Triple

T11002522
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Patricia Churchland E260035 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object Touching a Nerve: The Self as Brain
Touching a Nerve: The Self as Brain is a popular neuroscience and philosophy book by Patricia Churchland that argues our sense of self and mind is fundamentally rooted in the physical workings of the brain.
E898994 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: Touching a Nerve: The Self as Brain | Statement: [Patricia Churchland, notableWork, Touching a Nerve: The Self as Brain]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Touching a Nerve: The Self as Brain
Context triple: [Patricia Churchland, notableWork, Touching a Nerve: The Self as Brain]
  • A. The Self and Its Brain (excerpt)
    The Self and Its Brain (excerpt) is a passage from the philosophical work by Karl Popper and John Eccles that explores the relationship between consciousness and the physical brain.
  • B. Neuro: The New Brain Sciences and the Management of the Mind
    "Neuro: The New Brain Sciences and the Management of the Mind" is a scholarly book that critically examines how contemporary neuroscience reshapes understandings of the mind, behavior, and social governance.
  • C. The Emotion Machine
    The Emotion Machine is a 2006 book by artificial intelligence pioneer Marvin Minsky that explores how human thinking and emotions can be understood as computational processes of the mind.
  • D. A Brief Tour of Human Consciousness
    A Brief Tour of Human Consciousness is a popular science book by neuroscientist V. S. Ramachandran that explores the neurological basis of perception, self-awareness, and unusual brain disorders to illuminate how the mind works.
  • E. Constructing a Nervous System: A Memoir
    "Constructing a Nervous System: A Memoir" is a critically acclaimed autobiographical work by cultural critic Margo Jefferson that blends personal history with reflections on race, class, gender, and art in American life.
  • 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: Touching a Nerve: The Self as Brain
Triple: [Patricia Churchland, notableWork, Touching a Nerve: The Self as Brain]
Generated description
Touching a Nerve: The Self as Brain is a popular neuroscience and philosophy book by Patricia Churchland that argues our sense of self and mind is fundamentally rooted in the physical workings of the brain.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Touching a Nerve: The Self as Brain
Target entity description: Touching a Nerve: The Self as Brain is a popular neuroscience and philosophy book by Patricia Churchland that argues our sense of self and mind is fundamentally rooted in the physical workings of the brain.
  • A. The Self and Its Brain (excerpt)
    The Self and Its Brain (excerpt) is a passage from the philosophical work by Karl Popper and John Eccles that explores the relationship between consciousness and the physical brain.
  • B. Neuro: The New Brain Sciences and the Management of the Mind
    "Neuro: The New Brain Sciences and the Management of the Mind" is a scholarly book that critically examines how contemporary neuroscience reshapes understandings of the mind, behavior, and social governance.
  • C. The Emotion Machine
    The Emotion Machine is a 2006 book by artificial intelligence pioneer Marvin Minsky that explores how human thinking and emotions can be understood as computational processes of the mind.
  • D. A Brief Tour of Human Consciousness
    A Brief Tour of Human Consciousness is a popular science book by neuroscientist V. S. Ramachandran that explores the neurological basis of perception, self-awareness, and unusual brain disorders to illuminate how the mind works.
  • E. Constructing a Nervous System: A Memoir
    "Constructing a Nervous System: A Memoir" is a critically acclaimed autobiographical work by cultural critic Margo Jefferson that blends personal history with reflections on race, class, gender, and art in American life.
  • 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_69d6aa8a6a548190a750f944ccdc8064 completed April 8, 2026, 7:20 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d796d760008190930228fa77b61b8b completed April 9, 2026, 12:08 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69e3453d181081908cb58a957f4d1295 completed April 18, 2026, 8:47 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69e35570b0bc8190a939b0c8e3ce8105 completed April 18, 2026, 9:57 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69e359508a388190a16d48a17015e13e completed April 18, 2026, 10:13 a.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:25 p.m.