Triple
T6898990
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Niall Ferguson |
E159444
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableWork |
P4
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FINISHED |
| Object |
Empire: How Britain Made the Modern World
Empire: How Britain Made the Modern World is a historical study by Niall Ferguson that examines the global impact, legacy, and controversies of the British Empire on the modern world.
|
E626947
|
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: Empire: How Britain Made the Modern World | Statement: [Niall Ferguson, notableWork, Empire: How Britain Made the Modern World]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Empire: How Britain Made the Modern World Context triple: [Niall Ferguson, notableWork, Empire: How Britain Made the Modern World]
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A.
Empire: What Ruling the World Did to the British
"Empire: What Ruling the World Did to the British" is a historical book examining how the British Empire shaped the culture, identity, and everyday lives of people in Britain itself.
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B.
Unfinished Empire: The Global Expansion of Britain
Unfinished Empire: The Global Expansion of Britain is a historical study that examines the rise, structure, and legacy of the British Empire within a global context.
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C.
The Empire Project: The Rise and Fall of the British World-System, 1830–1970
The Empire Project: The Rise and Fall of the British World-System, 1830–1970 is a major historical study by John Darwin that analyzes the development, global reach, and eventual decline of the British Empire in the modern era.
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D.
The British Seaborne Empire
The British Seaborne Empire is a historical study that examines how maritime power and overseas expansion shaped the rise, structure, and global impact of the British Empire.
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E.
The British Empire: A History and a Debate
The British Empire: A History and a Debate is a historical study that examines the development, impact, and contested interpretations of the British Empire.
- 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: Empire: How Britain Made the Modern World Triple: [Niall Ferguson, notableWork, Empire: How Britain Made the Modern World]
Generated description
Empire: How Britain Made the Modern World is a historical study by Niall Ferguson that examines the global impact, legacy, and controversies of the British Empire on the modern world.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Empire: How Britain Made the Modern World Target entity description: Empire: How Britain Made the Modern World is a historical study by Niall Ferguson that examines the global impact, legacy, and controversies of the British Empire on the modern world.
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A.
Empire: What Ruling the World Did to the British
"Empire: What Ruling the World Did to the British" is a historical book examining how the British Empire shaped the culture, identity, and everyday lives of people in Britain itself.
-
B.
Unfinished Empire: The Global Expansion of Britain
Unfinished Empire: The Global Expansion of Britain is a historical study that examines the rise, structure, and legacy of the British Empire within a global context.
-
C.
The Empire Project: The Rise and Fall of the British World-System, 1830–1970
The Empire Project: The Rise and Fall of the British World-System, 1830–1970 is a major historical study by John Darwin that analyzes the development, global reach, and eventual decline of the British Empire in the modern era.
-
D.
The British Seaborne Empire
The British Seaborne Empire is a historical study that examines how maritime power and overseas expansion shaped the rise, structure, and global impact of the British Empire.
-
E.
The British Empire: A History and a Debate
The British Empire: A History and a Debate is a historical study that examines the development, impact, and contested interpretations of the British Empire.
- 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_69c6883822e0819091e321526f20ae0a |
completed | March 27, 2026, 1:38 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c6d95d67448190857f36b8115b03f6 |
completed | March 27, 2026, 7:24 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c748eb23888190bca6e42dc03ab31b |
completed | March 28, 2026, 3:20 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69c749b9f4048190b7f8564f804e1231 |
completed | March 28, 2026, 3:23 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69c74a8b5af88190a60782e247129d1a |
completed | March 28, 2026, 3:27 a.m. |
Created at: March 27, 2026, 2:24 p.m.