Triple

T13269485
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Jerry Fodor E316016 entity
Predicate influenced P9 FINISHED
Object Zenon Pylyshyn
Zenon Pylyshyn was a cognitive scientist and philosopher known for his influential work on mental imagery, visual cognition, and the computational theory of mind.
E1031539 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: Zenon Pylyshyn | Statement: [Jerry Fodor, influenced, Zenon Pylyshyn]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Zenon Pylyshyn
Context triple: [Jerry Fodor, influenced, Zenon Pylyshyn]
  • A. Paul Thagard
    Paul Thagard is a Canadian philosopher and cognitive scientist known for his influential work on explanation, coherence, and the philosophy of mind and science.
  • B. Norman E. Thagard
    Norman E. Thagard is an American physician, former U.S. Marine Corps officer, and NASA astronaut who became the first American to fly on a Russian spacecraft.
  • C. Jerry Fodor
    Jerry Fodor was an influential American philosopher and cognitive scientist best known for his work on the philosophy of mind, particularly the modularity of mind and the language of thought hypothesis.
  • D. Ned Block
    Ned Block is an American philosopher of mind and cognitive scientist known for his influential work on consciousness, mental representation, and the philosophy of psychology.
  • E. Russell Dennett
    Russell Dennett is a British musician best known for his work as a member of the influential synth-pop band The Human League.
  • 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: Zenon Pylyshyn
Triple: [Jerry Fodor, influenced, Zenon Pylyshyn]
Generated description
Zenon Pylyshyn was a cognitive scientist and philosopher known for his influential work on mental imagery, visual cognition, and the computational theory of mind.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Zenon Pylyshyn
Target entity description: Zenon Pylyshyn was a cognitive scientist and philosopher known for his influential work on mental imagery, visual cognition, and the computational theory of mind.
  • A. Paul Thagard
    Paul Thagard is a Canadian philosopher and cognitive scientist known for his influential work on explanation, coherence, and the philosophy of mind and science.
  • B. Norman E. Thagard
    Norman E. Thagard is an American physician, former U.S. Marine Corps officer, and NASA astronaut who became the first American to fly on a Russian spacecraft.
  • C. Jerry Fodor
    Jerry Fodor was an influential American philosopher and cognitive scientist best known for his work on the philosophy of mind, particularly the modularity of mind and the language of thought hypothesis.
  • D. Ned Block
    Ned Block is an American philosopher of mind and cognitive scientist known for his influential work on consciousness, mental representation, and the philosophy of psychology.
  • E. Russell Dennett
    Russell Dennett is a British musician best known for his work as a member of the influential synth-pop band The Human League.
  • 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_69d806b1d9ac8190852c5571d5bd5f0f completed April 9, 2026, 8:06 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d9901f59888190b8147836d2fcac5e completed April 11, 2026, 12:04 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f70a4e98888190af5cb857b2437f09 completed May 3, 2026, 8:41 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f70aec0e4481909f6ea77136f2e970 completed May 3, 2026, 8:44 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f70bcb8b60819087afe37a3919d26b completed May 3, 2026, 8:48 a.m.
Created at: April 9, 2026, 9:26 p.m.