Triple

T16170174
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Philosophical Papers, Volume I E392412 entity
Predicate containsWork P2011 FINISHED
Object Counterfactuals and Comparative Possibility
"Counterfactuals and Comparative Possibility" is a philosophical paper that analyzes how statements about what could have happened but did not are evaluated and compared in terms of their relative possibility.
E392409 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: Counterfactuals and Comparative Possibility | Statement: [Philosophical Papers, Volume I, containsWork, Counterfactuals and Comparative Possibility]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Counterfactuals and Comparative Possibility
Context triple: [Philosophical Papers, Volume I, containsWork, Counterfactuals and Comparative Possibility]
  • A. Ramsey test for conditionals
    The Ramsey test for conditionals is a philosophical account of indicative conditionals that evaluates their truth by hypothetically adding the antecedent to one’s beliefs and then checking whether the consequent would be accepted.
  • B. Truth: A Study in Modality
    Truth: A Study in Modality is a philosophical work by Hartry Field that develops a deflationary account of truth and explores its connections to modality and logical theory.
  • C. “Counterfactual Reasoning and Learning Systems”
    “Counterfactual Reasoning and Learning Systems” is a research work by Léon Bottou that explores how to use counterfactual inference to design and analyze machine learning systems, particularly in interactive and decision-making settings.
  • D. Counterfactuals
    Counterfactuals is a seminal 1973 philosophical work by David Lewis that develops a rigorous possible-worlds semantics for counterfactual conditionals and has profoundly influenced metaphysics and philosophy of language.
  • E. Leibniz's metaphysics of modality
    Leibniz's metaphysics of modality is his philosophical account of possibility, necessity, and contingency grounded in the notion of possible worlds and the principle that God actualizes the best of all compossible worlds.
  • 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: Counterfactuals and Comparative Possibility
Triple: [Philosophical Papers, Volume I, containsWork, Counterfactuals and Comparative Possibility]
Generated description
"Counterfactuals and Comparative Possibility" is a philosophical paper that analyzes how statements about what could have happened but did not are evaluated and compared in terms of their relative possibility.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Counterfactuals and Comparative Possibility
Target entity description: "Counterfactuals and Comparative Possibility" is a philosophical paper that analyzes how statements about what could have happened but did not are evaluated and compared in terms of their relative possibility.
  • A. Ramsey test for conditionals
    The Ramsey test for conditionals is a philosophical account of indicative conditionals that evaluates their truth by hypothetically adding the antecedent to one’s beliefs and then checking whether the consequent would be accepted.
  • B. Truth: A Study in Modality
    Truth: A Study in Modality is a philosophical work by Hartry Field that develops a deflationary account of truth and explores its connections to modality and logical theory.
  • C. “Counterfactual Reasoning and Learning Systems”
    “Counterfactual Reasoning and Learning Systems” is a research work by Léon Bottou that explores how to use counterfactual inference to design and analyze machine learning systems, particularly in interactive and decision-making settings.
  • D. Counterfactuals chosen
    Counterfactuals is a seminal 1973 philosophical work by David Lewis that develops a rigorous possible-worlds semantics for counterfactual conditionals and has profoundly influenced metaphysics and philosophy of language.
  • E. Leibniz's metaphysics of modality
    Leibniz's metaphysics of modality is his philosophical account of possibility, necessity, and contingency grounded in the notion of possible worlds and the principle that God actualizes the best of all compossible worlds.
  • F. None of above.

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_69fff7bd87f08190a9f2a1524e5db2ba completed May 10, 2026, 3:13 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69fff82b34408190ac40018f940ae370 completed May 10, 2026, 3:14 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69fff8905ce48190b99f8cc3504efba2 completed May 10, 2026, 3:16 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:02 a.m.