Triple
T5439836
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Boylston Professor of Rhetoric and Oratory at Harvard University |
E122102
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasNotableHolder |
P1918
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Louis Menand
Louis Menand is an American critic, essayist, and Harvard professor best known for his work on American intellectual and cultural history, including the Pulitzer Prize–winning book "The Metaphysical Club."
|
E520532
|
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: Louis Menand | Statement: [Boylston Professor of Rhetoric and Oratory at Harvard University, hasNotableHolder, Louis Menand]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Louis Menand Context triple: [Boylston Professor of Rhetoric and Oratory at Harvard University, hasNotableHolder, Louis Menand]
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A.
Peter Gay
Peter Gay was a German-born American historian and author best known for his influential works on the Enlightenment, the Victorian middle class, and the history of psychoanalysis.
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B.
David T. Wilentz
David T. Wilentz was a prominent American lawyer and politician best known as the New Jersey Attorney General who prosecuted the Lindbergh kidnapping case.
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C.
Robert Homans
Robert Homans was an American character actor of the early 20th century, known for his numerous supporting roles in Hollywood films.
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D.
Perry Anderson
Perry Anderson is a British historian and essayist known for his influential Marxist analyses of Western society, politics, and intellectual history, particularly through his long association with the New Left Review.
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E.
Hayden White
Hayden White was an American historian and literary theorist best known for his work on the narrative and rhetorical structures of historical writing, especially in his influential book "Metahistory."
- 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: Louis Menand Triple: [Boylston Professor of Rhetoric and Oratory at Harvard University, hasNotableHolder, Louis Menand]
Generated description
Louis Menand is an American critic, essayist, and Harvard professor best known for his work on American intellectual and cultural history, including the Pulitzer Prize–winning book "The Metaphysical Club."
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Louis Menand Target entity description: Louis Menand is an American critic, essayist, and Harvard professor best known for his work on American intellectual and cultural history, including the Pulitzer Prize–winning book "The Metaphysical Club."
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A.
Peter Gay
Peter Gay was a German-born American historian and author best known for his influential works on the Enlightenment, the Victorian middle class, and the history of psychoanalysis.
-
B.
David T. Wilentz
David T. Wilentz was a prominent American lawyer and politician best known as the New Jersey Attorney General who prosecuted the Lindbergh kidnapping case.
-
C.
Robert Homans
Robert Homans was an American character actor of the early 20th century, known for his numerous supporting roles in Hollywood films.
-
D.
Perry Anderson
Perry Anderson is a British historian and essayist known for his influential Marxist analyses of Western society, politics, and intellectual history, particularly through his long association with the New Left Review.
-
E.
Hayden White
Hayden White was an American historian and literary theorist best known for his work on the narrative and rhetorical structures of historical writing, especially in his influential book "Metahistory."
- 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_69bd46400768819092925d461c0b8432 |
completed | March 20, 2026, 1:06 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69bd91bfdc5481908c0894efcd2bff8e |
completed | March 20, 2026, 6:28 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69bf412aa8bc81908d74589b2a38e5eb |
completed | March 22, 2026, 1:08 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69bf41dd96448190973b7241df5dbb24 |
completed | March 22, 2026, 1:11 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69bf42b97d40819087a98c1cc58bb964 |
completed | March 22, 2026, 1:15 a.m. |
Created at: March 20, 2026, 2:07 p.m.