Triple

T16997856
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Philip Kitcher E412362 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object Science in a Democratic Society
Science in a Democratic Society is a philosophical work by Philip Kitcher that examines how scientific inquiry should be organized and governed within democratic societies to serve the public good.
 E1245138 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: Science in a Democratic Society | Statement: [Philip Kitcher, notableWork, Science in a Democratic Society]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Science in a Democratic Society
Context triple: [Philip Kitcher, notableWork, Science in a Democratic Society]
  • A. Science, Truth, and Democracy
    Science, Truth, and Democracy is a philosophical book by Philip Kitcher that examines how scientific inquiry should be shaped by democratic values, ethical considerations, and the public good.
  • B. Science in a Free Society
    Science in a Free Society is a 1978 philosophical work by Paul Feyerabend that critiques scientific rationalism and argues for pluralism, democracy, and freedom in the practice and governance of science.
  • C. Politics of Nature: How to Bring the Sciences into Democracy
    Politics of Nature: How to Bring the Sciences into Democracy is a philosophical work by Bruno Latour that rethinks the relationship between science, politics, and democracy by proposing new ways to include scientific and nonhuman actors in collective decision-making.
  • D. The Social Function of Science
    The Social Function of Science is a seminal 1939 work by J. D. Bernal that analyzes the role of scientific research in society, economics, and politics and argues for its planned, socially responsible organization.
  • E. The Rationality of Science
    The Rationality of Science is a philosophical work by Alan Musgrave that defends a critical rationalist account of scientific method and justification, engaging with debates over realism, theory choice, and the objectivity of scientific knowledge.
  • 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: Science in a Democratic Society
Triple: [Philip Kitcher, notableWork, Science in a Democratic Society]
Generated description
Science in a Democratic Society is a philosophical work by Philip Kitcher that examines how scientific inquiry should be organized and governed within democratic societies to serve the public good.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Science in a Democratic Society
Target entity description: Science in a Democratic Society is a philosophical work by Philip Kitcher that examines how scientific inquiry should be organized and governed within democratic societies to serve the public good.
  • A. Science, Truth, and Democracy chosen
    Science, Truth, and Democracy is a philosophical book by Philip Kitcher that examines how scientific inquiry should be shaped by democratic values, ethical considerations, and the public good.
  • B. Science in a Free Society
    Science in a Free Society is a 1978 philosophical work by Paul Feyerabend that critiques scientific rationalism and argues for pluralism, democracy, and freedom in the practice and governance of science.
  • C. Politics of Nature: How to Bring the Sciences into Democracy
    Politics of Nature: How to Bring the Sciences into Democracy is a philosophical work by Bruno Latour that rethinks the relationship between science, politics, and democracy by proposing new ways to include scientific and nonhuman actors in collective decision-making.
  • D. The Social Function of Science
    The Social Function of Science is a seminal 1939 work by J. D. Bernal that analyzes the role of scientific research in society, economics, and politics and argues for its planned, socially responsible organization.
  • E. The Rationality of Science
    The Rationality of Science is a philosophical work by Alan Musgrave that defends a critical rationalist account of scientific method and justification, engaging with debates over realism, theory choice, and the objectivity of scientific knowledge.
  • 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_69d886cb581c8190ab05f4b429c9cd85 completed April 10, 2026, 5:12 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e3d37c16d081908ea5e25c992cb254 completed April 18, 2026, 6:54 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a011b451ff88190b63f4ebddf93f153 completed May 10, 2026, 11:56 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a011c84ce5481909f62e4c2a6f2a962 completed May 11, 2026, 12:02 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a011d4b53d081909781235ded1c2b35 completed May 11, 2026, 12:05 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:32 a.m.