Triple

T766036
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Alfred L. Kroeber E16176 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object 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.
E91646 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: The Nature of Culture | Statement: [Alfred L. Kroeber, notableWork, The Nature of Culture]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Nature of Culture
Context triple: [Alfred L. Kroeber, notableWork, The Nature of Culture]
  • A. Patterns of Culture
    Patterns of Culture is a landmark 1934 anthropological book by Ruth Benedict that explores how different societies shape distinct cultural "patterns" of thought, behavior, and values.
  • B. Science and Culture, and Other Essays
    "Science and Culture, and Other Essays" is a collection of influential essays by Thomas Henry Huxley that explore the relationship between scientific thought, education, and Victorian culture.
  • C. The Concept of Nature
    The Concept of Nature is a 1920 philosophical work by Alfred North Whitehead that analyzes the relationship between nature, perception, and scientific description, laying groundwork for his later process philosophy.
  • D. Configurations of Culture Growth
    Configurations of Culture Growth is a seminal anthropological work by Alfred L. Kroeber that analyzes patterns and cycles in the development of world civilizations and cultures.
  • E. The Adapted Mind
    The Adapted Mind is a foundational book in evolutionary psychology that argues the human mind consists of numerous evolved, domain-specific psychological mechanisms shaped by natural selection.
  • 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: The Nature of Culture
Triple: [Alfred L. Kroeber, notableWork, The Nature of Culture]
Generated description
The Nature of Culture is a seminal anthropological work by Alfred L. Kroeber that systematically explores the concept, patterns, and development of human culture.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Nature of Culture
Target entity description: The Nature of Culture is a seminal anthropological work by Alfred L. Kroeber that systematically explores the concept, patterns, and development of human culture.
  • A. Patterns of Culture
    Patterns of Culture is a landmark 1934 anthropological book by Ruth Benedict that explores how different societies shape distinct cultural "patterns" of thought, behavior, and values.
  • B. Science and Culture, and Other Essays
    "Science and Culture, and Other Essays" is a collection of influential essays by Thomas Henry Huxley that explore the relationship between scientific thought, education, and Victorian culture.
  • C. The Concept of Nature
    The Concept of Nature is a 1920 philosophical work by Alfred North Whitehead that analyzes the relationship between nature, perception, and scientific description, laying groundwork for his later process philosophy.
  • D. Configurations of Culture Growth
    Configurations of Culture Growth is a seminal anthropological work by Alfred L. Kroeber that analyzes patterns and cycles in the development of world civilizations and cultures.
  • E. The Adapted Mind
    The Adapted Mind is a foundational book in evolutionary psychology that argues the human mind consists of numerous evolved, domain-specific psychological mechanisms shaped by natural selection.
  • 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_69a493684ee48190bd43b7c78da4aec8 completed March 1, 2026, 7:28 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4a69fb6ac8190bda41852ea01842c completed March 1, 2026, 8:50 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a66d994aa081908b748544f5d7f6ed completed March 3, 2026, 5:11 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a66defe41881909cdb3fe3768052ba completed March 3, 2026, 5:13 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a66e61b1348190be290f04b18e67cb completed March 3, 2026, 5:15 a.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:37 p.m.