Triple

T3706322
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Bernard Williams E80901 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object Utilitarianism: For and Against
Utilitarianism: For and Against is a philosophical book co-authored by J.J.C. Smart and Bernard Williams that presents a classic debate over the merits and criticisms of utilitarian moral theory.
E382801 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: Utilitarianism: For and Against | Statement: [Bernard Williams, notableWork, Utilitarianism: For and Against]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Utilitarianism: For and Against
Context triple: [Bernard Williams, notableWork, Utilitarianism: For and Against]
  • A. 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.
  • B. 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.
  • C. 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.
  • D. Review of the Principal Questions in Morals
    Review of the Principal Questions in Morals is an 18th-century philosophical treatise by Richard Price that defends rationalist ethics and the objectivity of moral truths.
  • E. The Methods of Ethics
    The Methods of Ethics is Henry Sidgwick’s seminal 1874 work of moral philosophy that systematically analyzes and compares major ethical theories, especially utilitarianism, intuitionism, and egoism.
  • 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: Utilitarianism: For and Against
Triple: [Bernard Williams, notableWork, Utilitarianism: For and Against]
Generated description
Utilitarianism: For and Against is a philosophical book co-authored by J.J.C. Smart and Bernard Williams that presents a classic debate over the merits and criticisms of utilitarian moral theory.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Utilitarianism: For and Against
Target entity description: Utilitarianism: For and Against is a philosophical book co-authored by J.J.C. Smart and Bernard Williams that presents a classic debate over the merits and criticisms of utilitarian moral theory.
  • A. 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.
  • B. 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.
  • C. 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.
  • D. Review of the Principal Questions in Morals
    Review of the Principal Questions in Morals is an 18th-century philosophical treatise by Richard Price that defends rationalist ethics and the objectivity of moral truths.
  • E. The Methods of Ethics
    The Methods of Ethics is Henry Sidgwick’s seminal 1874 work of moral philosophy that systematically analyzes and compares major ethical theories, especially utilitarianism, intuitionism, and egoism.
  • 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.