Triple
T10505522
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | The Dictatorship of Reason in the West |
E247775
|
entity |
| Predicate | partOfWork |
P35
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Voltaire’s Bastards: The Dictatorship of Reason in the West |
E49404
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: Voltaire’s Bastards: The Dictatorship of Reason in the West | Statement: [The Dictatorship of Reason in the West, partOfWork, Voltaire’s Bastards: The Dictatorship of Reason in the West]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Voltaire’s Bastards: The Dictatorship of Reason in the West Context triple: [The Dictatorship of Reason in the West, partOfWork, Voltaire’s Bastards: The Dictatorship of Reason in the West]
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A.
Voltaire’s Bastards
chosen
Voltaire’s Bastards is a non-fiction book by John Ralston Saul that critiques the dominance of rationalist technocracy in modern Western society and its corrosive effects on democracy and human values.
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B.
The Dictatorship of Reason in the West
The Dictatorship of Reason in the West is the subtitle of John Ralston Saul’s book "Voltaire’s Bastards," which critiques how Western societies have elevated rationalism and technocratic thinking above ethics, common sense, and democratic values.
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C.
The Age of Voltaire
The Age of Voltaire is a volume in Will and Ariel Durant’s multi-part historical series "The Story of Civilization," focusing on the Enlightenment era and the life and influence of Voltaire.
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D.
Reason and Revolution
Reason and Revolution is a seminal 1941 philosophical work by Herbert Marcuse that critically interprets Hegel and traces the development of critical theory and modern social thought.
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E.
In the Twilight of Western Thought
In the Twilight of Western Thought is a philosophical work by Herman Dooyeweerd that critically analyzes the foundations and limitations of Western rationalist and humanist thought from a Christian philosophical perspective.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69d381c4aa948190942e1d803143fb0e |
completed | April 6, 2026, 9:49 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d509a07c908190bf0e3e5d480b306d |
completed | April 7, 2026, 1:41 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69d8dcd89ba481908653730b43e3d4ab |
completed | April 10, 2026, 11:19 a.m. |
Created at: April 6, 2026, 12:26 p.m.