Triple

T11108804
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Christof Koch E262700 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object The Feeling of Life Itself: Why Consciousness Is Widespread but Can't Be Computed
"The Feeling of Life Itself: Why Consciousness Is Widespread but Can't Be Computed" is a book by neuroscientist Christof Koch that explores the nature of consciousness, arguing that it is a fundamental property of biological organisms and cannot be fully replicated by digital computers.
E906304 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 Feeling of Life Itself: Why Consciousness Is Widespread but Can't Be Computed | Statement: [Christof Koch, notableWork, The Feeling of Life Itself: Why Consciousness Is Widespread but Can't Be Computed]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Feeling of Life Itself: Why Consciousness Is Widespread but Can't Be Computed
Context triple: [Christof Koch, notableWork, The Feeling of Life Itself: Why Consciousness Is Widespread but Can't Be Computed]
  • A. Consciousness and the Computational Mind
    Consciousness and the Computational Mind is a foundational book by cognitive scientist Ray Jackendoff that explores how mental states and conscious experience can be understood within a computational theory of mind.
  • B. 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.
  • C. The Question of Consciousness
    "The Question of Consciousness" is a chapter in the Dalai Lama’s book *The Universe in a Single Atom* that explores the nature of consciousness through dialogue between Buddhist philosophy and modern science.
  • D. Orch-OR theory of consciousness
    The Orch-OR theory of consciousness is a controversial proposal suggesting that conscious experience arises from quantum processes within neuronal microtubules in the brain.
  • E. Consciousness: An Introduction
    Consciousness: An Introduction is a widely used textbook by Susan Blackmore that surveys scientific, philosophical, and psychological approaches to understanding conscious experience.
  • 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 Feeling of Life Itself: Why Consciousness Is Widespread but Can't Be Computed
Triple: [Christof Koch, notableWork, The Feeling of Life Itself: Why Consciousness Is Widespread but Can't Be Computed]
Generated description
"The Feeling of Life Itself: Why Consciousness Is Widespread but Can't Be Computed" is a book by neuroscientist Christof Koch that explores the nature of consciousness, arguing that it is a fundamental property of biological organisms and cannot be fully replicated by digital computers.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Feeling of Life Itself: Why Consciousness Is Widespread but Can't Be Computed
Target entity description: "The Feeling of Life Itself: Why Consciousness Is Widespread but Can't Be Computed" is a book by neuroscientist Christof Koch that explores the nature of consciousness, arguing that it is a fundamental property of biological organisms and cannot be fully replicated by digital computers.
  • A. Consciousness and the Computational Mind
    Consciousness and the Computational Mind is a foundational book by cognitive scientist Ray Jackendoff that explores how mental states and conscious experience can be understood within a computational theory of mind.
  • B. 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.
  • C. The Question of Consciousness
    "The Question of Consciousness" is a chapter in the Dalai Lama’s book *The Universe in a Single Atom* that explores the nature of consciousness through dialogue between Buddhist philosophy and modern science.
  • D. Orch-OR theory of consciousness
    The Orch-OR theory of consciousness is a controversial proposal suggesting that conscious experience arises from quantum processes within neuronal microtubules in the brain.
  • E. Consciousness: An Introduction
    Consciousness: An Introduction is a widely used textbook by Susan Blackmore that surveys scientific, philosophical, and psychological approaches to understanding conscious experience.
  • 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_69d6aa9b46cc8190b19f9f0cc45bf322 completed April 8, 2026, 7:20 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d79a67d10c8190815d4c27d55270e8 completed April 9, 2026, 12:24 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69e42d72f8f48190a7414119a6be9d5e completed April 19, 2026, 1:18 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69e4374700b881908ebb185ae020487b completed April 19, 2026, 2 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69e4399385c08190852c3cbd730a1f11 completed April 19, 2026, 2:10 a.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:27 p.m.