Triple

T17229074
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject John Stuart Mill as logician E418195 entity
Predicate method P859 FINISHED
Object Method of Concomitant Variations
The Method of Concomitant Variations is a causal reasoning principle formulated by John Stuart Mill that identifies cause-and-effect relationships by observing how changes in one factor systematically correspond to changes in another.
E1257394 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: Method of Concomitant Variations | Statement: [John Stuart Mill as logician, method, Method of Concomitant Variations]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Method of Concomitant Variations
Context triple: [John Stuart Mill as logician, method, Method of Concomitant Variations]
  • A. Origine et progrès d’une science nouvelle
    Origine et progrès d’une science nouvelle is an 18th-century treatise by Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours that helped articulate and promote the principles of the French physiocratic school of economic thought.
  • B. An Outline of the Necessary Laws of Thought
    An Outline of the Necessary Laws of Thought is a 19th-century logic textbook by William Thomson that systematically presents the fundamental principles governing correct reasoning.
  • C. Science and Method
    Science and Method is a philosophical work by Henri Poincaré that explores the foundations, methods, and logical structure of scientific inquiry and mathematical thought.
  • D. Materials for the Study of Variation
    Materials for the Study of Variation is William Bateson’s pioneering 1894 monograph that systematically documented biological variation and helped lay the groundwork for modern genetics.
  • E. The Principles of Experimentation
    The Principles of Experimentation is a key chapter that outlines the fundamental concepts and methodological guidelines for planning, conducting, and interpreting scientific experiments.
  • 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: Method of Concomitant Variations
Triple: [John Stuart Mill as logician, method, Method of Concomitant Variations]
Generated description
The Method of Concomitant Variations is a causal reasoning principle formulated by John Stuart Mill that identifies cause-and-effect relationships by observing how changes in one factor systematically correspond to changes in another.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Method of Concomitant Variations
Target entity description: The Method of Concomitant Variations is a causal reasoning principle formulated by John Stuart Mill that identifies cause-and-effect relationships by observing how changes in one factor systematically correspond to changes in another.
  • A. Origine et progrès d’une science nouvelle
    Origine et progrès d’une science nouvelle is an 18th-century treatise by Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours that helped articulate and promote the principles of the French physiocratic school of economic thought.
  • B. An Outline of the Necessary Laws of Thought
    An Outline of the Necessary Laws of Thought is a 19th-century logic textbook by William Thomson that systematically presents the fundamental principles governing correct reasoning.
  • C. Science and Method
    Science and Method is a philosophical work by Henri Poincaré that explores the foundations, methods, and logical structure of scientific inquiry and mathematical thought.
  • D. Materials for the Study of Variation
    Materials for the Study of Variation is William Bateson’s pioneering 1894 monograph that systematically documented biological variation and helped lay the groundwork for modern genetics.
  • E. The Principles of Experimentation
    The Principles of Experimentation is a key chapter that outlines the fundamental concepts and methodological guidelines for planning, conducting, and interpreting scientific experiments.
  • 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_69d886d8e96081909870bff6c3d0bf09 completed April 10, 2026, 5:12 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e42df55e788190b442ffd4fac768c9 completed April 19, 2026, 1:20 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a01675eae08819093427b4dc1ffee5f completed May 11, 2026, 5:21 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a016a1f6eac8190951ae30f37144d2a completed May 11, 2026, 5:33 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a016a92af248190aaed36040486bf40 completed May 11, 2026, 5:35 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:39 a.m.