Triple

T15788611
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject J. J. C. Smart E382802 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object “An Outline of a System of Utilitarian Ethics”
“An Outline of a System of Utilitarian Ethics” is a philosophical work by J. J. C. Smart that systematically defends and elaborates act utilitarianism as a moral theory.
 E1176228 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: “An Outline of a System of Utilitarian Ethics” | Statement: [J. J. C. Smart, notableWork, “An Outline of a System of Utilitarian Ethics”]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: “An Outline of a System of Utilitarian Ethics”
Context triple: [J. J. C. Smart, notableWork, “An Outline of a System of Utilitarian Ethics”]
  • A. Outlines of Moral Philosophy
    Outlines of Moral Philosophy is a foundational 18th-century work in moral philosophy by Scottish Enlightenment thinker Dugald Stewart, offering a systematic account of ethics, human nature, and moral reasoning.
  • B. Utilitarianism: For and Against
    Utilitarianism: For and Against is a philosophical book co-authored by J.J.C. Smart and Bernard Williams that presents a classic debate over the merits and criticisms of utilitarian moral theory.
  • C. A System of Moral Philosophy
    A System of Moral Philosophy is an influential 18th-century treatise that systematically presents Francis Hutcheson’s theories on ethics, human nature, and the foundations of moral judgment.
  • D. The Methods of Ethics
    The Methods of Ethics is Henry Sidgwick’s seminal 1874 work of moral philosophy that systematically analyzes and compares major ethical theories, especially utilitarianism, intuitionism, and egoism.
  • E. The System of Ethics
    The System of Ethics is a foundational philosophical work by Johann Gottlieb Fichte that systematically develops his idealist moral philosophy and theory of human freedom.
  • 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: “An Outline of a System of Utilitarian Ethics”
Triple: [J. J. C. Smart, notableWork, “An Outline of a System of Utilitarian Ethics”]
Generated description
“An Outline of a System of Utilitarian Ethics” is a philosophical work by J. J. C. Smart that systematically defends and elaborates act utilitarianism as a moral theory.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: “An Outline of a System of Utilitarian Ethics”
Target entity description: “An Outline of a System of Utilitarian Ethics” is a philosophical work by J. J. C. Smart that systematically defends and elaborates act utilitarianism as a moral theory.
  • A. Outlines of Moral Philosophy
    Outlines of Moral Philosophy is a foundational 18th-century work in moral philosophy by Scottish Enlightenment thinker Dugald Stewart, offering a systematic account of ethics, human nature, and moral reasoning.
  • B. Utilitarianism: For and Against
    Utilitarianism: For and Against is a philosophical book co-authored by J.J.C. Smart and Bernard Williams that presents a classic debate over the merits and criticisms of utilitarian moral theory.
  • C. A System of Moral Philosophy
    A System of Moral Philosophy is an influential 18th-century treatise that systematically presents Francis Hutcheson’s theories on ethics, human nature, and the foundations of moral judgment.
  • D. The Methods of Ethics
    The Methods of Ethics is Henry Sidgwick’s seminal 1874 work of moral philosophy that systematically analyzes and compares major ethical theories, especially utilitarianism, intuitionism, and egoism.
  • E. The System of Ethics
    The System of Ethics is a foundational philosophical work by Johann Gottlieb Fichte that systematically develops his idealist moral philosophy and theory of human freedom.
  • 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_69d86da16e188190b89af699f1ed0bfe completed April 10, 2026, 3:25 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e054048ff48190ad107c890ef73166 completed April 16, 2026, 3:14 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ff90a6365c8190833431cf079b21fb completed May 9, 2026, 7:53 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ff916638048190ad4a6c85da9cef9d completed May 9, 2026, 7:56 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ff91cf6f7c81908361f85c9a98ae80 completed May 9, 2026, 7:58 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 4:48 a.m.