Triple
T81013
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Thomas Malthus |
E1626
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableWork |
P4
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
An Essay on the Principle of Population
An Essay on the Principle of Population is an influential 1798 work of political economy and demography arguing that population growth tends to outpace food production, leading to inevitable checks such as famine, disease, and war.
|
E7128
|
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: An Essay on the Principle of Population | Statement: [Thomas Malthus, notableWork, An Essay on the Principle of Population]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: An Essay on the Principle of Population Context triple: [Thomas Malthus, notableWork, An Essay on the Principle of Population]
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A.
The Wealth of Nations
The Wealth of Nations is Adam Smith’s foundational 1776 treatise on economics that laid the groundwork for classical free-market theory and modern economic thought.
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B.
Malthusian catastrophe
A Malthusian catastrophe is a theoretical scenario in which unchecked population growth outstrips food production, leading to widespread famine, disease, and social collapse.
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C.
Thomas Malthus
Thomas Malthus was an English economist and demographer best known for his theory that population growth tends to outpace food production, leading to inevitable checks such as famine and disease.
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D.
The Condition of the Working Class in England
The Condition of the Working Class in England is an 1845 socio-economic study by Friedrich Engels that exposes the harsh living and labor conditions of the industrial proletariat in 19th-century England.
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E.
The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex
The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex is Charles Darwin’s 1871 book that applies evolutionary theory to human origins and develops his influential theory of sexual 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: An Essay on the Principle of Population Triple: [Thomas Malthus, notableWork, An Essay on the Principle of Population]
Generated description
An Essay on the Principle of Population is an influential 1798 work of political economy and demography arguing that population growth tends to outpace food production, leading to inevitable checks such as famine, disease, and war.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: An Essay on the Principle of Population Target entity description: An Essay on the Principle of Population is an influential 1798 work of political economy and demography arguing that population growth tends to outpace food production, leading to inevitable checks such as famine, disease, and war.
-
A.
The Wealth of Nations
The Wealth of Nations is Adam Smith’s foundational 1776 treatise on economics that laid the groundwork for classical free-market theory and modern economic thought.
-
B.
Malthusian catastrophe
A Malthusian catastrophe is a theoretical scenario in which unchecked population growth outstrips food production, leading to widespread famine, disease, and social collapse.
-
C.
Thomas Malthus
Thomas Malthus was an English economist and demographer best known for his theory that population growth tends to outpace food production, leading to inevitable checks such as famine and disease.
-
D.
The Condition of the Working Class in England
The Condition of the Working Class in England is an 1845 socio-economic study by Friedrich Engels that exposes the harsh living and labor conditions of the industrial proletariat in 19th-century England.
-
E.
The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex
The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex is Charles Darwin’s 1871 book that applies evolutionary theory to human origins and develops his influential theory of sexual 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_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_69a25abdf36c819087c4be57bd8ce8c5 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 3:02 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69a25c02d05c819096ee8add17b60d87 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 3:07 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69a25c8a34e88190bb6b2eae14f773a7 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 3:10 a.m. |
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 2:06 a.m.