Triple

T11892360
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Plato's Meno E282946 entity
Predicate containsArgument P11236 FINISHED
Object Meno's paradox
Meno's paradox is a philosophical puzzle that questions how learning is possible if one cannot search for what one does not already in some way know.
E282946 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: Meno's paradox | Statement: [Plato's Meno, containsArgument, Meno's paradox]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Meno's paradox
Context triple: [Plato's Meno, containsArgument, Meno's paradox]
  • A. Epimenides paradox
    The Epimenides paradox is a classic self-referential logical puzzle arising from a Cretan philosopher’s claim that all Cretans are liars, illustrating the problem of statements that refer to their own truth or falsehood.
  • B. Plato's Meno
    Plato's Meno is a Socratic dialogue that explores the nature of virtue and whether it can be taught, featuring conversations between Socrates, Meno, and the Athenian statesman Anytus.
  • C. Theseus's paradox (Ship of Theseus)
    Theseus's paradox, or the Ship of Theseus, is a classic philosophical thought experiment that questions whether an object that has had all its components replaced remains fundamentally the same object.
  • D. Münchhausen trilemma
    The Münchhausen trilemma is a philosophical argument about the impossibility of providing a certain, ultimate justification for any truth claim, since all justifications end in infinite regress, circular reasoning, or arbitrary axioms.
  • E. Meno
    Meno is a Socratic dialogue by Plato that explores the nature of virtue and whether it can be taught.
  • 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: Meno's paradox
Triple: [Plato's Meno, containsArgument, Meno's paradox]
Generated description
Meno's paradox is a philosophical puzzle that questions how learning is possible if one cannot search for what one does not already in some way know.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Meno's paradox
Target entity description: Meno's paradox is a philosophical puzzle that questions how learning is possible if one cannot search for what one does not already in some way know.
  • A. Epimenides paradox
    The Epimenides paradox is a classic self-referential logical puzzle arising from a Cretan philosopher’s claim that all Cretans are liars, illustrating the problem of statements that refer to their own truth or falsehood.
  • B. Plato's Meno chosen
    Plato's Meno is a Socratic dialogue that explores the nature of virtue and whether it can be taught, featuring conversations between Socrates, Meno, and the Athenian statesman Anytus.
  • C. Theseus's paradox (Ship of Theseus)
    Theseus's paradox, or the Ship of Theseus, is a classic philosophical thought experiment that questions whether an object that has had all its components replaced remains fundamentally the same object.
  • D. Münchhausen trilemma
    The Münchhausen trilemma is a philosophical argument about the impossibility of providing a certain, ultimate justification for any truth claim, since all justifications end in infinite regress, circular reasoning, or arbitrary axioms.
  • E. Meno
    Meno is a Socratic dialogue by Plato that explores the nature of virtue and whether it can be taught.
  • F. None of above.

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_69d6ab2a90b08190a4e818821cc93e6d completed April 8, 2026, 7:23 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d8d3a3f7548190adfb567f060a175a completed April 10, 2026, 10:40 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f417f7f268819091bdb72394506808 completed May 1, 2026, 3:03 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f41f1abaa481908b8a6873a07af848 completed May 1, 2026, 3:33 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f422778a10819093bc2473ef30fe71 completed May 1, 2026, 3:48 a.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:44 p.m.