Triple
T1924123
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Douglas Hofstadter |
E40189
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entity |
| Predicate | notableWork |
P4
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FINISHED |
| Object |
Metamagical Themas
Metamagical Themas is a collection of Douglas Hofstadter’s essays exploring themes in mathematics, computer science, cognition, and self-reference, many originally published in his Scientific American column.
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E214965
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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: Metamagical Themas | Statement: [Douglas Hofstadter, notableWork, Metamagical Themas]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Metamagical Themas Context triple: [Douglas Hofstadter, notableWork, Metamagical Themas]
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A.
To Mock a Mockingbird
To Mock a Mockingbird is a recreational mathematics and logic book that uses birds and their calling patterns to introduce and explore concepts from combinatory logic and related areas of mathematical logic.
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B.
Gödel, Escher, Bach
Gödel, Escher, Bach is a Pulitzer Prize–winning interdisciplinary book by Douglas Hofstadter that explores deep connections between mathematics, art, music, and human consciousness.
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C.
Society of Mind
Society of Mind is a seminal book by Marvin Minsky that proposes a theory of human intelligence as emerging from the interactions of many simple, non-intelligent agents within the mind.
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D.
Monadology
Monadology is a foundational philosophical treatise by Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz that outlines his metaphysical system of simple, indivisible substances called monads as the ultimate constituents of reality.
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E.
What Is the Name of This Book?
"What Is the Name of This Book?" is a collection of logical puzzles and paradoxes by Raymond Smullyan that playfully explore self-reference, recursion, and the foundations of logic.
- 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: Metamagical Themas Triple: [Douglas Hofstadter, notableWork, Metamagical Themas]
Generated description
Metamagical Themas is a collection of Douglas Hofstadter’s essays exploring themes in mathematics, computer science, cognition, and self-reference, many originally published in his Scientific American column.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Metamagical Themas Target entity description: Metamagical Themas is a collection of Douglas Hofstadter’s essays exploring themes in mathematics, computer science, cognition, and self-reference, many originally published in his Scientific American column.
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A.
To Mock a Mockingbird
To Mock a Mockingbird is a recreational mathematics and logic book that uses birds and their calling patterns to introduce and explore concepts from combinatory logic and related areas of mathematical logic.
-
B.
Gödel, Escher, Bach
Gödel, Escher, Bach is a Pulitzer Prize–winning interdisciplinary book by Douglas Hofstadter that explores deep connections between mathematics, art, music, and human consciousness.
-
C.
Society of Mind
Society of Mind is a seminal book by Marvin Minsky that proposes a theory of human intelligence as emerging from the interactions of many simple, non-intelligent agents within the mind.
-
D.
Monadology
Monadology is a foundational philosophical treatise by Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz that outlines his metaphysical system of simple, indivisible substances called monads as the ultimate constituents of reality.
-
E.
What Is the Name of This Book?
"What Is the Name of This Book?" is a collection of logical puzzles and paradoxes by Raymond Smullyan that playfully explore self-reference, recursion, and the foundations of logic.
- 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_69a8864298748190a2f2fd34f7ef8d77 |
completed | March 4, 2026, 7:21 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69abb2359ca0819082b514a34c469b21 |
completed | March 7, 2026, 5:05 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69adf3e6678881908d72de7e0f19a648 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 10:10 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69adf472aca881908d99cf5bfcae3094 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 10:13 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69adf50d93c88190aa1cbf96526558b6 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 10:15 p.m. |
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:35 p.m.