
-
B.
Franz Boas
Franz Boas was a pioneering German-American anthropologist often regarded as the "father of American anthropology" for his foundational work in cultural relativism and field-based ethnographic research.
-
C.
Thomas Malthus
Thomas Malthus was an English economist and demographer best known for his theory that population growth tends to outpace food production, leading to inevitable checks such as famine and disease.
-
D.
Bertrand Russell
Bertrand Russell was a British philosopher, logician, and social critic, renowned for his foundational work in analytic philosophy and contributions to logic, mathematics, and political thought.
-
E.
Charles Darwin
Charles Darwin was a 19th-century English naturalist whose theory of evolution by natural selection revolutionized biology and our understanding of life on Earth.
- 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_69a247a8f6c08190bac804906d62ed5a |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 1:40 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a24acd14b48190b80d4329621583df |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 1:54 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69a255322d048190b3a45c6c6a80230c |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 2:38 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69a255ee9c1c8190a9d1db89af34fbaf |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 2:41 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69a256a35c3081908aa5522c734bd54d |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 2:44 a.m. |
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:46 a.m.