Triple

T1261914
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Blaise Pascal E12519 entity
Predicate notableIdea P4 FINISHED
Object Pascal's wager
Pascal's wager is a philosophical argument by Blaise Pascal that posits it is rational to live as if God exists, because the potential gains of belief outweigh the potential losses.
E144287 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: Pascal's wager | Statement: [Blaise Pascal, notableIdea, Pascal's wager]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Pascal's wager
Context triple: [Blaise Pascal, notableIdea, Pascal's wager]
  • A. Theodicy
    Theodicy is a philosophical and theological work by Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz that attempts to reconcile the existence of evil with an all-powerful, all-good God by arguing that we live in the best of all possible worlds.
  • B. The Case for God
    The Case for God is a 2009 book by religious historian Karen Armstrong that explores the history of religious thought and argues for a more nuanced, experiential understanding of God beyond rigid dogma and atheistic critiques.
  • C. On God
    "On God" is a gospel-influenced hip-hop track by Kanye West from his 2019 album *Jesus Is King*, featuring themes of faith, gratitude, and divine protection.
  • D. Port-Royal Logic
    Port-Royal Logic is a 17th-century treatise on logic and philosophy, rooted in Cartesian thought and influential in the development of modern logic and epistemology.
  • E. The Freedom of the Will
    The Freedom of the Will is an influential 18th-century theological and philosophical treatise by Jonathan Edwards that rigorously defends a compatibilist view of human freedom and divine sovereignty.
  • 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: Pascal's wager
Triple: [Blaise Pascal, notableIdea, Pascal's wager]
Generated description
Pascal's wager is a philosophical argument by Blaise Pascal that posits it is rational to live as if God exists, because the potential gains of belief outweigh the potential losses.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Pascal's wager
Target entity description: Pascal's wager is a philosophical argument by Blaise Pascal that posits it is rational to live as if God exists, because the potential gains of belief outweigh the potential losses.
  • A. Theodicy
    Theodicy is a philosophical and theological work by Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz that attempts to reconcile the existence of evil with an all-powerful, all-good God by arguing that we live in the best of all possible worlds.
  • B. The Case for God
    The Case for God is a 2009 book by religious historian Karen Armstrong that explores the history of religious thought and argues for a more nuanced, experiential understanding of God beyond rigid dogma and atheistic critiques.
  • C. On God
    "On God" is a gospel-influenced hip-hop track by Kanye West from his 2019 album *Jesus Is King*, featuring themes of faith, gratitude, and divine protection.
  • D. Port-Royal Logic
    Port-Royal Logic is a 17th-century treatise on logic and philosophy, rooted in Cartesian thought and influential in the development of modern logic and epistemology.
  • E. The Freedom of the Will
    The Freedom of the Will is an influential 18th-century theological and philosophical treatise by Jonathan Edwards that rigorously defends a compatibilist view of human freedom and divine sovereignty.
  • 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_69a4933352e08190ac617291985e76c0 completed March 1, 2026, 7:27 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4bfc77f4c8190b97a0ceaa31cfd49 completed March 1, 2026, 10:37 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ac93d044bc819091fd0cfa7a957640 completed March 7, 2026, 9:08 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ac9454d3f48190b4a8c7a8280bc6bd completed March 7, 2026, 9:10 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ac95da6e7c8190a0a719aa9c9f7a51 completed March 7, 2026, 9:17 p.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:50 p.m.