Triple
T80412
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Henry David Thoreau |
E1614
|
entity |
| Predicate | movement |
P81
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Transcendentalism
Transcendentalism is a 19th-century American philosophical and literary movement that emphasized individual intuition, spiritual insight, and the inherent goodness of people and nature in opposition to materialism and institutional authority.
|
E7990
|
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: Transcendentalism | Statement: [Henry David Thoreau, movement, Transcendentalism]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Transcendentalism Context triple: [Henry David Thoreau, movement, Transcendentalism]
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A.
American Romanticism
American Romanticism was a 19th-century literary and artistic movement in the United States that emphasized individualism, emotion, nature, and the imagination, often exploring the supernatural and the sublime.
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B.
Romanticism
Romanticism was a late 18th- and 19th-century artistic, literary, and intellectual movement that emphasized emotion, individualism, imagination, and a deep appreciation of nature and the sublime in reaction against Enlightenment rationalism and industrialization.
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C.
American Romantic nationalism
American Romantic nationalism was a 19th-century cultural and artistic movement in the United States that celebrated the nation’s revolutionary past, heroic leaders, and unique landscape to foster a distinct American identity.
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D.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Ralph Waldo Emerson was a 19th-century American essayist, lecturer, and central figure of the transcendentalist movement, renowned for works such as "Self-Reliance" and "Nature."
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E.
Henry David Thoreau
Henry David Thoreau was a 19th-century American transcendentalist writer, philosopher, and naturalist best known for his works "Walden" and "Civil Disobedience," which advocated simple living and principled resistance to unjust laws.
- 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: Transcendentalism Triple: [Henry David Thoreau, movement, Transcendentalism]
Generated description
Transcendentalism is a 19th-century American philosophical and literary movement that emphasized individual intuition, spiritual insight, and the inherent goodness of people and nature in opposition to materialism and institutional authority.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Transcendentalism Target entity description: Transcendentalism is a 19th-century American philosophical and literary movement that emphasized individual intuition, spiritual insight, and the inherent goodness of people and nature in opposition to materialism and institutional authority.
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A.
American Romanticism
American Romanticism was a 19th-century literary and artistic movement in the United States that emphasized individualism, emotion, nature, and the imagination, often exploring the supernatural and the sublime.
-
B.
Romanticism
Romanticism was a late 18th- and 19th-century artistic, literary, and intellectual movement that emphasized emotion, individualism, imagination, and a deep appreciation of nature and the sublime in reaction against Enlightenment rationalism and industrialization.
-
C.
American Romantic nationalism
American Romantic nationalism was a 19th-century cultural and artistic movement in the United States that celebrated the nation’s revolutionary past, heroic leaders, and unique landscape to foster a distinct American identity.
-
D.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Ralph Waldo Emerson was a 19th-century American essayist, lecturer, and central figure of the transcendentalist movement, renowned for works such as "Self-Reliance" and "Nature."
-
E.
Henry David Thoreau
Henry David Thoreau was a 19th-century American transcendentalist writer, philosopher, and naturalist best known for his works "Walden" and "Civil Disobedience," which advocated simple living and principled resistance to unjust laws.
- 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_69a24c60d19c8190a1b6c105ca59ef5b |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 2:01 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a24f354d088190972791051d2d99f8 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 2:13 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69a26243abb881908e732c8f885cc694 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 3:34 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69a262b29fc88190a1562e4dbe10d438 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 3:36 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69a2634c236c8190b4259962acf4b5f0 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 3:38 a.m. |
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 2:06 a.m.