Triple

T7843914
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Ken Ledeen E181871 entity
Predicate coAuthorOf P2389 FINISHED
Object The Digital Personae and the Society of Control
The Digital Personae and the Society of Control is a scholarly work examining how digital technologies construct personal identities ("digital personae") and enable new forms of social surveillance and control.
E699015 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 Digital Personae and the Society of Control | Statement: [Ken Ledeen, coAuthorOf, The Digital Personae and the Society of Control]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Digital Personae and the Society of Control
Context triple: [Ken Ledeen, coAuthorOf, The Digital Personae and the Society of Control]
  • A. The Intelligent Individual and Society
    "The Intelligent Individual and Society" is a philosophical work by Nobel Prize–winning physicist Percy W. Bridgman that explores the role, responsibilities, and challenges of the rational individual within modern social and political structures.
  • B. The Tyranny of Controls
    "The Tyranny of Controls" is a chapter from Milton and Rose Friedman's book *Free to Choose* that critiques government regulations and economic controls as harmful constraints on individual freedom and market efficiency.
  • C. Analogia: The Emergence of Technology Beyond Programmable Control
    "Analogia: The Emergence of Technology Beyond Programmable Control" is a nonfiction book by George Dyson that explores the historical roots and future implications of analog and digital computing, focusing on technologies that evolve beyond direct human programmability.
  • D. “Computing: A Human Activity”
    “Computing: A Human Activity” is a collection of essays by computer scientist Peter Naur that explores computing as a human-centered, theory-building activity rather than a purely formal or mathematical discipline.
  • E. Centre for Collaboration with Surveillance Networks
    The Centre for Collaboration with Surveillance Networks is a specialized unit within Norway’s public health system that coordinates and strengthens national and international disease surveillance and data-sharing efforts.
  • 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 Digital Personae and the Society of Control
Triple: [Ken Ledeen, coAuthorOf, The Digital Personae and the Society of Control]
Generated description
The Digital Personae and the Society of Control is a scholarly work examining how digital technologies construct personal identities ("digital personae") and enable new forms of social surveillance and control.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Digital Personae and the Society of Control
Target entity description: The Digital Personae and the Society of Control is a scholarly work examining how digital technologies construct personal identities ("digital personae") and enable new forms of social surveillance and control.
  • A. The Intelligent Individual and Society
    "The Intelligent Individual and Society" is a philosophical work by Nobel Prize–winning physicist Percy W. Bridgman that explores the role, responsibilities, and challenges of the rational individual within modern social and political structures.
  • B. The Tyranny of Controls
    "The Tyranny of Controls" is a chapter from Milton and Rose Friedman's book *Free to Choose* that critiques government regulations and economic controls as harmful constraints on individual freedom and market efficiency.
  • C. Analogia: The Emergence of Technology Beyond Programmable Control
    "Analogia: The Emergence of Technology Beyond Programmable Control" is a nonfiction book by George Dyson that explores the historical roots and future implications of analog and digital computing, focusing on technologies that evolve beyond direct human programmability.
  • D. “Computing: A Human Activity”
    “Computing: A Human Activity” is a collection of essays by computer scientist Peter Naur that explores computing as a human-centered, theory-building activity rather than a purely formal or mathematical discipline.
  • E. Centre for Collaboration with Surveillance Networks
    The Centre for Collaboration with Surveillance Networks is a specialized unit within Norway’s public health system that coordinates and strengthens national and international disease surveillance and data-sharing efforts.
  • 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_69ca8285d6488190a95d4c02d7354b53 completed March 30, 2026, 2:02 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cb163c72248190b53bc53980e8ac0f completed March 31, 2026, 12:33 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69cb5ae9758c819091e270343ed289aa completed March 31, 2026, 5:26 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69cb762dd8348190bf74be4e7f5df1e7 completed March 31, 2026, 7:22 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69cbb24068908190977b266366e5ceea completed March 31, 2026, 11:38 a.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 4:48 p.m.