Triple

T12853765
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Josiah Royce E307393 entity
Predicate influenced P9 FINISHED
Object Brand Blanshard
Brand Blanshard was an American philosopher best known for his rigorous defense of rationalism and coherence theory of truth in the 20th century analytic tradition.
E1007486 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: Brand Blanshard | Statement: [Josiah Royce, influenced, Brand Blanshard]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Brand Blanshard
Context triple: [Josiah Royce, influenced, Brand Blanshard]
  • A. Basil Blackwell
    Basil Blackwell was a prominent British publisher and bookseller best known for his influential role in academic and philosophical publishing in the 20th century.
  • B. Lorimer Rich
    Lorimer Rich was an American architect best known for co-designing the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington National Cemetery.
  • C. B. W. L. Norton
    B. W. L. Norton was an American screenwriter and filmmaker best known for his work on the early Steven Spielberg film "The Sugarland Express."
  • D. Charles Boardman
    Charles Boardman is a central intelligence operative in Robert Silverberg’s science fiction novel "The Man in the Maze," known for orchestrating the mission involving the telepathic outcast Richard Muller.
  • E. Willis Faber and Dumas
    Willis Faber and Dumas was a prominent British insurance brokerage firm known for commissioning innovative modernist architecture, including its landmark headquarters in Ipswich.
  • 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: Brand Blanshard
Triple: [Josiah Royce, influenced, Brand Blanshard]
Generated description
Brand Blanshard was an American philosopher best known for his rigorous defense of rationalism and coherence theory of truth in the 20th century analytic tradition.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Brand Blanshard
Target entity description: Brand Blanshard was an American philosopher best known for his rigorous defense of rationalism and coherence theory of truth in the 20th century analytic tradition.
  • A. Basil Blackwell
    Basil Blackwell was a prominent British publisher and bookseller best known for his influential role in academic and philosophical publishing in the 20th century.
  • B. Lorimer Rich
    Lorimer Rich was an American architect best known for co-designing the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington National Cemetery.
  • C. B. W. L. Norton
    B. W. L. Norton was an American screenwriter and filmmaker best known for his work on the early Steven Spielberg film "The Sugarland Express."
  • D. Charles Boardman
    Charles Boardman is a central intelligence operative in Robert Silverberg’s science fiction novel "The Man in the Maze," known for orchestrating the mission involving the telepathic outcast Richard Muller.
  • E. Willis Faber and Dumas
    Willis Faber and Dumas was a prominent British insurance brokerage firm known for commissioning innovative modernist architecture, including its landmark headquarters in Ipswich.
  • 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_69d7bdf5e7cc8190be357278bc5ba3bb completed April 9, 2026, 2:55 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d97021df7481909cd42a0f72040aa5 completed April 10, 2026, 9:48 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f69ba79918819093e047ce22191923 completed May 3, 2026, 12:49 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f69c8469548190b05d8fa010e0ca13 completed May 3, 2026, 12:53 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f69d4ef7988190890f8a62280aa673 completed May 3, 2026, 12:56 a.m.
Created at: April 9, 2026, 5:37 p.m.