Triple

T1835357
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Raymond Smullyan E41052 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object The Tao Is Silent
The Tao Is Silent is a philosophical book by Raymond Smullyan that playfully explores Taoist thought through paradoxes, dialogues, and logical puzzles.
E206689 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 Tao Is Silent | Statement: [Raymond Smullyan, notableWork, The Tao Is Silent]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Tao Is Silent
Context triple: [Raymond Smullyan, notableWork, The Tao Is Silent]
  • A. The Tao of Wu
    The Tao of Wu is a philosophical and autobiographical book by RZA that blends Wu-Tang Clan history with lessons drawn from Eastern spirituality, Five Percent Nation teachings, and personal experience.
  • B. Tao Te Ching
    The Tao Te Ching is an ancient Chinese philosophical and spiritual classic, traditionally attributed to Laozi, that expounds the principles of the Tao and serves as a foundational text of Taoism.
  • C. The Shores of the Cosmic Ocean
    "The Shores of the Cosmic Ocean" is the opening episode of Carl Sagan’s documentary series *Cosmos: A Personal Voyage*, introducing viewers to the scale, structure, and wonder of the universe.
  • D. The Tao of Love
    "The Tao of Love" is a track from the 1982 electronic music album *China* by Greek composer Vangelis, reflecting his signature atmospheric and melodic style.
  • E. He Is There and He Is Not Silent
    "He Is There and He Is Not Silent" is a Christian philosophical and apologetic work by Francis Schaeffer that argues for the existence and self-revelation of the personal God of the Bible in response to modern secular thought.
  • 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 Tao Is Silent
Triple: [Raymond Smullyan, notableWork, The Tao Is Silent]
Generated description
The Tao Is Silent is a philosophical book by Raymond Smullyan that playfully explores Taoist thought through paradoxes, dialogues, and logical puzzles.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Tao Is Silent
Target entity description: The Tao Is Silent is a philosophical book by Raymond Smullyan that playfully explores Taoist thought through paradoxes, dialogues, and logical puzzles.
  • A. The Tao of Wu
    The Tao of Wu is a philosophical and autobiographical book by RZA that blends Wu-Tang Clan history with lessons drawn from Eastern spirituality, Five Percent Nation teachings, and personal experience.
  • B. Tao Te Ching
    The Tao Te Ching is an ancient Chinese philosophical and spiritual classic, traditionally attributed to Laozi, that expounds the principles of the Tao and serves as a foundational text of Taoism.
  • C. The Shores of the Cosmic Ocean
    "The Shores of the Cosmic Ocean" is the opening episode of Carl Sagan’s documentary series *Cosmos: A Personal Voyage*, introducing viewers to the scale, structure, and wonder of the universe.
  • D. The Tao of Love
    "The Tao of Love" is a track from the 1982 electronic music album *China* by Greek composer Vangelis, reflecting his signature atmospheric and melodic style.
  • E. He Is There and He Is Not Silent
    "He Is There and He Is Not Silent" is a Christian philosophical and apologetic work by Francis Schaeffer that argues for the existence and self-revelation of the personal God of the Bible in response to modern secular thought.
  • 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_69a88647f9388190909bc36e795bdaec completed March 4, 2026, 7:21 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abb026aa7c8190bc988d3ee0fd9f41 completed March 7, 2026, 4:57 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69adc9b4b4f08190a0e5ad50de5c0ba8 completed March 8, 2026, 7:10 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69adcd9359b88190ad312ff0389ff1a6 completed March 8, 2026, 7:27 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69adce11558c8190bd8c6341837eb792 completed March 8, 2026, 7:29 p.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:33 p.m.