Triple

T3706318
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Bernard Williams E80901 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object Problems of the Self
Problems of the Self is a collection of influential essays by philosopher Bernard Williams that explores issues in personal identity, moral psychology, and the nature of the self.
E382797 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: Problems of the Self | Statement: [Bernard Williams, notableWork, Problems of the Self]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Problems of the Self
Context triple: [Bernard Williams, notableWork, Problems of the Self]
  • A. Sources of the Self
    Sources of the Self is a major philosophical work by Charles Taylor that traces the historical development of modern identity and moral frameworks in Western thought.
  • B. Problems of Life and Mind
    Problems of Life and Mind is a multi-volume 19th-century philosophical and psychological work by George Henry Lewes that explores the nature of consciousness, knowledge, and scientific method.
  • C. The Concept of Mind
    The Concept of Mind is a 1949 philosophical work by Gilbert Ryle that critiques Cartesian dualism and introduces the idea of mental concepts as dispositions rather than inner ghostly states.
  • D. Kinds of Minds
    Kinds of Minds is a philosophical work by Daniel Dennett that explores the nature and varieties of consciousness and intelligence across humans, animals, and machines.
  • E. The Life of the Mind
    The Life of the Mind is a posthumously published philosophical work by Hannah Arendt that explores the nature of thinking, willing, and judging as fundamental activities of human consciousness.
  • 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: Problems of the Self
Triple: [Bernard Williams, notableWork, Problems of the Self]
Generated description
Problems of the Self is a collection of influential essays by philosopher Bernard Williams that explores issues in personal identity, moral psychology, and the nature of the self.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Problems of the Self
Target entity description: Problems of the Self is a collection of influential essays by philosopher Bernard Williams that explores issues in personal identity, moral psychology, and the nature of the self.
  • A. Sources of the Self
    Sources of the Self is a major philosophical work by Charles Taylor that traces the historical development of modern identity and moral frameworks in Western thought.
  • B. Problems of Life and Mind
    Problems of Life and Mind is a multi-volume 19th-century philosophical and psychological work by George Henry Lewes that explores the nature of consciousness, knowledge, and scientific method.
  • C. The Concept of Mind
    The Concept of Mind is a 1949 philosophical work by Gilbert Ryle that critiques Cartesian dualism and introduces the idea of mental concepts as dispositions rather than inner ghostly states.
  • D. Kinds of Minds
    Kinds of Minds is a philosophical work by Daniel Dennett that explores the nature and varieties of consciousness and intelligence across humans, animals, and machines.
  • E. The Life of the Mind
    The Life of the Mind is a posthumously published philosophical work by Hannah Arendt that explores the nature of thinking, willing, and judging as fundamental activities of human consciousness.
  • 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.