Triple

T10642537
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Sextus Empiricus E250758 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object Against the Ethicists
Against the Ethicists is a work by the ancient skeptic philosopher Sextus Empiricus that critically examines and challenges dogmatic ethical theories.
 E875368 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 Ethicists | Statement: [Sextus Empiricus, notableWork, Against the Ethicists]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Against the Ethicists
Context triple: [Sextus Empiricus, notableWork, Against the Ethicists]
  • A. The Ethical Equations
    The Ethical Equations is a science fiction story by Murray Leinster that explores moral dilemmas arising from advanced technology and human interaction with alien life.
  • B. Their Morals and Ours
    "Their Morals and Ours" is a 1938 political essay by Leon Trotsky that defends revolutionary socialist ethics against bourgeois morality and critiques Stalinism.
  • C. The Elements of Morality
    The Elements of Morality is a 19th-century philosophical treatise by William Whewell that systematically explores ethical theory, moral duties, and the foundations of human conduct.
  • D. How to Be Perfect: The Correct Answer to Every Moral Question
    How to Be Perfect: The Correct Answer to Every Moral Question is a humorous and accessible popular philosophy book that introduces major ethical theories and applies them to everyday moral dilemmas.
  • E. Letters to a Young Contrarian
    Letters to a Young Contrarian is a book by Christopher Hitchens that offers guidance on independent thinking, skepticism, and principled dissent through a series of reflective essays.
  • 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 Ethicists
Triple: [Sextus Empiricus, notableWork, Against the Ethicists]
Generated description
Against the Ethicists is a work by the ancient skeptic philosopher Sextus Empiricus that critically examines and challenges dogmatic ethical theories.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Against the Ethicists
Target entity description: Against the Ethicists is a work by the ancient skeptic philosopher Sextus Empiricus that critically examines and challenges dogmatic ethical theories.
  • A. The Ethical Equations
    The Ethical Equations is a science fiction story by Murray Leinster that explores moral dilemmas arising from advanced technology and human interaction with alien life.
  • B. Their Morals and Ours
    "Their Morals and Ours" is a 1938 political essay by Leon Trotsky that defends revolutionary socialist ethics against bourgeois morality and critiques Stalinism.
  • C. The Elements of Morality
    The Elements of Morality is a 19th-century philosophical treatise by William Whewell that systematically explores ethical theory, moral duties, and the foundations of human conduct.
  • D. How to Be Perfect: The Correct Answer to Every Moral Question
    How to Be Perfect: The Correct Answer to Every Moral Question is a humorous and accessible popular philosophy book that introduces major ethical theories and applies them to everyday moral dilemmas.
  • E. Letters to a Young Contrarian
    Letters to a Young Contrarian is a book by Christopher Hitchens that offers guidance on independent thinking, skepticism, and principled dissent through a series of reflective essays.
  • 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.