Triple

T7356595
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject University of Michigan Institute for Social Research E169641 entity
Predicate foundedBy P104 FINISHED
Object Rensis Likert
Rensis Likert was an American organizational psychologist and social scientist best known for developing the Likert scale and pioneering survey research methods in the study of attitudes and management.
 E658762 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: Rensis Likert | Statement: [University of Michigan Institute for Social Research, foundedBy, Rensis Likert]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Rensis Likert
Context triple: [University of Michigan Institute for Social Research, foundedBy, Rensis Likert]
  • A. Louis Thurstone
    Louis Thurstone was an American psychologist and psychometrician best known for developing the theory of primary mental abilities and pioneering modern factor analysis in intelligence research.
  • B. Harold D. Lasswell
    Harold D. Lasswell was a pioneering American political scientist and communication theorist known for his work on propaganda, political psychology, and the analysis of power and policy.
  • C. Elton Mayo
    Elton Mayo was an Australian-born industrial psychologist and organizational theorist best known for his pioneering Hawthorne studies, which highlighted the importance of social relations and worker morale in productivity.
  • D. Spencer Allport
    Spencer Allport is an actor known for appearing in the television series "Perfect Harmony."
  • E. Philip Drucker
    Philip Drucker was an American anthropologist and archaeologist known for his pioneering fieldwork on Mesoamerican cultures, particularly the Olmec civilization.
  • 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: Rensis Likert
Triple: [University of Michigan Institute for Social Research, foundedBy, Rensis Likert]
Generated description
Rensis Likert was an American organizational psychologist and social scientist best known for developing the Likert scale and pioneering survey research methods in the study of attitudes and management.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Rensis Likert
Target entity description: Rensis Likert was an American organizational psychologist and social scientist best known for developing the Likert scale and pioneering survey research methods in the study of attitudes and management.
  • A. Louis Thurstone
    Louis Thurstone was an American psychologist and psychometrician best known for developing the theory of primary mental abilities and pioneering modern factor analysis in intelligence research.
  • B. Harold D. Lasswell
    Harold D. Lasswell was a pioneering American political scientist and communication theorist known for his work on propaganda, political psychology, and the analysis of power and policy.
  • C. Elton Mayo
    Elton Mayo was an Australian-born industrial psychologist and organizational theorist best known for his pioneering Hawthorne studies, which highlighted the importance of social relations and worker morale in productivity.
  • D. Spencer Allport
    Spencer Allport is an actor known for appearing in the television series "Perfect Harmony."
  • E. Philip Drucker
    Philip Drucker was an American anthropologist and archaeologist known for his pioneering fieldwork on Mesoamerican cultures, particularly the Olmec civilization.
  • 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_69c68a59f2288190877ca15c19b1e822 completed March 27, 2026, 1:47 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c6f13a62e48190a2d1781a630aa9f0 completed March 27, 2026, 9:06 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c7faa6a5d88190b969b7783edc67b7 completed March 28, 2026, 3:58 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c7fc2c90488190bd3aa5bf72606723 completed March 28, 2026, 4:05 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c7fcb5f7f0819081e70f8809bb34ae completed March 28, 2026, 4:07 p.m.
Created at: March 27, 2026, 3:06 p.m.