Triple

T7617153
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Harry Lewis E172389 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object Excellence Without a Soul
Excellence Without a Soul is a critical book by computer scientist and former Harvard dean Harry Lewis that examines how modern universities, particularly elite institutions, have lost sight of their responsibility to educate students morally and civically as whole persons.
E677191 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: Excellence Without a Soul | Statement: [Harry Lewis, notableWork, Excellence Without a Soul]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Excellence Without a Soul
Context triple: [Harry Lewis, notableWork, Excellence Without a Soul]
  • A. Slaughter of the Soul
    Slaughter of the Soul is a landmark 1995 album by Swedish band At the Gates, widely credited with defining the melodic death metal style known as the Gothenburg sound.
  • B. A Soul for Sale
    A Soul for Sale is a poetry collection by Irish writer Patrick Kavanagh that reflects his early lyrical style and themes of rural life and spiritual struggle.
  • C. The Great Beyond
    The Great Beyond is the metaphysical afterlife realm in Pixar's animated film "Soul," representing what lies beyond earthly existence.
  • D. Nothing's Sacred
    "Nothing's Sacred" is a comedic memoir by stand-up comedian Lewis Black, in which he recounts his life, career, and irreverent views on politics and culture.
  • E. Souls on Fire
    Souls on Fire is a collection of spiritual and biographical tales in which Elie Wiesel portrays the lives, teachings, and inner struggles of Hasidic masters.
  • 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: Excellence Without a Soul
Triple: [Harry Lewis, notableWork, Excellence Without a Soul]
Generated description
Excellence Without a Soul is a critical book by computer scientist and former Harvard dean Harry Lewis that examines how modern universities, particularly elite institutions, have lost sight of their responsibility to educate students morally and civically as whole persons.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Excellence Without a Soul
Target entity description: Excellence Without a Soul is a critical book by computer scientist and former Harvard dean Harry Lewis that examines how modern universities, particularly elite institutions, have lost sight of their responsibility to educate students morally and civically as whole persons.
  • A. Slaughter of the Soul
    Slaughter of the Soul is a landmark 1995 album by Swedish band At the Gates, widely credited with defining the melodic death metal style known as the Gothenburg sound.
  • B. A Soul for Sale
    A Soul for Sale is a poetry collection by Irish writer Patrick Kavanagh that reflects his early lyrical style and themes of rural life and spiritual struggle.
  • C. The Great Beyond
    The Great Beyond is the metaphysical afterlife realm in Pixar's animated film "Soul," representing what lies beyond earthly existence.
  • D. Nothing's Sacred
    "Nothing's Sacred" is a comedic memoir by stand-up comedian Lewis Black, in which he recounts his life, career, and irreverent views on politics and culture.
  • E. Souls on Fire
    Souls on Fire is a collection of spiritual and biographical tales in which Elie Wiesel portrays the lives, teachings, and inner struggles of Hasidic masters.
  • 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_69c699506b308190826894dab1d9ea86 completed March 27, 2026, 2:50 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c6fa46d95081909c01d1432585ab2a completed March 27, 2026, 9:44 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c868714d7c8190aae66a3dd4e6214b completed March 28, 2026, 11:46 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c86a93e34c81908aaf0edb023ee78c completed March 28, 2026, 11:56 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c86af8330c8190a43c599e82fe465a completed March 28, 2026, 11:57 p.m.
Created at: March 27, 2026, 3:55 p.m.