Triple

T10115282
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject L. T. Hobhouse E218340 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object The Metaphysical Theory of the State
The Metaphysical Theory of the State is a political and philosophical critique by L. T. Hobhouse that challenges idealist justifications of state authority and defends liberal individualism.
E842421 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 Metaphysical Theory of the State | Statement: [L. T. Hobhouse, notableWork, The Metaphysical Theory of the State]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Metaphysical Theory of the State
Context triple: [L. T. Hobhouse, notableWork, The Metaphysical Theory of the State]
  • A. Philosophical Rudiments Concerning Government and Society
    Philosophical Rudiments Concerning Government and Society is the English translation of Thomas Hobbes’s political treatise *De Cive*, which expounds his views on the nature of civil society, sovereignty, and the social contract.
  • B. The Myth of the State
    The Myth of the State is a posthumously published philosophical work by Ernst Cassirer that analyzes the role of myth and symbolic thought in the rise of modern political ideologies and totalitarianism.
  • C. The Concept of the Political
    The Concept of the Political is Carl Schmitt’s influential treatise that defines the political realm through the friend–enemy distinction and critiques liberalism’s attempt to depoliticize conflict.
  • D. Man and the State
    Man and the State is a political philosophy work by Jacques Maritain that explores the nature of the state, human rights, and the relationship between individual persons and political authority within a Christian personalist framework.
  • E. Man, the State, and War
    Man, the State, and War is a foundational work of international relations theory by Kenneth N. Waltz that analyzes the causes of war through three levels of analysis: the individual, the state, and the international system.
  • 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 Metaphysical Theory of the State
Triple: [L. T. Hobhouse, notableWork, The Metaphysical Theory of the State]
Generated description
The Metaphysical Theory of the State is a political and philosophical critique by L. T. Hobhouse that challenges idealist justifications of state authority and defends liberal individualism.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Metaphysical Theory of the State
Target entity description: The Metaphysical Theory of the State is a political and philosophical critique by L. T. Hobhouse that challenges idealist justifications of state authority and defends liberal individualism.
  • A. Philosophical Rudiments Concerning Government and Society
    Philosophical Rudiments Concerning Government and Society is the English translation of Thomas Hobbes’s political treatise *De Cive*, which expounds his views on the nature of civil society, sovereignty, and the social contract.
  • B. The Myth of the State
    The Myth of the State is a posthumously published philosophical work by Ernst Cassirer that analyzes the role of myth and symbolic thought in the rise of modern political ideologies and totalitarianism.
  • C. The Concept of the Political
    The Concept of the Political is Carl Schmitt’s influential treatise that defines the political realm through the friend–enemy distinction and critiques liberalism’s attempt to depoliticize conflict.
  • D. Man and the State
    Man and the State is a political philosophy work by Jacques Maritain that explores the nature of the state, human rights, and the relationship between individual persons and political authority within a Christian personalist framework.
  • E. Man, the State, and War
    Man, the State, and War is a foundational work of international relations theory by Kenneth N. Waltz that analyzes the causes of war through three levels of analysis: the individual, the state, and the international system.
  • 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_69ca83da93fc8190b54e44bc2b34857c completed March 30, 2026, 2:08 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cdd161831c81908bb3c77caa7c3ce1 completed April 2, 2026, 2:16 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69d2cc2b00488190acca51a797beed45 completed April 5, 2026, 8:55 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69d2cda6452c81908d67ea322da3cf70 completed April 5, 2026, 9:01 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69d2ce6da82081908ca6b3621971ca9a completed April 5, 2026, 9:04 p.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 9:04 p.m.