Triple

T11850457
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Kit Fine E281892 entity
Predicate hasWritten P2831 FINISHED
Object “The Problem of Vagueness”
“The Problem of Vagueness” is a philosophical work by Kit Fine that offers an influential analysis of vagueness, challenging standard semantic and metaphysical approaches to borderline cases and indeterminacy.
E949483 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 Problem of Vagueness” | Statement: [Kit Fine, hasWritten, “The Problem of Vagueness”]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: “The Problem of Vagueness”
Context triple: [Kit Fine, hasWritten, “The Problem of Vagueness”]
  • A. Seven Types of Ambiguity
    Seven Types of Ambiguity is a short story by Shirley Jackson that explores psychological tension, moral uncertainty, and the unsettling undercurrents of everyday life.
  • B. On Denoting
    "On Denoting" is a seminal 1905 philosophical essay by Bertrand Russell that introduced his influential theory of descriptions and reshaped analytic philosophy of language.
  • C. The Varieties of Reference
    The Varieties of Reference is a highly influential work of analytic philosophy in which Gareth Evans develops a detailed theory of reference, perception, and singular thought.
  • D. essay "Notes on the Theory of Reference"
    "Notes on the Theory of Reference" is a seminal philosophical essay by W.V.O. Quine that challenges traditional notions of meaning and reference within analytic philosophy and logic.
  • E. “Identity and Predication”
    “Identity and Predication” is a seminal philosophical work by Gareth Evans that examines the logic and metaphysics of identity, reference, and predicative structure in language.
  • 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 Problem of Vagueness”
Triple: [Kit Fine, hasWritten, “The Problem of Vagueness”]
Generated description
“The Problem of Vagueness” is a philosophical work by Kit Fine that offers an influential analysis of vagueness, challenging standard semantic and metaphysical approaches to borderline cases and indeterminacy.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: “The Problem of Vagueness”
Target entity description: “The Problem of Vagueness” is a philosophical work by Kit Fine that offers an influential analysis of vagueness, challenging standard semantic and metaphysical approaches to borderline cases and indeterminacy.
  • A. Seven Types of Ambiguity
    Seven Types of Ambiguity is a short story by Shirley Jackson that explores psychological tension, moral uncertainty, and the unsettling undercurrents of everyday life.
  • B. On Denoting
    "On Denoting" is a seminal 1905 philosophical essay by Bertrand Russell that introduced his influential theory of descriptions and reshaped analytic philosophy of language.
  • C. The Varieties of Reference
    The Varieties of Reference is a highly influential work of analytic philosophy in which Gareth Evans develops a detailed theory of reference, perception, and singular thought.
  • D. essay "Notes on the Theory of Reference"
    "Notes on the Theory of Reference" is a seminal philosophical essay by W.V.O. Quine that challenges traditional notions of meaning and reference within analytic philosophy and logic.
  • E. “Identity and Predication”
    “Identity and Predication” is a seminal philosophical work by Gareth Evans that examines the logic and metaphysics of identity, reference, and predicative structure in language.
  • 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_69d6ab287ba48190a5178779fd19b9b7 completed April 8, 2026, 7:23 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d8a65db52c8190a218736da17d0153 completed April 10, 2026, 7:27 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f167b947d48190a07da6f5255d289a completed April 29, 2026, 2:06 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f17005c318819090e54bc64d135477 completed April 29, 2026, 2:42 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f17814de1881908973af026af5d1d1 completed April 29, 2026, 3:16 a.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:43 p.m.