Triple

T15788703
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Jonathan Lear E382805 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object A Case for Irony
A Case for Irony is a philosophical work by Jonathan Lear that explores the role of irony in self-understanding, ethical life, and the pursuit of authenticity.
E1177242 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: A Case for Irony | Statement: [Jonathan Lear, notableWork, A Case for Irony]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: A Case for Irony
Context triple: [Jonathan Lear, notableWork, A Case for Irony]
  • A. Contingency, Irony, and Solidarity
    Contingency, Irony, and Solidarity is a 1989 philosophical work by Richard Rorty that develops his postmodern, anti-essentialist vision of liberalism grounded in irony, historical contingency, and human solidarity.
  • B. A Fable for Critics
    A Fable for Critics is a satirical poem by James Russell Lowell that humorously critiques and caricatures his contemporary American authors and the literary scene of his time.
  • C. On Saying That
    "On Saying That" is a philosophical essay by Donald Davidson that develops his influential theory of meaning and truth-conditional semantics, particularly through an analysis of indirect discourse and quotation.
  • D. The Uses of Argument
    The Uses of Argument is a foundational work in informal logic and argumentation theory in which Stephen Toulmin introduces his influential model for analyzing practical reasoning.
  • E. Allegories of Reading
    Allegories of Reading is a seminal work of literary theory by Paul de Man that explores the complexities of interpretation and rhetoric in texts by authors such as Rousseau, Nietzsche, Rilke, and Proust.
  • 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: A Case for Irony
Triple: [Jonathan Lear, notableWork, A Case for Irony]
Generated description
A Case for Irony is a philosophical work by Jonathan Lear that explores the role of irony in self-understanding, ethical life, and the pursuit of authenticity.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: A Case for Irony
Target entity description: A Case for Irony is a philosophical work by Jonathan Lear that explores the role of irony in self-understanding, ethical life, and the pursuit of authenticity.
  • A. Contingency, Irony, and Solidarity
    Contingency, Irony, and Solidarity is a 1989 philosophical work by Richard Rorty that develops his postmodern, anti-essentialist vision of liberalism grounded in irony, historical contingency, and human solidarity.
  • B. A Fable for Critics
    A Fable for Critics is a satirical poem by James Russell Lowell that humorously critiques and caricatures his contemporary American authors and the literary scene of his time.
  • C. On Saying That
    "On Saying That" is a philosophical essay by Donald Davidson that develops his influential theory of meaning and truth-conditional semantics, particularly through an analysis of indirect discourse and quotation.
  • D. The Uses of Argument
    The Uses of Argument is a foundational work in informal logic and argumentation theory in which Stephen Toulmin introduces his influential model for analyzing practical reasoning.
  • E. Allegories of Reading
    Allegories of Reading is a seminal work of literary theory by Paul de Man that explores the complexities of interpretation and rhetoric in texts by authors such as Rousseau, Nietzsche, Rilke, and Proust.
  • 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_69ff90a87e3c8190a1c5b13cbfdff54a completed May 9, 2026, 7:53 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ff949339b88190bd105ffa0c169b54 completed May 9, 2026, 8:09 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ff950e053881908d207f4c172e2ea4 completed May 9, 2026, 8:11 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 4:48 a.m.