Triple

T12317977
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Philippa Foot E293651 entity
Predicate notableIdea P4 FINISHED
Object trolley problem
The trolley problem is a famous ethical thought experiment that explores moral dilemmas about sacrificing one life to save many, widely used in discussions of utilitarianism and moral philosophy.
E973626 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: trolley problem | Statement: [Philippa Foot, notableIdea, trolley problem]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: trolley problem
Context triple: [Philippa Foot, notableIdea, trolley problem]
  • A. The Trolley Conductor
    The Trolley Conductor is a central comic character from the early 20th-century newspaper strip "Toonerville Folks," known for operating the rickety Toonerville Trolley with humorous mishaps and eccentric charm.
  • B. Fragen der Ethik
    Fragen der Ethik is a philosophical work by Moritz Schlick that examines the foundations and nature of ethical judgments within the framework of logical empiricism.
  • C. kingdom of ends
    The kingdom of ends is Immanuel Kant’s ethical ideal of a moral community in which all rational beings legislate and follow universal moral laws while treating each other always as ends in themselves, never merely as means.
  • D. categorical imperative
    The categorical imperative is Immanuel Kant’s central moral principle that commands universally applicable duties based on reason alone, regardless of personal desires or consequences.
  • E. consequentialism
    Consequentialism is an ethical theory that judges the rightness or wrongness of actions solely by their outcomes or consequences.
  • 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: trolley problem
Triple: [Philippa Foot, notableIdea, trolley problem]
Generated description
The trolley problem is a famous ethical thought experiment that explores moral dilemmas about sacrificing one life to save many, widely used in discussions of utilitarianism and moral philosophy.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: trolley problem
Target entity description: The trolley problem is a famous ethical thought experiment that explores moral dilemmas about sacrificing one life to save many, widely used in discussions of utilitarianism and moral philosophy.
  • A. The Trolley Conductor
    The Trolley Conductor is a central comic character from the early 20th-century newspaper strip "Toonerville Folks," known for operating the rickety Toonerville Trolley with humorous mishaps and eccentric charm.
  • B. Fragen der Ethik
    Fragen der Ethik is a philosophical work by Moritz Schlick that examines the foundations and nature of ethical judgments within the framework of logical empiricism.
  • C. kingdom of ends
    The kingdom of ends is Immanuel Kant’s ethical ideal of a moral community in which all rational beings legislate and follow universal moral laws while treating each other always as ends in themselves, never merely as means.
  • D. categorical imperative
    The categorical imperative is Immanuel Kant’s central moral principle that commands universally applicable duties based on reason alone, regardless of personal desires or consequences.
  • E. consequentialism
    Consequentialism is an ethical theory that judges the rightness or wrongness of actions solely by their outcomes or consequences.
  • 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_69d6ab6a2b50819082f6aedd32ed608a completed April 8, 2026, 7:24 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d93f4ab1b88190979a8403a430a17c completed April 10, 2026, 6:19 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f61e88a1348190a04c21b24e1ba2b5 completed May 2, 2026, 3:55 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f61f5d746c8190b5b0edfc4832bc6c completed May 2, 2026, 3:59 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f62045b20c819083c755fbe99a9a7f completed May 2, 2026, 4:03 p.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:53 p.m.