Triple

T19133958
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Martin Litchfield West E468385 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object Textual Criticism and Editorial Technique
Textual Criticism and Editorial Technique is a foundational scholarly work that systematically explains the principles and methods used to reconstruct and edit ancient and medieval texts from their surviving manuscript traditions.
E1359362 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: Textual Criticism and Editorial Technique | Statement: [Martin Litchfield West, notableWork, Textual Criticism and Editorial Technique]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Textual Criticism and Editorial Technique
Context triple: [Martin Litchfield West, notableWork, Textual Criticism and Editorial Technique]
  • A. New Testament textual criticism
    New Testament textual criticism is the scholarly discipline that analyzes and compares ancient manuscript variants of the New Testament to reconstruct its earliest attainable text and understand its transmission history.
  • B. New Testament textual critics
    New Testament textual critics are scholars who analyze and compare ancient manuscript evidence to reconstruct the most accurate original text of the New Testament.
  • C. New Testament textual apparatus
    The New Testament textual apparatus is a critical tool in biblical scholarship that presents and evaluates the variant readings of New Testament manuscripts to help determine the most reliable text.
  • D. Hermeneutics and Criticism
    Hermeneutics and Criticism is Friedrich Schleiermacher’s foundational work that systematizes the theory and practice of interpretation, especially of biblical and classical texts, and is considered a cornerstone of modern hermeneutics.
  • E. Shakespearean textual scholarship
    Shakespearean textual scholarship is the academic study that examines, edits, and interprets the texts of William Shakespeare’s works, analyzing their transmission, variants, and historical contexts to establish reliable editions and understand their meaning.
  • 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: Textual Criticism and Editorial Technique
Triple: [Martin Litchfield West, notableWork, Textual Criticism and Editorial Technique]
Generated description
Textual Criticism and Editorial Technique is a foundational scholarly work that systematically explains the principles and methods used to reconstruct and edit ancient and medieval texts from their surviving manuscript traditions.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Textual Criticism and Editorial Technique
Target entity description: Textual Criticism and Editorial Technique is a foundational scholarly work that systematically explains the principles and methods used to reconstruct and edit ancient and medieval texts from their surviving manuscript traditions.
  • A. New Testament textual criticism
    New Testament textual criticism is the scholarly discipline that analyzes and compares ancient manuscript variants of the New Testament to reconstruct its earliest attainable text and understand its transmission history.
  • B. New Testament textual critics
    New Testament textual critics are scholars who analyze and compare ancient manuscript evidence to reconstruct the most accurate original text of the New Testament.
  • C. New Testament textual apparatus
    The New Testament textual apparatus is a critical tool in biblical scholarship that presents and evaluates the variant readings of New Testament manuscripts to help determine the most reliable text.
  • D. Hermeneutics and Criticism
    Hermeneutics and Criticism is Friedrich Schleiermacher’s foundational work that systematizes the theory and practice of interpretation, especially of biblical and classical texts, and is considered a cornerstone of modern hermeneutics.
  • E. Shakespearean textual scholarship
    Shakespearean textual scholarship is the academic study that examines, edits, and interprets the texts of William Shakespeare’s works, analyzing their transmission, variants, and historical contexts to establish reliable editions and understand their meaning.
  • 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_69d8dd0796a48190b34ce4cd9d3f3be5 completed April 10, 2026, 11:20 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e5e3eb325081909035beefd1c9daf0 completed April 20, 2026, 8:29 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a05e67f5ae881909d5c865b6c8ffdda completed May 14, 2026, 3:13 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a05e9406ba48190a50f4ea6b413e1f4 completed May 14, 2026, 3:24 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a05e9c0d35081909b6ce3c287af5d5f completed May 14, 2026, 3:26 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 12:05 p.m.