Triple

T12128288
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Other Minds E288864 entity
Predicate mainTopic P31 FINISHED
Object other minds problem
The other minds problem is a philosophical issue concerning how, or whether, we can know that beings other than ourselves possess conscious experiences or mental states.
E963067 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: other minds problem | Statement: [Other Minds, mainTopic, other minds problem]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: other minds problem
Context triple: [Other Minds, mainTopic, other minds problem]
  • A. mind–body problem
    The mind–body problem is a central philosophical issue concerning the relationship between conscious mental states and physical processes in the body and brain.
  • B. How Two Minds Can Know One Thing
    "How Two Minds Can Know One Thing" is a philosophical essay by William James that explores how different conscious minds can share or refer to the same object of knowledge within his framework of radical empiricism.
  • C. God and Other Minds
    "God and Other Minds" is a 1967 philosophical work by Alvin Plantinga that argues belief in God can be rationally justified in a way analogous to belief in other minds.
  • D. The Concept of Mind
    The Concept of Mind is a 1949 philosophical work by Gilbert Ryle that critiques Cartesian dualism and introduces the idea of mental concepts as dispositions rather than inner ghostly states.
  • E. The Mind’s I
    The Mind’s I is a philosophical anthology edited by Douglas Hofstadter and Daniel Dennett that explores consciousness, self, and identity through essays, stories, and thought experiments.
  • 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: other minds problem
Triple: [Other Minds, mainTopic, other minds problem]
Generated description
The other minds problem is a philosophical issue concerning how, or whether, we can know that beings other than ourselves possess conscious experiences or mental states.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: other minds problem
Target entity description: The other minds problem is a philosophical issue concerning how, or whether, we can know that beings other than ourselves possess conscious experiences or mental states.
  • A. mind–body problem
    The mind–body problem is a central philosophical issue concerning the relationship between conscious mental states and physical processes in the body and brain.
  • B. How Two Minds Can Know One Thing
    "How Two Minds Can Know One Thing" is a philosophical essay by William James that explores how different conscious minds can share or refer to the same object of knowledge within his framework of radical empiricism.
  • C. God and Other Minds
    "God and Other Minds" is a 1967 philosophical work by Alvin Plantinga that argues belief in God can be rationally justified in a way analogous to belief in other minds.
  • D. The Concept of Mind
    The Concept of Mind is a 1949 philosophical work by Gilbert Ryle that critiques Cartesian dualism and introduces the idea of mental concepts as dispositions rather than inner ghostly states.
  • E. The Mind’s I
    The Mind’s I is a philosophical anthology edited by Douglas Hofstadter and Daniel Dennett that explores consciousness, self, and identity through essays, stories, and thought experiments.
  • 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_69d9157ce6b88190b16592cc48244db3 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.