Triple

T466242
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Scottish Enlightenment E8452 entity
Predicate notableWorkProduced P4 FINISHED
Object An Essay on the History of Civil Society
An Essay on the History of Civil Society is a 1767 work by Scottish philosopher Adam Ferguson that analyzes the development of human societies, social institutions, and civic virtue within the broader context of Enlightenment thought.
E58736 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: An Essay on the History of Civil Society | Statement: [Scottish Enlightenment, notableWorkProduced, An Essay on the History of Civil Society]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: An Essay on the History of Civil Society
Context triple: [Scottish Enlightenment, notableWorkProduced, An Essay on the History of Civil Society]
  • A. What Social Classes Owe to Each Other
    "What Social Classes Owe to Each Other" is an 1883 collection of essays by sociologist William Graham Sumner that argues for limited government, individual responsibility, and laissez-faire economics in the relations between social classes.
  • B. Discourse on the Origin and Basis of Inequality Among Men
    Discourse on the Origin and Basis of Inequality Among Men is a philosophical treatise by Jean-Jacques Rousseau that examines the development of human society and the origins of social and economic inequality.
  • C. Essays, Moral and Political
    Essays, Moral and Political is an early collection of philosophical writings by David Hume that explores topics in ethics, politics, and human nature, helping to establish his reputation as a leading Enlightenment thinker.
  • D. The Social Contract
    The Social Contract is a seminal 1762 political philosophy treatise by Jean-Jacques Rousseau that argues legitimate government is based on a collective agreement formed by the general will of the people.
  • E. The Spirit of the Laws
    The Spirit of the Laws is a foundational 1748 political treatise by Montesquieu that systematically analyzes forms of government and famously articulates the doctrine of separation of powers.
  • 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: An Essay on the History of Civil Society
Triple: [Scottish Enlightenment, notableWorkProduced, An Essay on the History of Civil Society]
Generated description
An Essay on the History of Civil Society is a 1767 work by Scottish philosopher Adam Ferguson that analyzes the development of human societies, social institutions, and civic virtue within the broader context of Enlightenment thought.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: An Essay on the History of Civil Society
Target entity description: An Essay on the History of Civil Society is a 1767 work by Scottish philosopher Adam Ferguson that analyzes the development of human societies, social institutions, and civic virtue within the broader context of Enlightenment thought.
  • A. What Social Classes Owe to Each Other
    "What Social Classes Owe to Each Other" is an 1883 collection of essays by sociologist William Graham Sumner that argues for limited government, individual responsibility, and laissez-faire economics in the relations between social classes.
  • B. Discourse on the Origin and Basis of Inequality Among Men
    Discourse on the Origin and Basis of Inequality Among Men is a philosophical treatise by Jean-Jacques Rousseau that examines the development of human society and the origins of social and economic inequality.
  • C. Essays, Moral and Political
    Essays, Moral and Political is an early collection of philosophical writings by David Hume that explores topics in ethics, politics, and human nature, helping to establish his reputation as a leading Enlightenment thinker.
  • D. The Social Contract
    The Social Contract is a seminal 1762 political philosophy treatise by Jean-Jacques Rousseau that argues legitimate government is based on a collective agreement formed by the general will of the people.
  • E. The Spirit of the Laws
    The Spirit of the Laws is a foundational 1748 political treatise by Montesquieu that systematically analyzes forms of government and famously articulates the doctrine of separation of powers.
  • 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_69a2e7f3aeb48190a19453e3a043f486 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:04 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a2f01ec5148190b74e1727712f1163 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:39 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a45800a3848190b68db07055a6135b completed March 1, 2026, 3:15 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a45e2c93988190af6434ebcd546616 completed March 1, 2026, 3:41 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a45ecc6d9481909e57eff882bfca3d completed March 1, 2026, 3:44 p.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:12 p.m.