Triple
T17345804
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Thomas Nagel |
E421684
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableWork |
P4
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Mortal Questions |
E421693
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: Mortal Questions | Statement: [Thomas Nagel, notableWork, Mortal Questions]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mortal Questions Context triple: [Thomas Nagel, notableWork, Mortal Questions]
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A.
"Mortal Questions"
chosen
"Mortal Questions" is a widely studied collection of philosophical essays by Thomas Nagel that explores fundamental issues about life, death, meaning, and the nature of subjective experience.
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B.
Forty Questions on the Soul
Forty Questions on the Soul is a mystical-philosophical treatise by Jakob Böhme that explores the nature, origin, and destiny of the human soul within his Christian theosophical framework.
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C.
The Unanswered Question
The Unanswered Question is a seminal early 20th-century orchestral work by Charles Ives that juxtaposes serene strings with a solo trumpet posing an existential “question” against dissonant woodwind “answers.”
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D.
The Thousand and Twelve Questions
The Thousand and Twelve Questions is a key Mandaean religious work structured as an extensive catechism that explores theology, cosmology, and ritual law through a series of questions and answers.
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E.
book "Mortal Questions"
"Mortal Questions" is a collection of philosophical essays by Thomas Nagel that explores fundamental issues about life, death, meaning, and the nature of subjective experience.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69d889d520008190a26917a95bf1c2ea |
completed | April 10, 2026, 5:25 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e43a286d34819080c5148c220fd5a1 |
completed | April 19, 2026, 2:12 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_6a0195546198819085804ec0b5b18040 |
completed | May 11, 2026, 8:37 a.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:44 a.m.