Triple
T16392526
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Ned Block |
E398088
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entity |
| Predicate | notableFor |
P22
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FINISHED |
| Object |
Blockhead thought experiment
The Blockhead thought experiment is a philosophical scenario devised by Ned Block to challenge computational theories of mind by imagining a system that behaves indistinguishably from a thinking person despite lacking genuine understanding or consciousness.
|
E1210842
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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: Blockhead thought experiment | Statement: [Ned Block, notableFor, Blockhead thought experiment]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Blockhead thought experiment Context triple: [Ned Block, notableFor, Blockhead thought experiment]
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A.
Blockheads
Blockheads are the dedicated fanbase of the American boy band New Kids on the Block, known for their long-term loyalty and active support of the group.
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B.
Block-Heads
Block-Heads is a 1938 Laurel and Hardy comedy film featuring the duo in a series of misadventures after Stan is discovered still guarding a World War I trench decades after the war has ended.
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C.
“Brains in a Vat”
“Brains in a Vat” is a famous philosophical thought experiment, popularized by Hilary Putnam, that questions the nature of knowledge, reality, and skepticism by imagining human brains sustained and stimulated in isolation from the external world.
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D.
Mind Bender
Mind Bender is a classic steel looping roller coaster at Six Flags Over Georgia known for its intense inversions and terrain-hugging layout.
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E.
Berserker hypothesis
The Berserker hypothesis is a proposed solution to the Fermi paradox suggesting that self-replicating killer probes or hostile civilizations systematically destroy emerging intelligent life in the galaxy, explaining our apparent cosmic silence.
- 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: Blockhead thought experiment Triple: [Ned Block, notableFor, Blockhead thought experiment]
Generated description
The Blockhead thought experiment is a philosophical scenario devised by Ned Block to challenge computational theories of mind by imagining a system that behaves indistinguishably from a thinking person despite lacking genuine understanding or consciousness.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Blockhead thought experiment Target entity description: The Blockhead thought experiment is a philosophical scenario devised by Ned Block to challenge computational theories of mind by imagining a system that behaves indistinguishably from a thinking person despite lacking genuine understanding or consciousness.
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A.
Blockheads
Blockheads are the dedicated fanbase of the American boy band New Kids on the Block, known for their long-term loyalty and active support of the group.
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B.
Block-Heads
Block-Heads is a 1938 Laurel and Hardy comedy film featuring the duo in a series of misadventures after Stan is discovered still guarding a World War I trench decades after the war has ended.
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C.
“Brains in a Vat”
“Brains in a Vat” is a famous philosophical thought experiment, popularized by Hilary Putnam, that questions the nature of knowledge, reality, and skepticism by imagining human brains sustained and stimulated in isolation from the external world.
-
D.
Mind Bender
Mind Bender is a classic steel looping roller coaster at Six Flags Over Georgia known for its intense inversions and terrain-hugging layout.
-
E.
Berserker hypothesis
The Berserker hypothesis is a proposed solution to the Fermi paradox suggesting that self-replicating killer probes or hostile civilizations systematically destroy emerging intelligent life in the galaxy, explaining our apparent cosmic silence.
- 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_69d87f2880b48190ae1a9673a3bbef80 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 4:40 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e326436ce881909f0f3899b8d931aa |
completed | April 18, 2026, 6:35 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_6a003573c6d48190979201b9619c5103 |
completed | May 10, 2026, 7:36 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_6a00373d262c8190b85e451ca0763504 |
completed | May 10, 2026, 7:43 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_6a0037e43a2c8190993447ade595f6e6 |
completed | May 10, 2026, 7:46 a.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:08 a.m.