Triple

T12503463
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Philodemus E298886 entity
Predicate wrote P2831 FINISHED
Object On Vices and Virtues
On Vices and Virtues is a Hellenistic philosophical work by the Epicurean thinker Philodemus that examines moral character and ethical behavior within the Epicurean tradition.
 E987381 NE FINISHED

Named-entity recognition

Before disambiguation, gpt-5-mini classified whether the object phrase is a named entity — the step behind the object's NE type shown above.

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: On Vices and Virtues | Statement: [Philodemus, wrote, On Vices and Virtues]

Disambiguation candidates (2 decisions)

The exact options the model was shown at each disambiguation step, with the option it chose highlighted — the evidence behind this triple's disambiguated ids.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: On Vices and Virtues
Context triple: [Philodemus, wrote, On Vices and Virtues]
  • A. The Conduct of Life
    The Conduct of Life is a collection of essays by Ralph Waldo Emerson that explores practical and philosophical questions about how to live ethically and purposefully in the modern world.
  • 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. On Human Conduct
    On Human Conduct is a major work of political philosophy by Michael Oakeshott that offers a complex, skeptical account of modern civil association, law, and the nature of human agency.
  • D. Vices & Virtues
    Vices & Virtues is the third studio album by Panic! at the Disco, marking their transition to a more theatrical pop-rock sound led by frontman Brendon Urie.
  • E. Tenth Treatise on Human Conduct
    The Tenth Treatise on Human Conduct is the concluding section of Saadia Gaon's philosophical work *Emunot ve-Deot*, focusing on ethical behavior and the proper conduct of human life according to Jewish thought.
  • F. None of above. chosen
  • G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: On Vices and Virtues
Target entity description: On Vices and Virtues is a Hellenistic philosophical work by the Epicurean thinker Philodemus that examines moral character and ethical behavior within the Epicurean tradition.
  • A. The Conduct of Life
    The Conduct of Life is a collection of essays by Ralph Waldo Emerson that explores practical and philosophical questions about how to live ethically and purposefully in the modern world.
  • 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. On Human Conduct
    On Human Conduct is a major work of political philosophy by Michael Oakeshott that offers a complex, skeptical account of modern civil association, law, and the nature of human agency.
  • D. Vices & Virtues
    Vices & Virtues is the third studio album by Panic! at the Disco, marking their transition to a more theatrical pop-rock sound led by frontman Brendon Urie.
  • E. Tenth Treatise on Human Conduct
    The Tenth Treatise on Human Conduct is the concluding section of Saadia Gaon's philosophical work *Emunot ve-Deot*, focusing on ethical behavior and the proper conduct of human life according to Jewish thought.
  • F. None of above. chosen

How the object was described

The object's one-sentence description was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the object name and this triple as context.

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: On Vices and Virtues
Triple: [Philodemus, wrote, On Vices and Virtues]
Generated description
On Vices and Virtues is a Hellenistic philosophical work by the Epicurean thinker Philodemus that examines moral character and ethical behavior within the Epicurean tradition.

Provenance (5 batches)

Stage Batch ID Job type Status
creating batch_69d6ada4cd388190ae3bbf83ff87057a elicitation completed
NER batch_69d94dfcea188190a929db1aabe1a286 ner completed
NED1 batch_69f64bb38e048190bbc96244b71953b6 ned_source_triple completed
NED2 batch_69f64df6488481909dea8387e7000d15 ned_description completed
NEDg batch_69f64ce0ca288190bbbcb5459f914c19 nedg completed
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:57 p.m.