Triple

T1796471
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Michael Shermer E39614 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object The Moral Arc
The Moral Arc is a nonfiction book by science writer Michael Shermer that argues human society has become more moral over time thanks largely to reason, science, and secular humanism.
E194848 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 Moral Arc | Statement: [Michael Shermer, notableWork, The Moral Arc]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Moral Arc
Context triple: [Michael Shermer, notableWork, The Moral Arc]
  • A. The Fragility of Goodness
    The Fragility of Goodness is a philosophical work by Martha Nussbaum that explores how human vulnerability, luck, and moral conflict shape the pursuit of a good life, especially through readings of ancient Greek literature and philosophy.
  • B. The Politics of Hope
    The Politics of Hope is a collection of essays by historian Arthur Schlesinger Jr. that champions liberal democracy and reformist politics in mid-20th-century America.
  • C. Illusions of Progress
    Illusions of Progress is a political and social critique by Georges Sorel that challenges optimistic beliefs in linear social advancement and rational reform.
  • D. Their Morals and Ours
    "Their Morals and Ours" is a 1938 political essay by Leon Trotsky that defends revolutionary socialist ethics against bourgeois morality and critiques Stalinism.
  • E. Enlightenment Now
    Enlightenment Now is a non-fiction book by cognitive psychologist Steven Pinker that argues, using extensive data, that human life has been steadily improving thanks to Enlightenment values such as reason, science, and humanism.
  • 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 Moral Arc
Triple: [Michael Shermer, notableWork, The Moral Arc]
Generated description
The Moral Arc is a nonfiction book by science writer Michael Shermer that argues human society has become more moral over time thanks largely to reason, science, and secular humanism.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Moral Arc
Target entity description: The Moral Arc is a nonfiction book by science writer Michael Shermer that argues human society has become more moral over time thanks largely to reason, science, and secular humanism.
  • A. The Fragility of Goodness
    The Fragility of Goodness is a philosophical work by Martha Nussbaum that explores how human vulnerability, luck, and moral conflict shape the pursuit of a good life, especially through readings of ancient Greek literature and philosophy.
  • B. The Politics of Hope
    The Politics of Hope is a collection of essays by historian Arthur Schlesinger Jr. that champions liberal democracy and reformist politics in mid-20th-century America.
  • C. Illusions of Progress
    Illusions of Progress is a political and social critique by Georges Sorel that challenges optimistic beliefs in linear social advancement and rational reform.
  • D. Their Morals and Ours
    "Their Morals and Ours" is a 1938 political essay by Leon Trotsky that defends revolutionary socialist ethics against bourgeois morality and critiques Stalinism.
  • E. Enlightenment Now chosen
    Enlightenment Now is a non-fiction book by cognitive psychologist Steven Pinker that argues, using extensive data, that human life has been steadily improving thanks to Enlightenment values such as reason, science, and humanism.
  • 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_69a88632aa588190ba3978fde0db5bbd completed March 4, 2026, 7:21 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69aa653ef7f481908226ff71afca672a completed March 6, 2026, 5:25 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69adb5d6cee88190b26814134037aba6 completed March 8, 2026, 5:45 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69adb8b626688190b4953d4549339dea completed March 8, 2026, 5:58 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69adb9253fa08190bfb7d245208150c0 completed March 8, 2026, 6 p.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:32 p.m.