Triple

T16170177
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Philosophical Papers, Volume I E392412 entity
Predicate containsWork P2011 FINISHED
Object New Work for a Theory of Universals
New Work for a Theory of Universals is a philosophical paper by David Lewis that develops and defends a realist account of universals within his broader metaphysical framework.
E1197017 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: New Work for a Theory of Universals | Statement: [Philosophical Papers, Volume I, containsWork, New Work for a Theory of Universals]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: New Work for a Theory of Universals
Context triple: [Philosophical Papers, Volume I, containsWork, New Work for a Theory of Universals]
  • A. A Theory of Objects
    A Theory of Objects is a foundational book in theoretical computer science that develops a rigorous mathematical framework for understanding object-oriented programming and type systems.
  • B. The Logical Structure of the World
    The Logical Structure of the World is Rudolf Carnap’s seminal 1928 work in which he develops a rigorous, formal reconstruction of all scientific concepts from a phenomenalist basis, serving as a foundational text of logical positivism.
  • C. The Varieties of Reference
    The Varieties of Reference is a highly influential work of analytic philosophy in which Gareth Evans develops a detailed theory of reference, perception, and singular thought.
  • D. Quine’s ontology
    Quine’s ontology is the philosophical framework developed by W.V.O. Quine that determines what kinds of entities exist according to our best scientific theories, famously summarized by the criterion “to be is to be the value of a bound variable.”
  • E. Universals
    Universals is a philosophical work by F. P. Ramsey that examines the nature and existence of general properties or qualities shared by multiple particular things.
  • 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: New Work for a Theory of Universals
Triple: [Philosophical Papers, Volume I, containsWork, New Work for a Theory of Universals]
Generated description
New Work for a Theory of Universals is a philosophical paper by David Lewis that develops and defends a realist account of universals within his broader metaphysical framework.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: New Work for a Theory of Universals
Target entity description: New Work for a Theory of Universals is a philosophical paper by David Lewis that develops and defends a realist account of universals within his broader metaphysical framework.
  • A. A Theory of Objects
    A Theory of Objects is a foundational book in theoretical computer science that develops a rigorous mathematical framework for understanding object-oriented programming and type systems.
  • B. The Logical Structure of the World
    The Logical Structure of the World is Rudolf Carnap’s seminal 1928 work in which he develops a rigorous, formal reconstruction of all scientific concepts from a phenomenalist basis, serving as a foundational text of logical positivism.
  • C. The Varieties of Reference
    The Varieties of Reference is a highly influential work of analytic philosophy in which Gareth Evans develops a detailed theory of reference, perception, and singular thought.
  • D. Quine’s ontology
    Quine’s ontology is the philosophical framework developed by W.V.O. Quine that determines what kinds of entities exist according to our best scientific theories, famously summarized by the criterion “to be is to be the value of a bound variable.”
  • E. Universals
    Universals is a philosophical work by F. P. Ramsey that examines the nature and existence of general properties or qualities shared by multiple particular things.
  • 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_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.