Triple

T15575943

Position	Surface form	Disambiguated ID	Type / Status
Subject	Long Now Foundation	`E374369`	entity
Predicate	notableProject	`P4`	FINISHED
Object	Manual for Civilization Manual for Civilization is a curated library project by the Long Now Foundation that assembles books and knowledge deemed essential for sustaining and rebuilding civilization over the long term.	`E1164619`	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: Manual for Civilization | Statement: [Long Now Foundation, notableProject, Manual for Civilization]

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Manual for Civilization
Context triple: [Long Now Foundation, notableProject, Manual for Civilization]

A. Civilization: The West and the Rest
Civilization: The West and the Rest is a historical analysis book by Niall Ferguson that explores how Western civilization came to dominate the modern world and how its global influence is evolving.
B. Civilization: Call to Power
Civilization: Call to Power is a turn-based strategy game that extends the classic Civilization formula into the far future with advanced technologies, space colonization, and unconventional warfare.
C. Sid Meier's Civilization IV
Sid Meier's Civilization IV is a critically acclaimed 2005 turn-based strategy game in which players guide a civilization from ancient times to the modern era through warfare, diplomacy, culture, and technological development.
D. Sid Meier's Civilization
Sid Meier's Civilization is a landmark 1991 turn-based strategy video game in which players guide a civilization from ancient times to the modern era, laying the foundation for the long-running Civilization series.
E. Sid Meier's Civilization V
Sid Meier's Civilization V is a turn-based strategy video game in which players lead a civilization from ancient times into the future, balancing diplomacy, warfare, culture, and technology to achieve global dominance.
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: Manual for Civilization
Triple: [Long Now Foundation, notableProject, Manual for Civilization]

Generated description

Manual for Civilization is a curated library project by the Long Now Foundation that assembles books and knowledge deemed essential for sustaining and rebuilding civilization over the long term.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Manual for Civilization
Target entity description: Manual for Civilization is a curated library project by the Long Now Foundation that assembles books and knowledge deemed essential for sustaining and rebuilding civilization over the long term.

A. Civilization: The West and the Rest
Civilization: The West and the Rest is a historical analysis book by Niall Ferguson that explores how Western civilization came to dominate the modern world and how its global influence is evolving.
B. Civilization: Call to Power
Civilization: Call to Power is a turn-based strategy game that extends the classic Civilization formula into the far future with advanced technologies, space colonization, and unconventional warfare.
C. Sid Meier's Civilization IV
Sid Meier's Civilization IV is a critically acclaimed 2005 turn-based strategy game in which players guide a civilization from ancient times to the modern era through warfare, diplomacy, culture, and technological development.
D. Sid Meier's Civilization
Sid Meier's Civilization is a landmark 1991 turn-based strategy video game in which players guide a civilization from ancient times to the modern era, laying the foundation for the long-running Civilization series.
E. Sid Meier's Civilization V
Sid Meier's Civilization V is a turn-based strategy video game in which players lead a civilization from ancient times into the future, balancing diplomacy, warfare, culture, and technology to achieve global dominance.
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_69d85ccd575081908909b71a3f3e3a61`	completed	April 10, 2026, 2:13 a.m.
NER	Named-entity recognition	`batch_69e04e2140388190a8df7b835eaa72ce`	completed	April 16, 2026, 2:49 a.m.
NED1	Entity disambiguation (via context triple)	`batch_69ff4c4978ec8190a57de5d9a2ec6653`	completed	May 9, 2026, 3:01 p.m.
NEDg	Description generation	`batch_69ff4d0678648190b61fbe79a60da8ec`	completed	May 9, 2026, 3:04 p.m.
NED2	Entity disambiguation (via description)	`batch_69ff4d9258148190b21201bb09e16999`	completed	May 9, 2026, 3:06 p.m.

Created at: April 10, 2026, 4:10 a.m.