Triple
T424576
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | William Graham Sumner |
E8178
|
entity |
| Predicate | fullName |
P16
|
FINISHED |
| Object | William Graham Sumner |
E8178
|
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: William Graham Sumner | Statement: [William Graham Sumner, fullName, William Graham Sumner]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Graham Sumner Context triple: [William Graham Sumner, fullName, William Graham Sumner]
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A.
William Graham Sumner
chosen
William Graham Sumner was an influential American sociologist and classical liberal thinker known for his defense of laissez-faire economics and his association with Social Darwinist ideas in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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B.
Lester Frank Ward
Lester Frank Ward was an American sociologist and botanist often regarded as a founding figure of American sociology, known for his progressive ideas about social planning and the role of education and government in promoting social welfare.
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C.
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."
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D.
Alfred L. Kroeber
Alfred L. Kroeber was a pioneering American anthropologist known for his influential work on Native American cultures, linguistic anthropology, and the development of cultural anthropology in the United States.
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E.
Ralph Linton
Ralph Linton was an American anthropologist known for his work on culture and personality and for helping popularize key concepts such as status and role in social anthropology.
- 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_69a2e7f1d1bc81909cf2dc9754a3c334 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 1:04 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a2eed3e4cc8190ba6aff3bd1adb06f |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 1:34 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69a42a17403081909bcbbc0fdfdc25dc |
completed | March 1, 2026, 11:59 a.m. |
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:11 p.m.