Triple

T17346019
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject The Possibility of Altruism E421689 entity
Predicate influenced P9 FINISHED
Object Thomas Nagel's later work "Mortal Questions" E421686 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: Thomas Nagel's later work "Mortal Questions" | Statement: [The Possibility of Altruism, influenced, Thomas Nagel's later work "Mortal Questions"]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thomas Nagel's later work "Mortal Questions"
Context triple: [The Possibility of Altruism, influenced, Thomas Nagel's later work "Mortal Questions"]
  • A. Thomas Nagel
    Thomas Nagel is an American philosopher known for his influential work in moral and political philosophy, philosophy of mind, and epistemology, including the famous essay "What Is It Like to Be a Bat?".
  • B. John Stuart Mill and the Ends of Life
    John Stuart Mill and the Ends of Life is an essay that examines Mill’s views on the nature of a good life, individual autonomy, and moral purpose within the broader context of liberal philosophy.
  • C. Nicholas Wolterstorff’s book "Reason within the Bounds of Religion"
    Nicholas Wolterstorff’s "Reason within the Bounds of Religion" is a seminal philosophical work that argues religious belief can be rationally grounded without relying on traditional evidentialist criteria, helping to launch and shape the movement known as Reformed epistemology.
  • D. The Really Hard Problem: Meaning in a Material World
    The Really Hard Problem: Meaning in a Material World is a philosophical book by Owen Flanagan that explores how meaning, morality, and purpose can arise within a purely naturalistic, scientifically understood universe.
  • E. book "Mortal Questions" chosen
    "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.