Triple

T19441988
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Massey Lectures E486371 entity
Predicate hasNotableLecturer P21690 FINISHED
Object Thomas Homer-Dixon
Thomas Homer-Dixon is a Canadian political scientist and author known for his work on environmental security, complex systems, and the social impacts of climate change and technological disruption.
E1375133 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: Thomas Homer-Dixon | Statement: [Massey Lectures, hasNotableLecturer, Thomas Homer-Dixon]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thomas Homer-Dixon
Context triple: [Massey Lectures, hasNotableLecturer, Thomas Homer-Dixon]
  • A. Lester R. Brown
    Lester R. Brown is an American environmental analyst, author, and founder of the Earth Policy Institute, widely recognized for his influential work on global sustainability and resource issues.
  • B. Michael B. Gerrard
    Michael B. Gerrard is an American environmental lawyer and scholar known for his leadership in climate change law and policy.
  • C. Scott D. Sagan
    Scott D. Sagan is an American political scientist and leading scholar of nuclear strategy, deterrence theory, and organizational aspects of nuclear weapons policy.
  • D. Michael Klare
    Michael Klare is an American scholar and author known for his work on peace and world security studies, particularly focusing on resource conflicts, U.S. foreign policy, and militarism.
  • E. Albert Wohlstetter
    Albert Wohlstetter was an influential American nuclear strategist and defense intellectual whose work on deterrence and military policy shaped generations of U.S. policymakers and strategists.
  • 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: Thomas Homer-Dixon
Triple: [Massey Lectures, hasNotableLecturer, Thomas Homer-Dixon]
Generated description
Thomas Homer-Dixon is a Canadian political scientist and author known for his work on environmental security, complex systems, and the social impacts of climate change and technological disruption.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thomas Homer-Dixon
Target entity description: Thomas Homer-Dixon is a Canadian political scientist and author known for his work on environmental security, complex systems, and the social impacts of climate change and technological disruption.
  • A. Lester R. Brown
    Lester R. Brown is an American environmental analyst, author, and founder of the Earth Policy Institute, widely recognized for his influential work on global sustainability and resource issues.
  • B. Michael B. Gerrard
    Michael B. Gerrard is an American environmental lawyer and scholar known for his leadership in climate change law and policy.
  • C. Scott D. Sagan
    Scott D. Sagan is an American political scientist and leading scholar of nuclear strategy, deterrence theory, and organizational aspects of nuclear weapons policy.
  • D. Michael Klare
    Michael Klare is an American scholar and author known for his work on peace and world security studies, particularly focusing on resource conflicts, U.S. foreign policy, and militarism.
  • E. Albert Wohlstetter
    Albert Wohlstetter was an influential American nuclear strategist and defense intellectual whose work on deterrence and military policy shaped generations of U.S. policymakers and strategists.
  • 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_69d8e8d7ad488190a3373045029b0f3b completed April 10, 2026, 12:11 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e63365343081908683c29f6c4c194b completed April 20, 2026, 2:08 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a0733e22b4c8190b992da00618be661 completed May 15, 2026, 2:55 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a07353f35588190b7d6c1f2a34cce3c completed May 15, 2026, 3:01 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a0735c38b7881908489916ff2f2883e completed May 15, 2026, 3:03 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:38 p.m.