Triple

T23246489
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject J. B. Bury E581595 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object The Idea of Progress: An Inquiry into Its Origin and Growth
The Idea of Progress: An Inquiry into Its Origin and Growth is a classic 1920 historical and philosophical study that traces how Western thought came to embrace the notion of human progress as a central, secular belief.
E1577513 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: The Idea of Progress: An Inquiry into Its Origin and Growth | Statement: [J. B. Bury, notableWork, The Idea of Progress: An Inquiry into Its Origin and Growth]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Idea of Progress: An Inquiry into Its Origin and Growth
Context triple: [J. B. Bury, notableWork, The Idea of Progress: An Inquiry into Its Origin and Growth]
  • A. Of the Meaning of Progress
    "Of the Meaning of Progress" is an essay by W.E.B. Du Bois in *The Souls of Black Folk* that reflects on the limits and contradictions of social and economic "progress" for African Americans in the post-Reconstruction South.
  • B. The Concept of History
    "The Concept of History" is a philosophical essay by Hannah Arendt that examines how modern understandings of history shape political thought, human action, and our sense of temporal experience.
  • C. Paradoxes of Progress
    Paradoxes of Progress is a reflective work by molecular biologist and philosopher of science Gunther Stent that examines the social, ethical, and existential implications of scientific and technological advancement.
  • D. The Coming of the Golden Age: A View of the End of Progress
    The Coming of the Golden Age: A View of the End of Progress is a philosophical and scientific work by biologist Gunther Stent that examines whether modern civilization has reached the limits of meaningful progress and what a post-progress future might look like.
  • E. The Idea of History
    The Idea of History is a seminal philosophical work by R. G. Collingwood that explores the nature of historical knowledge and the methodology of history as a discipline.
  • 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: The Idea of Progress: An Inquiry into Its Origin and Growth
Triple: [J. B. Bury, notableWork, The Idea of Progress: An Inquiry into Its Origin and Growth]
Generated description
The Idea of Progress: An Inquiry into Its Origin and Growth is a classic 1920 historical and philosophical study that traces how Western thought came to embrace the notion of human progress as a central, secular belief.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Idea of Progress: An Inquiry into Its Origin and Growth
Target entity description: The Idea of Progress: An Inquiry into Its Origin and Growth is a classic 1920 historical and philosophical study that traces how Western thought came to embrace the notion of human progress as a central, secular belief.
  • A. Of the Meaning of Progress
    "Of the Meaning of Progress" is an essay by W.E.B. Du Bois in *The Souls of Black Folk* that reflects on the limits and contradictions of social and economic "progress" for African Americans in the post-Reconstruction South.
  • B. The Concept of History
    "The Concept of History" is a philosophical essay by Hannah Arendt that examines how modern understandings of history shape political thought, human action, and our sense of temporal experience.
  • C. Paradoxes of Progress
    Paradoxes of Progress is a reflective work by molecular biologist and philosopher of science Gunther Stent that examines the social, ethical, and existential implications of scientific and technological advancement.
  • D. The Coming of the Golden Age: A View of the End of Progress
    The Coming of the Golden Age: A View of the End of Progress is a philosophical and scientific work by biologist Gunther Stent that examines whether modern civilization has reached the limits of meaningful progress and what a post-progress future might look like.
  • E. The Idea of History
    The Idea of History is a seminal philosophical work by R. G. Collingwood that explores the nature of historical knowledge and the methodology of history as a discipline.
  • 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_69e24606b17c81908aba1a4911c8a8ba completed April 17, 2026, 2:39 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69f193f1e8448190b8420a8dc6e24576 completed April 29, 2026, 5:15 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a0c3f64150c819089baca6a70e0587a completed May 19, 2026, 10:45 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a0c4043d00481908f8d72d80c8ec692 completed May 19, 2026, 10:49 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a0c40d700188190a34ad429ec84e710 completed May 19, 2026, 10:52 a.m.
Created at: April 17, 2026, 4:10 p.m.