Triple

T9382557
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Perry Anderson E225820 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object In the Tracks of Historical Materialism
In the Tracks of Historical Materialism is a collection of essays by Perry Anderson that critically surveys the development, debates, and trajectories of Western Marxist theory in the late 20th century.
E795595 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: In the Tracks of Historical Materialism | Statement: [Perry Anderson, notableWork, In the Tracks of Historical Materialism]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: In the Tracks of Historical Materialism
Context triple: [Perry Anderson, notableWork, In the Tracks of Historical Materialism]
  • A. History of Materialism
    History of Materialism is a seminal 19th-century philosophical work that critically examines the development of materialist thought from antiquity to modern science and its implications for metaphysics and epistemology.
  • B. Karl Marx's Theory of History: A Defence
    Karl Marx's Theory of History: A Defence is a seminal work by G.A. Cohen that rigorously reconstructs and defends Marx’s historical materialism using the tools of analytic philosophy.
  • C. The Decomposition of Marxism
    The Decomposition of Marxism is a 1908 work by French theorist Georges Sorel that critically examines and challenges orthodox Marxist doctrine, helping to shape later revolutionary syndicalist and anti-determinist thought.
  • D. From Hegel to Marx
    From Hegel to Marx is a philosophical study by Sidney Hook that traces the development of Karl Marx’s thought from its roots in Hegelian idealism to Marx’s mature materialist theory.
  • E. Towards the Understanding of Karl Marx
    Towards the Understanding of Karl Marx is a 1933 philosophical study by Sidney Hook that offers a critical, pragmatist interpretation of Karl Marx’s thought and its implications for modern social theory.
  • 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: In the Tracks of Historical Materialism
Triple: [Perry Anderson, notableWork, In the Tracks of Historical Materialism]
Generated description
In the Tracks of Historical Materialism is a collection of essays by Perry Anderson that critically surveys the development, debates, and trajectories of Western Marxist theory in the late 20th century.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: In the Tracks of Historical Materialism
Target entity description: In the Tracks of Historical Materialism is a collection of essays by Perry Anderson that critically surveys the development, debates, and trajectories of Western Marxist theory in the late 20th century.
  • A. History of Materialism
    History of Materialism is a seminal 19th-century philosophical work that critically examines the development of materialist thought from antiquity to modern science and its implications for metaphysics and epistemology.
  • B. Karl Marx's Theory of History: A Defence
    Karl Marx's Theory of History: A Defence is a seminal work by G.A. Cohen that rigorously reconstructs and defends Marx’s historical materialism using the tools of analytic philosophy.
  • C. The Decomposition of Marxism
    The Decomposition of Marxism is a 1908 work by French theorist Georges Sorel that critically examines and challenges orthodox Marxist doctrine, helping to shape later revolutionary syndicalist and anti-determinist thought.
  • D. From Hegel to Marx
    From Hegel to Marx is a philosophical study by Sidney Hook that traces the development of Karl Marx’s thought from its roots in Hegelian idealism to Marx’s mature materialist theory.
  • E. Towards the Understanding of Karl Marx
    Towards the Understanding of Karl Marx is a 1933 philosophical study by Sidney Hook that offers a critical, pragmatist interpretation of Karl Marx’s thought and its implications for modern social theory.
  • 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_69ca842e9dcc8190a264119e683cfe04 completed March 30, 2026, 2:09 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cd50c11d648190b03cedbce0b72c60 completed April 1, 2026, 5:07 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69d100ddec0c8190854fb5db36e840db completed April 4, 2026, 12:15 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69d1018738ec819098ccb9b7d37bb967 completed April 4, 2026, 12:18 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69d1024cfedc81908a97b5fe4970719a completed April 4, 2026, 12:21 p.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 7:44 p.m.