Triple
T18086130
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Marshall McLuhan |
E432837
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableWork |
P4
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Understanding Media: The Extensions of Man
Understanding Media: The Extensions of Man is Marshall McLuhan’s influential 1964 book that explores how different communication technologies shape human perception, culture, and society.
|
E1306003
|
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: Understanding Media: The Extensions of Man | Statement: [Marshall McLuhan, notableWork, Understanding Media: The Extensions of Man]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Understanding Media: The Extensions of Man Context triple: [Marshall McLuhan, notableWork, Understanding Media: The Extensions of Man]
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A.
Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media
"Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media" is a seminal work of media criticism that argues mainstream news outlets serve elite interests by shaping and filtering information to manufacture public consent for prevailing power structures.
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B.
The Structural Transformation of the Public Sphere
The Structural Transformation of the Public Sphere is a seminal work of social and political theory by Jürgen Habermas that analyzes the historical rise and decline of the bourgeois public sphere and its implications for modern democracy and communication.
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C.
Sense and Nonsense of McLuhan
Sense and Nonsense of McLuhan is a critical study by Sidney Finkelstein that analyzes and challenges the media theories of Marshall McLuhan.
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D.
The Society of the Spectacle
The Society of the Spectacle is a 1967 philosophical and political critique by Guy Debord that analyzes modern consumer capitalism as a world of mediated images replacing direct social relations.
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E.
The Process and Effects of Mass Communication
The Process and Effects of Mass Communication is a foundational scholarly work in communication studies that systematically examines how mass media operate, influence audiences, and shape society.
- 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: Understanding Media: The Extensions of Man Triple: [Marshall McLuhan, notableWork, Understanding Media: The Extensions of Man]
Generated description
Understanding Media: The Extensions of Man is Marshall McLuhan’s influential 1964 book that explores how different communication technologies shape human perception, culture, and society.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Understanding Media: The Extensions of Man Target entity description: Understanding Media: The Extensions of Man is Marshall McLuhan’s influential 1964 book that explores how different communication technologies shape human perception, culture, and society.
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A.
Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media
"Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media" is a seminal work of media criticism that argues mainstream news outlets serve elite interests by shaping and filtering information to manufacture public consent for prevailing power structures.
-
B.
The Structural Transformation of the Public Sphere
The Structural Transformation of the Public Sphere is a seminal work of social and political theory by Jürgen Habermas that analyzes the historical rise and decline of the bourgeois public sphere and its implications for modern democracy and communication.
-
C.
Sense and Nonsense of McLuhan
Sense and Nonsense of McLuhan is a critical study by Sidney Finkelstein that analyzes and challenges the media theories of Marshall McLuhan.
-
D.
The Society of the Spectacle
The Society of the Spectacle is a 1967 philosophical and political critique by Guy Debord that analyzes modern consumer capitalism as a world of mediated images replacing direct social relations.
-
E.
The Process and Effects of Mass Communication
The Process and Effects of Mass Communication is a foundational scholarly work in communication studies that systematically examines how mass media operate, influence audiences, and shape society.
- 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_69d8b907d05c819083cc3bd6021089e6 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 8:47 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e4dd150ab88190864be2a722d214b8 |
completed | April 19, 2026, 1:48 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_6a035d97912c8190b5d281ddd08de4f1 |
completed | May 12, 2026, 5:04 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_6a036e9077308190be6e7d228dcf11b4 |
completed | May 12, 2026, 6:16 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_6a03795b255c8190a84ca0ce2fda4599 |
completed | May 12, 2026, 7:02 p.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 10:27 a.m.