Triple

T13845485
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Timothy Williamson E332791 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object Knowledge and Its Limits
Knowledge and Its Limits is a highly influential work of epistemology by Timothy Williamson that advances the view that knowledge is a fundamental mental state not reducible to belief.
 E1064393 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: Knowledge and Its Limits | Statement: [Timothy Williamson, notableWork, Knowledge and Its Limits]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Knowledge and Its Limits
Context triple: [Timothy Williamson, notableWork, Knowledge and Its Limits]
  • A. Meaning, Knowledge, and Reality
    "Meaning, Knowledge, and Reality" is a collection of influential philosophical essays by John McDowell that explores issues in language, epistemology, and metaphysics within the analytic tradition.
  • B. The Problem of Knowledge
    The Problem of Knowledge is a major philosophical work by Ernst Cassirer that examines the historical development and foundations of human knowledge from the Renaissance to modern science.
  • C. The Problem of Knowledge
    The Problem of Knowledge is a 1956 philosophical work by A. J. Ayer that critically examines the nature, limits, and justification of human knowledge within the analytic tradition.
  • D. On the Sources of Knowledge and of Ignorance
    On the Sources of Knowledge and of Ignorance is an essay by philosopher Karl Popper in which he explores how human knowledge grows and why systematic errors and misconceptions arise.
  • E. God, Knowledge, and Mystery
    "God, Knowledge, and Mystery" is a philosophical work by Peter van Inwagen that explores central issues in the philosophy of religion, including the nature of God, human knowledge of the divine, and the problem of evil.
  • 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: Knowledge and Its Limits
Triple: [Timothy Williamson, notableWork, Knowledge and Its Limits]
Generated description
Knowledge and Its Limits is a highly influential work of epistemology by Timothy Williamson that advances the view that knowledge is a fundamental mental state not reducible to belief.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Knowledge and Its Limits
Target entity description: Knowledge and Its Limits is a highly influential work of epistemology by Timothy Williamson that advances the view that knowledge is a fundamental mental state not reducible to belief.
  • A. Meaning, Knowledge, and Reality
    "Meaning, Knowledge, and Reality" is a collection of influential philosophical essays by John McDowell that explores issues in language, epistemology, and metaphysics within the analytic tradition.
  • B. The Problem of Knowledge
    The Problem of Knowledge is a major philosophical work by Ernst Cassirer that examines the historical development and foundations of human knowledge from the Renaissance to modern science.
  • C. The Problem of Knowledge
    The Problem of Knowledge is a 1956 philosophical work by A. J. Ayer that critically examines the nature, limits, and justification of human knowledge within the analytic tradition.
  • D. On the Sources of Knowledge and of Ignorance
    On the Sources of Knowledge and of Ignorance is an essay by philosopher Karl Popper in which he explores how human knowledge grows and why systematic errors and misconceptions arise.
  • E. God, Knowledge, and Mystery
    "God, Knowledge, and Mystery" is a philosophical work by Peter van Inwagen that explores central issues in the philosophy of religion, including the nature of God, human knowledge of the divine, and the problem of evil.
  • 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_69d81c5ba13c8190839315f54768acfd completed April 9, 2026, 9:38 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69de02b1a25c8190a9f85ba43c421188 completed April 14, 2026, 9:02 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f7b8f87c188190b90faf7678cb9ad4 completed May 3, 2026, 9:07 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f7b9da1f848190a0c7e8d8a2b0954d completed May 3, 2026, 9:10 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f7bbf47c888190be32a4105903120a completed May 3, 2026, 9:19 p.m.
Created at: April 9, 2026, 10:13 p.m.