Triple

T14481061
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject De docta ignorantia E359101 entity
Predicate titleInEnglish P6688 FINISHED
Object On Learned Ignorance
On Learned Ignorance is a 1440 philosophical and theological treatise by Nicholas of Cusa that explores the limits of human knowledge and the idea that true wisdom arises from recognizing our own ignorance.
E1100415 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: On Learned Ignorance | Statement: [De docta ignorantia, titleInEnglish, On Learned Ignorance]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: On Learned Ignorance
Context triple: [De docta ignorantia, titleInEnglish, On Learned Ignorance]
  • A. 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.
  • B. The Usefulness of Useless Knowledge
    The Usefulness of Useless Knowledge is an influential essay arguing that seemingly impractical, curiosity-driven research is essential for major scientific and societal advances.
  • C. 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.
  • D. The Degrees of Knowledge
    The Degrees of Knowledge is a major philosophical work by Jacques Maritain that systematically explores different kinds and levels of human knowledge within a Thomistic framework.
  • E. Knowledge in Pieces
    Knowledge in Pieces is a seminal work in educational psychology that proposes a theory of learners’ intuitive knowledge as composed of many small, context-sensitive elements rather than coherent, unified misconceptions.
  • 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: On Learned Ignorance
Triple: [De docta ignorantia, titleInEnglish, On Learned Ignorance]
Generated description
On Learned Ignorance is a 1440 philosophical and theological treatise by Nicholas of Cusa that explores the limits of human knowledge and the idea that true wisdom arises from recognizing our own ignorance.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: On Learned Ignorance
Target entity description: On Learned Ignorance is a 1440 philosophical and theological treatise by Nicholas of Cusa that explores the limits of human knowledge and the idea that true wisdom arises from recognizing our own ignorance.
  • A. 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.
  • B. The Usefulness of Useless Knowledge
    The Usefulness of Useless Knowledge is an influential essay arguing that seemingly impractical, curiosity-driven research is essential for major scientific and societal advances.
  • C. 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.
  • D. The Degrees of Knowledge
    The Degrees of Knowledge is a major philosophical work by Jacques Maritain that systematically explores different kinds and levels of human knowledge within a Thomistic framework.
  • E. Knowledge in Pieces
    Knowledge in Pieces is a seminal work in educational psychology that proposes a theory of learners’ intuitive knowledge as composed of many small, context-sensitive elements rather than coherent, unified misconceptions.
  • 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_69d827966698819082e140837737501d completed April 9, 2026, 10:26 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69de924bc548819087a2f693840d7426 completed April 14, 2026, 7:15 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69fd64a41a8c819081a3eaabbe66577a completed May 8, 2026, 4:20 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69fd65cf06308190bf7b6463bc109542 completed May 8, 2026, 4:25 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69fd66476ab88190b2d410ced33ce34b completed May 8, 2026, 4:27 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:20 a.m.