Triple

T16650288
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Max Black E404584 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object “The Identity of Indiscernibles”
“The Identity of Indiscernibles” is a famous philosophical paper by Max Black that challenges Leibniz’s principle that no two distinct entities can share all their properties.
 E1226262 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: “The Identity of Indiscernibles” | Statement: [Max Black, notableWork, “The Identity of Indiscernibles”]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: “The Identity of Indiscernibles”
Context triple: [Max Black, notableWork, “The Identity of Indiscernibles”]
  • A. “Identity and Predication”
    “Identity and Predication” is a seminal philosophical work by Gareth Evans that examines the logic and metaphysics of identity, reference, and predicative structure in language.
  • B. "Facts and Propositions"
    "Facts and Propositions" is a seminal 1927 philosophical paper by Frank P. Ramsey that helped lay the foundations of analytic philosophy by advancing an influential account of truth, belief, and the nature of propositions.
  • C. “The Non-Identity of a Material Thing and Its Matter”
    “The Non-Identity of a Material Thing and Its Matter” is a philosophical paper by Kit Fine that argues for a metaphysical distinction between material objects and the matter that constitutes them.
  • D. “Personal Identity”
    “Personal Identity” is a philosophical work by John Perry that explores the nature of selfhood and what it means for a person to persist over time.
  • E. “Form, Substance, and Difference”
    “Form, Substance, and Difference” is an influential essay by Gregory Bateson that explores how patterns, relationships, and distinctions—not material things themselves—constitute the basis of meaning 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: “The Identity of Indiscernibles”
Triple: [Max Black, notableWork, “The Identity of Indiscernibles”]
Generated description
“The Identity of Indiscernibles” is a famous philosophical paper by Max Black that challenges Leibniz’s principle that no two distinct entities can share all their properties.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: “The Identity of Indiscernibles”
Target entity description: “The Identity of Indiscernibles” is a famous philosophical paper by Max Black that challenges Leibniz’s principle that no two distinct entities can share all their properties.
  • A. “Identity and Predication”
    “Identity and Predication” is a seminal philosophical work by Gareth Evans that examines the logic and metaphysics of identity, reference, and predicative structure in language.
  • B. "Facts and Propositions"
    "Facts and Propositions" is a seminal 1927 philosophical paper by Frank P. Ramsey that helped lay the foundations of analytic philosophy by advancing an influential account of truth, belief, and the nature of propositions.
  • C. “The Non-Identity of a Material Thing and Its Matter”
    “The Non-Identity of a Material Thing and Its Matter” is a philosophical paper by Kit Fine that argues for a metaphysical distinction between material objects and the matter that constitutes them.
  • D. “Personal Identity”
    “Personal Identity” is a philosophical work by John Perry that explores the nature of selfhood and what it means for a person to persist over time.
  • E. “Form, Substance, and Difference”
    “Form, Substance, and Difference” is an influential essay by Gregory Bateson that explores how patterns, relationships, and distinctions—not material things themselves—constitute the basis of meaning and mind.
  • 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_69d8838a41f08190b0c3f79c47df5078 completed April 10, 2026, 4:58 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e37ad85ec881909dc6a434a363dab1 completed April 18, 2026, 12:36 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a0084c2a8448190a9f05bc7e1ce7a05 completed May 10, 2026, 1:14 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a008607434481909d41e7b8d6f9a4a3 completed May 10, 2026, 1:20 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a00868e55dc8190bfc7cd1b78ec4d6d completed May 10, 2026, 1:22 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:18 a.m.