Triple
T2999036
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Michael Walzer |
E81140
|
entity |
| Predicate | doctoralStudent |
P167
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Michael Sandel
Michael Sandel is an American political philosopher and Harvard professor known for his influential critiques of liberalism and his popular course and book "Justice."
|
E321766
|
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: Michael Sandel | Statement: [Michael Walzer, doctoralStudent, Michael Sandel]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Michael Sandel Context triple: [Michael Walzer, doctoralStudent, Michael Sandel]
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A.
Michael Walzer
Michael Walzer is an American political theorist best known for his work on justice, war, and ethics, particularly in his influential book "Just and Unjust Wars."
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B.
John Rawls
John Rawls was a 20th-century American political philosopher best known for his theory of justice as fairness, which profoundly shaped contemporary liberal political thought.
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C.
Robert Nozick
Robert Nozick was an influential American political philosopher best known for his libertarian theory of the minimal state, especially articulated in his book "Anarchy, State, and Utopia."
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D.
Alasdair MacIntyre
Alasdair MacIntyre is a Scottish-born moral and political philosopher best known for reviving Aristotelian virtue ethics and critiquing modern liberal individualism in works such as "After Virtue."
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E.
Bernard Williams
Bernard Williams was a British film producer known for his work on notable movies such as "Dirty Rotten Scoundrels" and other major studio productions.
- 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: Michael Sandel Triple: [Michael Walzer, doctoralStudent, Michael Sandel]
Generated description
Michael Sandel is an American political philosopher and Harvard professor known for his influential critiques of liberalism and his popular course and book "Justice."
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Michael Sandel Target entity description: Michael Sandel is an American political philosopher and Harvard professor known for his influential critiques of liberalism and his popular course and book "Justice."
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A.
Michael Walzer
Michael Walzer is an American political theorist best known for his work on justice, war, and ethics, particularly in his influential book "Just and Unjust Wars."
-
B.
John Rawls
John Rawls was a 20th-century American political philosopher best known for his theory of justice as fairness, which profoundly shaped contemporary liberal political thought.
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C.
Robert Nozick
Robert Nozick was an influential American political philosopher best known for his libertarian theory of the minimal state, especially articulated in his book "Anarchy, State, and Utopia."
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D.
Alasdair MacIntyre
Alasdair MacIntyre is a Scottish-born moral and political philosopher best known for reviving Aristotelian virtue ethics and critiquing modern liberal individualism in works such as "After Virtue."
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E.
Bernard Williams
Bernard Williams was a prominent 20th-century British moral philosopher known for his critiques of utilitarianism and moral theory, his emphasis on the complexity of ethical life, and his influential work on integrity, moral luck, and the history of philosophy.
- 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_69ad8b187fc8819085914d3c9ea3142d |
completed | March 8, 2026, 2:43 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69ad99f766408190a5591efce8346bb9 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 3:47 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b1dea057a48190a7911d8d6046dd3d |
completed | March 11, 2026, 9:29 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69b1e6b8848481908871662d94f866c1 |
completed | March 11, 2026, 10:03 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69b1e6fee8148190b9f241aa52198432 |
completed | March 11, 2026, 10:04 p.m. |
Created at: March 8, 2026, 2:59 p.m.