Triple
T23029891
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Alexander Cockburn |
E573426
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableWork |
P4
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Corruptions of Empire
Corruptions of Empire is a collection of political essays by journalist Alexander Cockburn that critiques U.S. foreign policy, media, and power structures.
|
E1565927
|
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: Corruptions of Empire | Statement: [Alexander Cockburn, notableWork, Corruptions of Empire]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Corruptions of Empire Context triple: [Alexander Cockburn, notableWork, Corruptions of Empire]
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A.
Scapegoats of the Empire
Scapegoats of the Empire is a memoir by Australian soldier George Witton that recounts his controversial court-martial and imprisonment during the Boer War, criticizing British military justice.
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B.
Dismantling the Empire
Dismantling the Empire is a political analysis book by Chalmers Johnson that critiques U.S. militarism and imperial overreach and warns of its consequences for American democracy.
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C.
Sorrows of Empire
Sorrows of Empire is a political analysis book that critiques U.S. militarism and imperial expansion as part of The American Empire Project series.
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D.
Incoherent Empire
Incoherent Empire is a book by historian Michael Mann that critically analyzes the nature, contradictions, and global impact of American imperial power in the contemporary era.
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E.
The Collapsing Empire
The Collapsing Empire is a science fiction novel by John Scalzi that launches the Interdependency series, depicting a far-future human empire facing the imminent collapse of its faster-than-light travel network.
- 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: Corruptions of Empire Triple: [Alexander Cockburn, notableWork, Corruptions of Empire]
Generated description
Corruptions of Empire is a collection of political essays by journalist Alexander Cockburn that critiques U.S. foreign policy, media, and power structures.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Corruptions of Empire Target entity description: Corruptions of Empire is a collection of political essays by journalist Alexander Cockburn that critiques U.S. foreign policy, media, and power structures.
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A.
Scapegoats of the Empire
Scapegoats of the Empire is a memoir by Australian soldier George Witton that recounts his controversial court-martial and imprisonment during the Boer War, criticizing British military justice.
-
B.
Dismantling the Empire
Dismantling the Empire is a political analysis book by Chalmers Johnson that critiques U.S. militarism and imperial overreach and warns of its consequences for American democracy.
-
C.
Sorrows of Empire
Sorrows of Empire is a political analysis book that critiques U.S. militarism and imperial expansion as part of The American Empire Project series.
-
D.
Incoherent Empire
Incoherent Empire is a book by historian Michael Mann that critically analyzes the nature, contradictions, and global impact of American imperial power in the contemporary era.
-
E.
The Collapsing Empire
The Collapsing Empire is a science fiction novel by John Scalzi that launches the Interdependency series, depicting a far-future human empire facing the imminent collapse of its faster-than-light travel network.
- 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_69e245b911188190bc3d96326c847969 |
completed | April 17, 2026, 2:37 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69f184803e908190b1e58545b9c3d587 |
completed | April 29, 2026, 4:09 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_6a0bf2b3ac308190bc241acfd02903d8 |
completed | May 19, 2026, 5:18 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_6a0bf70818608190b6d7c5ee633bb4ce |
completed | May 19, 2026, 5:37 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_6a0bf76284988190ac4b8f08859aecc6 |
completed | May 19, 2026, 5:38 a.m. |
Created at: April 17, 2026, 3:53 p.m.