Triple

T12126233
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Ayn Rand E288817 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object The Virtue of Selfishness
The Virtue of Selfishness is a collection of essays by Ayn Rand that presents and defends her ethical theory of rational self-interest as a moral ideal.
E963026 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 Virtue of Selfishness | Statement: [Ayn Rand, notableWork, The Virtue of Selfishness]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Virtue of Selfishness
Context triple: [Ayn Rand, notableWork, The Virtue of Selfishness]
  • A. On the Basis of Morality
    On the Basis of Morality is a philosophical treatise by Arthur Schopenhauer in which he argues that genuine ethics is grounded in compassion rather than rational duty or self-interest.
  • B. A Preface to Morals
    A Preface to Morals is a 1929 philosophical work by American writer Walter Lippmann that examines the challenges of finding ethical guidance in a secular, modern society.
  • C. The Ego and Its Own
    The Ego and Its Own is a seminal 1844 philosophical work by Max Stirner that presents a radical form of individualist anarchism centered on the sovereignty of the unique ego over all ideological abstractions.
  • D. On the Ends of Good and Evil
    On the Ends of Good and Evil is a philosophical work by Cicero that explores and critiques major ancient theories of ethics and the highest human good.
  • E. Farewell to Reason
    Farewell to Reason is a philosophical work by Paul Feyerabend that critiques rationalism and defends epistemological pluralism in science and society.
  • 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 Virtue of Selfishness
Triple: [Ayn Rand, notableWork, The Virtue of Selfishness]
Generated description
The Virtue of Selfishness is a collection of essays by Ayn Rand that presents and defends her ethical theory of rational self-interest as a moral ideal.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Virtue of Selfishness
Target entity description: The Virtue of Selfishness is a collection of essays by Ayn Rand that presents and defends her ethical theory of rational self-interest as a moral ideal.
  • A. On the Basis of Morality
    On the Basis of Morality is a philosophical treatise by Arthur Schopenhauer in which he argues that genuine ethics is grounded in compassion rather than rational duty or self-interest.
  • B. A Preface to Morals
    A Preface to Morals is a 1929 philosophical work by American writer Walter Lippmann that examines the challenges of finding ethical guidance in a secular, modern society.
  • C. The Ego and Its Own
    The Ego and Its Own is a seminal 1844 philosophical work by Max Stirner that presents a radical form of individualist anarchism centered on the sovereignty of the unique ego over all ideological abstractions.
  • D. On the Ends of Good and Evil
    On the Ends of Good and Evil is a philosophical work by Cicero that explores and critiques major ancient theories of ethics and the highest human good.
  • E. Farewell to Reason
    Farewell to Reason is a philosophical work by Paul Feyerabend that critiques rationalism and defends epistemological pluralism in science and society.
  • 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_69d6ab4b5e4c81909950b17151eb0951 completed April 8, 2026, 7:23 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d9157b2a9881908ec0e58cf438fce0 completed April 10, 2026, 3:21 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f5f688ad2481909d11782c44b3217f completed May 2, 2026, 1:05 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f5fdebe3fc81909a5bb23a943c3c43 completed May 2, 2026, 1:36 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f5fef775508190ab3be470821c5a50 completed May 2, 2026, 1:41 p.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:49 p.m.