Triple

T1420971
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Theodor W. Adorno E30221 entity
Predicate notableIdea P4 FINISHED
Object critique of instrumental reason
Critique of instrumental reason is a philosophical concept, associated especially with Theodor W. Adorno and the Frankfurt School, that analyzes how modern rationality becomes a tool for domination and control rather than emancipation.
E163840 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: critique of instrumental reason | Statement: [Theodor W. Adorno, notableIdea, critique of instrumental reason]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: critique of instrumental reason
Context triple: [Theodor W. Adorno, notableIdea, critique of instrumental reason]
  • A. Critique of Practical Reason
    Critique of Practical Reason is Immanuel Kant’s major philosophical work on moral philosophy, in which he systematically develops his theory of practical reason and the foundations of ethics.
  • B. Meaning and Necessity
    "Meaning and Necessity" is a seminal work in analytic philosophy by Rudolf Carnap that develops a rigorous theory of meaning and modal logic using the framework of semantic analysis.
  • C. the limits of reason
    The limits of reason refers to the idea that rational thought and logical analysis have boundaries beyond which they cannot fully explain, justify, or resolve human experiences, beliefs, or conflicts.
  • D. The Poverty of Historicism
    The Poverty of Historicism is a philosophical work by Karl Popper that critiques the idea that history unfolds according to discoverable laws and argues against using such supposed laws to predict or control social development.
  • E. The Refutation of Idealism
    The Refutation of Idealism is a 1903 philosophical essay by G. E. Moore that famously challenges the doctrine that reality is fundamentally mental, helping to launch the tradition of analytic philosophy.
  • 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: critique of instrumental reason
Triple: [Theodor W. Adorno, notableIdea, critique of instrumental reason]
Generated description
Critique of instrumental reason is a philosophical concept, associated especially with Theodor W. Adorno and the Frankfurt School, that analyzes how modern rationality becomes a tool for domination and control rather than emancipation.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: critique of instrumental reason
Target entity description: Critique of instrumental reason is a philosophical concept, associated especially with Theodor W. Adorno and the Frankfurt School, that analyzes how modern rationality becomes a tool for domination and control rather than emancipation.
  • A. Critique of Practical Reason
    Critique of Practical Reason is Immanuel Kant’s major philosophical work on moral philosophy, in which he systematically develops his theory of practical reason and the foundations of ethics.
  • B. Meaning and Necessity
    "Meaning and Necessity" is a seminal work in analytic philosophy by Rudolf Carnap that develops a rigorous theory of meaning and modal logic using the framework of semantic analysis.
  • C. the limits of reason
    The limits of reason refers to the idea that rational thought and logical analysis have boundaries beyond which they cannot fully explain, justify, or resolve human experiences, beliefs, or conflicts.
  • D. The Poverty of Historicism
    The Poverty of Historicism is a philosophical work by Karl Popper that critiques the idea that history unfolds according to discoverable laws and argues against using such supposed laws to predict or control social development.
  • E. The Refutation of Idealism
    The Refutation of Idealism is a 1903 philosophical essay by G. E. Moore that famously challenges the doctrine that reality is fundamentally mental, helping to launch the tradition of analytic philosophy.
  • 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_69a498fb823c8190a67ce4c4837e641a completed March 1, 2026, 7:52 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4c42210948190a8fb5e3f9ee3213b completed March 1, 2026, 10:56 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ad015f5ad08190aaa0d1063432af2b completed March 8, 2026, 4:55 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ad01f8028881909af95e9f61a17e88 completed March 8, 2026, 4:58 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ad02c618c48190abf3e16d9f85e703 completed March 8, 2026, 5:01 a.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 8 p.m.