Triple

T16169973
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject counterpart theory E392407 entity
Predicate influencedPhilosopher P17544 FINISHED
Object Theodore Sider
Theodore Sider is a contemporary American philosopher best known for his influential work in metaphysics, especially on ontology, time, and the structure of reality.
E1198940 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: Theodore Sider | Statement: [counterpart theory, influencedPhilosopher, Theodore Sider]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Theodore Sider
Context triple: [counterpart theory, influencedPhilosopher, Theodore Sider]
  • A. Matt Nover
    Matt Nover is a former American basketball player best known for his role as a fictional college star in the 1994 sports film "Blue Chips."
  • B. John MacFarlane
    John MacFarlane is an American entrepreneur best known as the co-founder and former CEO of the wireless home audio company Sonos.
  • C. Michael C. Rea
    Michael C. Rea is an American analytic philosopher known for his work in philosophy of religion, metaphysics, and especially his defense and development of Reformed epistemology.
  • D. Stephen Yablo
    Stephen Yablo is an American philosopher best known for his influential work in the philosophy of language and logic, including his formulation of "Yablo's paradox" and extensive analysis of semantic paradoxes.
  • E. David Lewis
    David Lewis was an American philosopher renowned for his influential work in metaphysics, especially modal realism and possible worlds semantics, as well as significant contributions to philosophy of language and 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: Theodore Sider
Triple: [counterpart theory, influencedPhilosopher, Theodore Sider]
Generated description
Theodore Sider is a contemporary American philosopher best known for his influential work in metaphysics, especially on ontology, time, and the structure of reality.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Theodore Sider
Target entity description: Theodore Sider is a contemporary American philosopher best known for his influential work in metaphysics, especially on ontology, time, and the structure of reality.
  • A. Matt Nover
    Matt Nover is a former American basketball player best known for his role as a fictional college star in the 1994 sports film "Blue Chips."
  • B. John MacFarlane
    John MacFarlane is an American entrepreneur best known as the co-founder and former CEO of the wireless home audio company Sonos.
  • C. Michael C. Rea
    Michael C. Rea is an American analytic philosopher known for his work in philosophy of religion, metaphysics, and especially his defense and development of Reformed epistemology.
  • D. Stephen Yablo
    Stephen Yablo is an American philosopher best known for his influential work in the philosophy of language and logic, including his formulation of "Yablo's paradox" and extensive analysis of semantic paradoxes.
  • E. David Lewis
    David Lewis is a Canadian actor known for his character roles in film and television, including a part in the 2019 horror remake "Child's Play."
  • 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_69d87f1d32208190942e4e499a80c18c completed April 10, 2026, 4:39 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e21eb6de30819083af54b50ae5ae51 completed April 17, 2026, 11:51 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69fffefc3e088190975ecbdaeba7ee84 completed May 10, 2026, 3:43 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a000086586c8190b5d93740f5b452a0 completed May 10, 2026, 3:50 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a0000e385bc819080e63ced564fe77b completed May 10, 2026, 3:52 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:02 a.m.