Triple

T3706316
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Bernard Williams E80901 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object Ethics and the Limits of Philosophy
Ethics and the Limits of Philosophy is a 1985 book by Bernard Williams that critically examines the ambitions and methods of modern moral philosophy, arguing for a more historically and psychologically grounded understanding of ethical life.
E382795 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: Ethics and the Limits of Philosophy | Statement: [Bernard Williams, notableWork, Ethics and the Limits of Philosophy]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ethics and the Limits of Philosophy
Context triple: [Bernard Williams, notableWork, Ethics and the Limits of Philosophy]
  • A. The Science of Ethics
    The Science of Ethics is a major 19th-century philosophical work by Leslie Stephen that systematically examines moral philosophy and the foundations of ethical theory.
  • B. Institutes of Moral Philosophy
    Institutes of Moral Philosophy is an 18th-century treatise by Scottish Enlightenment thinker Adam Ferguson that systematically explores ethics, human nature, and the principles of moral judgment.
  • C. The Elements of Morality
    The Elements of Morality is a 19th-century philosophical treatise by William Whewell that systematically explores ethical theory, moral duties, and the foundations of human conduct.
  • D. Ethics for the New Millennium
    Ethics for the New Millennium is a philosophical and spiritual book by the 14th Dalai Lama that outlines a universal, secular approach to compassion and moral living in the modern world.
  • E. Outlines of Moral Philosophy
    Outlines of Moral Philosophy is a foundational 18th-century work in moral philosophy by Scottish Enlightenment thinker Dugald Stewart, offering a systematic account of ethics, human nature, and moral 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: Ethics and the Limits of Philosophy
Triple: [Bernard Williams, notableWork, Ethics and the Limits of Philosophy]
Generated description
Ethics and the Limits of Philosophy is a 1985 book by Bernard Williams that critically examines the ambitions and methods of modern moral philosophy, arguing for a more historically and psychologically grounded understanding of ethical life.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ethics and the Limits of Philosophy
Target entity description: Ethics and the Limits of Philosophy is a 1985 book by Bernard Williams that critically examines the ambitions and methods of modern moral philosophy, arguing for a more historically and psychologically grounded understanding of ethical life.
  • A. The Science of Ethics
    The Science of Ethics is a major 19th-century philosophical work by Leslie Stephen that systematically examines moral philosophy and the foundations of ethical theory.
  • B. Institutes of Moral Philosophy
    Institutes of Moral Philosophy is an 18th-century treatise by Scottish Enlightenment thinker Adam Ferguson that systematically explores ethics, human nature, and the principles of moral judgment.
  • C. The Elements of Morality
    The Elements of Morality is a 19th-century philosophical treatise by William Whewell that systematically explores ethical theory, moral duties, and the foundations of human conduct.
  • D. Ethics for the New Millennium
    Ethics for the New Millennium is a philosophical and spiritual book by the 14th Dalai Lama that outlines a universal, secular approach to compassion and moral living in the modern world.
  • E. Outlines of Moral Philosophy
    Outlines of Moral Philosophy is a foundational 18th-century work in moral philosophy by Scottish Enlightenment thinker Dugald Stewart, offering a systematic account of ethics, human nature, and moral 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_69ad8b1793888190a5f70e4b21dc05a1 completed March 8, 2026, 2:43 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69adc54ce1788190ac000793cbdaba48 completed March 8, 2026, 6:51 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b4cdfe77a481908880d0a4a5946656 completed March 14, 2026, 2:54 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b4cfcf3bd08190a372be19017adcd0 completed March 14, 2026, 3:02 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b4d0bb861c8190a8540198a47c13c1 completed March 14, 2026, 3:06 a.m.
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:33 p.m.