Triple

T1120666
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject St. Theophan the Recluse E24602 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object Letters on the Spiritual Life
Letters on the Spiritual Life is a collection of pastoral and ascetical writings by the 19th-century Russian Orthodox bishop and mystic St. Theophan the Recluse, offering practical guidance on prayer, repentance, and inner spiritual growth.
E129203 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: Letters on the Spiritual Life | Statement: [St. Theophan the Recluse, notableWork, Letters on the Spiritual Life]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Letters on the Spiritual Life
Context triple: [St. Theophan the Recluse, notableWork, Letters on the Spiritual Life]
  • A. The Ladder of Divine Ascent
    The Ladder of Divine Ascent is a classic 7th-century Eastern Christian spiritual treatise that outlines a 30-step path of ascetic and contemplative practices leading the soul toward union with God.
  • B. Ascetical Homilies
    Ascetical Homilies is a foundational collection of spiritual teachings and sermons by St. Isaac the Syrian, focusing on inner prayer, asceticism, and the contemplative life in Eastern Christian monastic tradition.
  • C. Spiritual Exercises
    Spiritual Exercises is a 16th-century collection of meditations, prayers, and contemplative practices by Ignatius of Loyola that forms the foundational spiritual guide for Jesuits and many other Christian retreatants.
  • D. Of Communion with God
    Of Communion with God is a classic Puritan theological work by John Owen that explores the believer’s intimate, distinct fellowship with each person of the Trinity.
  • E. Ignatian magis
    Ignatian magis is a core Jesuit spiritual principle emphasizing the pursuit of “the greater good” by continually seeking deeper service to God and others through excellence, generosity, and discernment.
  • 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: Letters on the Spiritual Life
Triple: [St. Theophan the Recluse, notableWork, Letters on the Spiritual Life]
Generated description
Letters on the Spiritual Life is a collection of pastoral and ascetical writings by the 19th-century Russian Orthodox bishop and mystic St. Theophan the Recluse, offering practical guidance on prayer, repentance, and inner spiritual growth.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Letters on the Spiritual Life
Target entity description: Letters on the Spiritual Life is a collection of pastoral and ascetical writings by the 19th-century Russian Orthodox bishop and mystic St. Theophan the Recluse, offering practical guidance on prayer, repentance, and inner spiritual growth.
  • A. The Ladder of Divine Ascent
    The Ladder of Divine Ascent is a classic 7th-century Eastern Christian spiritual treatise that outlines a 30-step path of ascetic and contemplative practices leading the soul toward union with God.
  • B. Ascetical Homilies
    Ascetical Homilies is a foundational collection of spiritual teachings and sermons by St. Isaac the Syrian, focusing on inner prayer, asceticism, and the contemplative life in Eastern Christian monastic tradition.
  • C. Spiritual Exercises
    Spiritual Exercises is a 16th-century collection of meditations, prayers, and contemplative practices by Ignatius of Loyola that forms the foundational spiritual guide for Jesuits and many other Christian retreatants.
  • D. Of Communion with God
    Of Communion with God is a classic Puritan theological work by John Owen that explores the believer’s intimate, distinct fellowship with each person of the Trinity.
  • E. Ignatian magis
    Ignatian magis is a core Jesuit spiritual principle emphasizing the pursuit of “the greater good” by continually seeking deeper service to God and others through excellence, generosity, and discernment.
  • 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_69a4940712c88190aa244f3fc6070a65 completed March 1, 2026, 7:31 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4bbbe58588190a5ef6346e269d5f3 completed March 1, 2026, 10:20 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ac539b6d9881909c3fe5890ae1f889 completed March 7, 2026, 4:34 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ac554aec048190821801070d1a4852 completed March 7, 2026, 4:41 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ac55afd8c88190b0f2bbafc33ad8b7 completed March 7, 2026, 4:43 p.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:43 p.m.