Triple
T424613
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | William Graham Sumner |
E8178
|
entity |
| Predicate | influencedBy |
P9
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Herbert Spencer |
E5272
|
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: Herbert Spencer | Statement: [William Graham Sumner, influencedBy, Herbert Spencer]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Herbert Spencer Context triple: [William Graham Sumner, influencedBy, Herbert Spencer]
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A.
Herbert Spencer
chosen
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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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.
William Graham Sumner
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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D.
Auguste Comte
Auguste Comte was a 19th-century French philosopher who founded positivism and is often regarded as the father of sociology.
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E.
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.
- 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_69a42f64cccc8190afae9aa50097670a |
completed | March 1, 2026, 12:21 p.m. |
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:11 p.m.