Triple

T1637505
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Occam's razor E35389 entity
Predicate namedAfter P63 FINISHED
Object William of Ockham
William of Ockham was a 14th-century English Franciscan friar, scholastic philosopher, and theologian best known for formulating the principle of parsimony in reasoning later called Occam's razor.
E183587 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: William of Ockham | Statement: [Occam's razor, namedAfter, William of Ockham]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William of Ockham
Context triple: [Occam's razor, namedAfter, William of Ockham]
  • A. Duns Scotus
    Duns Scotus was a medieval Franciscan theologian and philosopher known for his subtle metaphysical thought and for formulating a key defense of the doctrine of the Immaculate Conception.
  • B. Roger Bacon
    Roger Bacon was a 13th-century English philosopher and Franciscan friar known for his early advocacy of empirical methods and experimentation in the study of nature.
  • C. Anselm of Canterbury
    Anselm of Canterbury was an 11th-century Benedictine monk, philosopher, and Archbishop of Canterbury, renowned as a foundational figure in scholastic theology and for formulating influential arguments about God’s existence and the nature of salvation.
  • D. St. Thomas Aquinas
    St. Thomas Aquinas was a 13th-century Dominican friar, theologian, and philosopher whose synthesis of Christian doctrine with Aristotelian philosophy made him one of the most influential thinkers in Western intellectual and religious history.
  • E. Bonaventure
    Bonaventure was a 13th-century Franciscan theologian, philosopher, and cardinal renowned for his influential mystical and scholastic writings, earning him the title "Seraphic Doctor" of the Church.
  • 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: William of Ockham
Triple: [Occam's razor, namedAfter, William of Ockham]
Generated description
William of Ockham was a 14th-century English Franciscan friar, scholastic philosopher, and theologian best known for formulating the principle of parsimony in reasoning later called Occam's razor.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William of Ockham
Target entity description: William of Ockham was a 14th-century English Franciscan friar, scholastic philosopher, and theologian best known for formulating the principle of parsimony in reasoning later called Occam's razor.
  • A. Duns Scotus
    Duns Scotus was a medieval Franciscan theologian and philosopher known for his subtle metaphysical thought and for formulating a key defense of the doctrine of the Immaculate Conception.
  • B. Roger Bacon
    Roger Bacon was a 13th-century English philosopher and Franciscan friar known for his early advocacy of empirical methods and experimentation in the study of nature.
  • C. Anselm of Canterbury
    Anselm of Canterbury was an 11th-century Benedictine monk, philosopher, and Archbishop of Canterbury, renowned as a foundational figure in scholastic theology and for formulating influential arguments about God’s existence and the nature of salvation.
  • D. St. Thomas Aquinas
    St. Thomas Aquinas was a 13th-century Dominican friar, theologian, and philosopher whose synthesis of Christian doctrine with Aristotelian philosophy made him one of the most influential thinkers in Western intellectual and religious history.
  • E. Bonaventure
    Bonaventure was a 13th-century Franciscan theologian, philosopher, and cardinal renowned for his influential mystical and scholastic writings, earning him the title "Seraphic Doctor" of the Church.
  • 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_69a886036bc081909ff5de16dbe5e8ea completed March 4, 2026, 7:20 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a90a192d588190bbfa4693ed787c05 completed March 5, 2026, 4:44 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ad58ddfdbc819096578412818fdfbf completed March 8, 2026, 11:09 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ad595841788190a97bbfded30110c5 completed March 8, 2026, 11:11 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ad59f329cc8190814de211fb00c7b8 completed March 8, 2026, 11:13 a.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:28 p.m.