Triple

T12215533
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject John McDowell E291073 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object Meaning, Knowledge, and Reality
"Meaning, Knowledge, and Reality" is a collection of influential philosophical essays by John McDowell that explores issues in language, epistemology, and metaphysics within the analytic tradition.
 E969164 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: Meaning, Knowledge, and Reality | Statement: [John McDowell, notableWork, Meaning, Knowledge, and Reality]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Meaning, Knowledge, and Reality
Context triple: [John McDowell, notableWork, Meaning, Knowledge, and Reality]
  • A. Epistemology Without a Knowing Subject
    Epistemology Without a Knowing Subject is a philosophical work by Karl Popper that develops his theory of objective knowledge by arguing that knowledge can be understood independently of any particular knowing subject.
  • B. Realism, Meaning and Truth
    Realism, Meaning and Truth is a major philosophical work by Crispin Wright that explores issues in the philosophy of language, truth, and realism, particularly through the lens of anti-realism and the nature of meaning.
  • C. Mind, Language and Reality
    Mind, Language and Reality is a landmark collection of Hilary Putnam’s philosophical essays that helped shape contemporary debates in philosophy of mind, language, and metaphysics.
  • D. Belief and the Basis of Meaning
    Belief and the Basis of Meaning is a philosophical essay by Donald Davidson that explores how beliefs underpin linguistic meaning and interpretation.
  • E. The Problem of Knowledge
    The Problem of Knowledge is a 1956 philosophical work by A. J. Ayer that critically examines the nature, limits, and justification of human knowledge within the analytic tradition.
  • 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: Meaning, Knowledge, and Reality
Triple: [John McDowell, notableWork, Meaning, Knowledge, and Reality]
Generated description
"Meaning, Knowledge, and Reality" is a collection of influential philosophical essays by John McDowell that explores issues in language, epistemology, and metaphysics within the analytic tradition.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Meaning, Knowledge, and Reality
Target entity description: "Meaning, Knowledge, and Reality" is a collection of influential philosophical essays by John McDowell that explores issues in language, epistemology, and metaphysics within the analytic tradition.
  • A. Epistemology Without a Knowing Subject
    Epistemology Without a Knowing Subject is a philosophical work by Karl Popper that develops his theory of objective knowledge by arguing that knowledge can be understood independently of any particular knowing subject.
  • B. Realism, Meaning and Truth
    Realism, Meaning and Truth is a major philosophical work by Crispin Wright that explores issues in the philosophy of language, truth, and realism, particularly through the lens of anti-realism and the nature of meaning.
  • C. Mind, Language and Reality
    Mind, Language and Reality is a landmark collection of Hilary Putnam’s philosophical essays that helped shape contemporary debates in philosophy of mind, language, and metaphysics.
  • D. Belief and the Basis of Meaning
    Belief and the Basis of Meaning is a philosophical essay by Donald Davidson that explores how beliefs underpin linguistic meaning and interpretation.
  • E. The Problem of Knowledge
    The Problem of Knowledge is a 1956 philosophical work by A. J. Ayer that critically examines the nature, limits, and justification of human knowledge within the analytic tradition.
  • 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_69d6ab65923081909acfc61b7a612233 completed April 8, 2026, 7:24 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d91c931cec819083ca19be06a33e1c completed April 10, 2026, 3:51 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f60aa13f64819096dc23295a6f0cdb completed May 2, 2026, 2:30 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f60bdca250819090b4b4cc84d343f4 completed May 2, 2026, 2:36 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f60cd1668881908f43d895fcfba0aa completed May 2, 2026, 2:40 p.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:51 p.m.