Triple
T14321442
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Owen Flanagan |
E355098
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableWork |
P4
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
The Really Hard Problem: Meaning in a Material World
The Really Hard Problem: Meaning in a Material World is a philosophical book by Owen Flanagan that explores how meaning, morality, and purpose can arise within a purely naturalistic, scientifically understood universe.
|
E1093680
|
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: The Really Hard Problem: Meaning in a Material World | Statement: [Owen Flanagan, notableWork, The Really Hard Problem: Meaning in a Material World]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Really Hard Problem: Meaning in a Material World Context triple: [Owen Flanagan, notableWork, The Really Hard Problem: Meaning in a Material World]
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A.
"Mind and Cosmos: Why the Materialist Neo-Darwinian Conception of Nature Is Almost Certainly False"
"Mind and Cosmos: Why the Materialist Neo-Darwinian Conception of Nature Is Almost Certainly False" is a controversial 2012 philosophical book by Thomas Nagel that challenges mainstream materialist and evolutionary explanations of mind, consciousness, and value.
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B.
The Question of Consciousness
"The Question of Consciousness" is a chapter in the Dalai Lama’s book *The Universe in a Single Atom* that explores the nature of consciousness through dialogue between Buddhist philosophy and modern science.
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C.
Consciousness: Confessions of a Romantic Reductionist
"Consciousness: Confessions of a Romantic Reductionist" is a book by neuroscientist Christof Koch that blends personal memoir with a scientific exploration of the neural basis of conscious experience.
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D.
The Rediscovery of the Mind
The Rediscovery of the Mind is a philosophical work by John Searle that critiques computational and reductionist theories of consciousness and argues for a biologically grounded account of the mind.
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E.
Neurophilosophy: Toward a Unified Science of the Mind-Brain
Neurophilosophy: Toward a Unified Science of the Mind-Brain is a foundational book that integrates neuroscience and philosophy to explore how brain science can inform and reshape our understanding of the mind.
- 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: The Really Hard Problem: Meaning in a Material World Triple: [Owen Flanagan, notableWork, The Really Hard Problem: Meaning in a Material World]
Generated description
The Really Hard Problem: Meaning in a Material World is a philosophical book by Owen Flanagan that explores how meaning, morality, and purpose can arise within a purely naturalistic, scientifically understood universe.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Really Hard Problem: Meaning in a Material World Target entity description: The Really Hard Problem: Meaning in a Material World is a philosophical book by Owen Flanagan that explores how meaning, morality, and purpose can arise within a purely naturalistic, scientifically understood universe.
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A.
"Mind and Cosmos: Why the Materialist Neo-Darwinian Conception of Nature Is Almost Certainly False"
"Mind and Cosmos: Why the Materialist Neo-Darwinian Conception of Nature Is Almost Certainly False" is a controversial 2012 philosophical book by Thomas Nagel that challenges mainstream materialist and evolutionary explanations of mind, consciousness, and value.
-
B.
The Question of Consciousness
"The Question of Consciousness" is a chapter in the Dalai Lama’s book *The Universe in a Single Atom* that explores the nature of consciousness through dialogue between Buddhist philosophy and modern science.
-
C.
Consciousness: Confessions of a Romantic Reductionist
"Consciousness: Confessions of a Romantic Reductionist" is a book by neuroscientist Christof Koch that blends personal memoir with a scientific exploration of the neural basis of conscious experience.
-
D.
The Rediscovery of the Mind
The Rediscovery of the Mind is a philosophical work by John Searle that critiques computational and reductionist theories of consciousness and argues for a biologically grounded account of the mind.
-
E.
Neurophilosophy: Toward a Unified Science of the Mind-Brain
Neurophilosophy: Toward a Unified Science of the Mind-Brain is a foundational book that integrates neuroscience and philosophy to explore how brain science can inform and reshape our understanding of the mind.
- 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_69d8278ed42c8190b9f882dcce611347 |
completed | April 9, 2026, 10:26 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69de883bf71c8190a9a092a025cf98f0 |
completed | April 14, 2026, 6:32 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69fd468e263c81909d7261bcfd949579 |
completed | May 8, 2026, 2:12 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69fd4811e2808190b559d8348079ae8f |
completed | May 8, 2026, 2:18 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69fd48d827488190b4a494d4da64ba51 |
completed | May 8, 2026, 2:22 a.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:13 a.m.