Triple

T10642536
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Sextus Empiricus E250758 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object Against the Physicists
Against the Physicists is an ancient philosophical work by Sextus Empiricus that presents a skeptical critique of dogmatic claims in natural philosophy and metaphysics.
E875367 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: Against the Physicists | Statement: [Sextus Empiricus, notableWork, Against the Physicists]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Against the Physicists
Context triple: [Sextus Empiricus, notableWork, Against the Physicists]
  • A. The World According to Physics
    The World According to Physics is a popular science book by physicist Jim Al-Khalili that explains the fundamental principles and discoveries of modern physics for a general audience.
  • B. Reflections of a Physicist
    Reflections of a Physicist is a collection of essays by Nobel Prize–winning physicist Percy W. Bridgman, exploring the philosophical and methodological foundations of modern physics.
  • C. Bird of Passage: Recollections of a Physicist
    "Bird of Passage: Recollections of a Physicist" is the autobiography of theoretical physicist Rudolf Peierls, chronicling his life, scientific contributions, and experiences within the 20th-century physics community.
  • D. Paradox: The Nine Greatest Enigmas in Physics
    Paradox: The Nine Greatest Enigmas in Physics is a popular science book by Jim Al-Khalili that explores some of the most puzzling and counterintuitive problems in modern physics for a general audience.
  • E. The Relativity of Wrong
    The Relativity of Wrong is an essay by Isaac Asimov that explains how scientific ideas become progressively less wrong over time, arguing that errors in science are matters of degree rather than absolute falsehood.
  • 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: Against the Physicists
Triple: [Sextus Empiricus, notableWork, Against the Physicists]
Generated description
Against the Physicists is an ancient philosophical work by Sextus Empiricus that presents a skeptical critique of dogmatic claims in natural philosophy and metaphysics.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Against the Physicists
Target entity description: Against the Physicists is an ancient philosophical work by Sextus Empiricus that presents a skeptical critique of dogmatic claims in natural philosophy and metaphysics.
  • A. The World According to Physics
    The World According to Physics is a popular science book by physicist Jim Al-Khalili that explains the fundamental principles and discoveries of modern physics for a general audience.
  • B. Reflections of a Physicist
    Reflections of a Physicist is a collection of essays by Nobel Prize–winning physicist Percy W. Bridgman, exploring the philosophical and methodological foundations of modern physics.
  • C. Bird of Passage: Recollections of a Physicist
    "Bird of Passage: Recollections of a Physicist" is the autobiography of theoretical physicist Rudolf Peierls, chronicling his life, scientific contributions, and experiences within the 20th-century physics community.
  • D. Paradox: The Nine Greatest Enigmas in Physics
    Paradox: The Nine Greatest Enigmas in Physics is a popular science book by Jim Al-Khalili that explores some of the most puzzling and counterintuitive problems in modern physics for a general audience.
  • E. The Relativity of Wrong
    The Relativity of Wrong is an essay by Isaac Asimov that explains how scientific ideas become progressively less wrong over time, arguing that errors in science are matters of degree rather than absolute falsehood.
  • 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_69d6aa5a4c4881908f39be6efe5981e5 completed April 8, 2026, 7:19 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d6dfce1ddc8190893fe6f7b047b56b completed April 8, 2026, 11:07 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69d96bd065b4819083e6fa200f27b39f completed April 10, 2026, 9:29 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69d96df03c2881909af8501ecf6ac180 completed April 10, 2026, 9:38 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69d96f063d588190adcfd56b2b0afccf completed April 10, 2026, 9:43 p.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:05 p.m.