Triple

T2999881
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Henri Bergson E81159 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object Laughter: An Essay on the Meaning of the Comic
Laughter: An Essay on the Meaning of the Comic is a philosophical work by Henri Bergson that analyzes the nature and social function of humor and the comic.
E318793 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: Laughter: An Essay on the Meaning of the Comic | Statement: [Henri Bergson, notableWork, Laughter: An Essay on the Meaning of the Comic]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Laughter: An Essay on the Meaning of the Comic
Context triple: [Henri Bergson, notableWork, Laughter: An Essay on the Meaning of the Comic]
  • A. How to Do Things with Words
    How to Do Things with Words is a foundational work in 20th-century philosophy of language by J. L. Austin that introduced speech act theory and transformed understandings of how language functions in practice.
  • B. A Fable for Critics
    A Fable for Critics is a satirical poem by James Russell Lowell that humorously critiques and caricatures his contemporary American authors and the literary scene of his time.
  • C. The Nature and Aim of Fiction
    The Nature and Aim of Fiction is an influential essay by Flannery O’Connor that explores what fiction is, how it works, and what purposes it serves in the writer’s and reader’s experience.
  • D. Five Characters in Search of an Exit
    "Five Characters in Search of an Exit" is a classic, surreal episode of The Twilight Zone in which five strangers trapped in a mysterious, featureless space struggle to understand who they are and why they are there.
  • E. 5000 B.C. and Other Philosophical Fantasies
    5000 B.C. and Other Philosophical Fantasies is a collection of playful, logic-based philosophical essays and puzzles by Raymond Smullyan that explore paradoxes, metaphysics, and the nature of reasoning.
  • 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: Laughter: An Essay on the Meaning of the Comic
Triple: [Henri Bergson, notableWork, Laughter: An Essay on the Meaning of the Comic]
Generated description
Laughter: An Essay on the Meaning of the Comic is a philosophical work by Henri Bergson that analyzes the nature and social function of humor and the comic.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Laughter: An Essay on the Meaning of the Comic
Target entity description: Laughter: An Essay on the Meaning of the Comic is a philosophical work by Henri Bergson that analyzes the nature and social function of humor and the comic.
  • A. How to Do Things with Words
    How to Do Things with Words is a foundational work in 20th-century philosophy of language by J. L. Austin that introduced speech act theory and transformed understandings of how language functions in practice.
  • B. A Fable for Critics
    A Fable for Critics is a satirical poem by James Russell Lowell that humorously critiques and caricatures his contemporary American authors and the literary scene of his time.
  • C. The Nature and Aim of Fiction
    The Nature and Aim of Fiction is an influential essay by Flannery O’Connor that explores what fiction is, how it works, and what purposes it serves in the writer’s and reader’s experience.
  • D. Five Characters in Search of an Exit
    "Five Characters in Search of an Exit" is a classic, surreal episode of The Twilight Zone in which five strangers trapped in a mysterious, featureless space struggle to understand who they are and why they are there.
  • E. 5000 B.C. and Other Philosophical Fantasies
    5000 B.C. and Other Philosophical Fantasies is a collection of playful, logic-based philosophical essays and puzzles by Raymond Smullyan that explore paradoxes, metaphysics, and the nature of reasoning.
  • 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_69ad99f8eb248190b50fd539a06a5a62 completed March 8, 2026, 3:47 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b12e4b54188190bf900bf10061a57a completed March 11, 2026, 8:56 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b12f188c7c81908d1d575252dc4bda completed March 11, 2026, 9 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b1c9bccb3081909e6869b5cba68117 completed March 11, 2026, 7:59 p.m.
Created at: March 8, 2026, 2:59 p.m.