Triple
T7239647
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Thomas McCarthy |
E155321
|
entity |
| Predicate | translatedWork |
P5475
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Communication and the Evolution of Society
Communication and the Evolution of Society is a seminal work by Jürgen Habermas that develops his theory of communicative action and explores how language and communication shape social evolution and modern society.
|
E650849
|
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: Communication and the Evolution of Society | Statement: [Thomas McCarthy, translatedWork, Communication and the Evolution of Society]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Communication and the Evolution of Society Context triple: [Thomas McCarthy, translatedWork, Communication and the Evolution of Society]
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A.
Theory of Culture Change
Theory of Culture Change is an influential anthropological work that develops Julian Steward’s concept of cultural ecology, explaining how cultures adapt to their environmental and social contexts through multilinear evolution.
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B.
The evolution of culture
"The evolution of culture" is a chapter that explores how cultural ideas and practices develop, spread, and transform over time through processes analogous to biological evolution.
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C.
Toward Ethnographies of Communication
Toward Ethnographies of Communication is a foundational scholarly work in linguistic anthropology and sociolinguistics that helped establish the ethnography of communication as a key approach to studying language use in social context.
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D.
On the Origin of Language
On the Origin of Language is a 19th-century work by philologist Hensleigh Wedgwood that explores the origins and development of human speech and linguistic forms.
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E.
The Nature of Culture
The Nature of Culture is a seminal anthropological work by Alfred L. Kroeber that systematically explores the concept, patterns, and development of human culture.
- 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: Communication and the Evolution of Society Triple: [Thomas McCarthy, translatedWork, Communication and the Evolution of Society]
Generated description
Communication and the Evolution of Society is a seminal work by Jürgen Habermas that develops his theory of communicative action and explores how language and communication shape social evolution and modern society.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Communication and the Evolution of Society Target entity description: Communication and the Evolution of Society is a seminal work by Jürgen Habermas that develops his theory of communicative action and explores how language and communication shape social evolution and modern society.
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A.
Theory of Culture Change
Theory of Culture Change is an influential anthropological work that develops Julian Steward’s concept of cultural ecology, explaining how cultures adapt to their environmental and social contexts through multilinear evolution.
-
B.
The evolution of culture
"The evolution of culture" is a chapter that explores how cultural ideas and practices develop, spread, and transform over time through processes analogous to biological evolution.
-
C.
Toward Ethnographies of Communication
Toward Ethnographies of Communication is a foundational scholarly work in linguistic anthropology and sociolinguistics that helped establish the ethnography of communication as a key approach to studying language use in social context.
-
D.
On the Origin of Language
On the Origin of Language is a 19th-century work by philologist Hensleigh Wedgwood that explores the origins and development of human speech and linguistic forms.
-
E.
The Nature of Culture
The Nature of Culture is a seminal anthropological work by Alfred L. Kroeber that systematically explores the concept, patterns, and development of human culture.
- 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_69c688143bfc81908d4176617735e601 |
completed | March 27, 2026, 1:37 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c6ea37fa9081908e9c3abe49d151e5 |
completed | March 27, 2026, 8:36 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c7cc3d75b48190916bf327396f2666 |
completed | March 28, 2026, 12:40 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69c7ce24f4148190877852983c9aadb5 |
completed | March 28, 2026, 12:48 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69c7ce9f73508190a2d1eb35237c3073 |
completed | March 28, 2026, 12:50 p.m. |
Created at: March 27, 2026, 2:55 p.m.