Triple

T3879845
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Nicolas Malebranche E92792 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object Dialogues on Metaphysics and on Religion
Dialogues on Metaphysics and on Religion is a philosophical work by Nicolas Malebranche that presents his views on metaphysics, theology, and occasionalism through a series of conversational exchanges.
E395252 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: Dialogues on Metaphysics and on Religion | Statement: [Nicolas Malebranche, notableWork, Dialogues on Metaphysics and on Religion]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Dialogues on Metaphysics and on Religion
Context triple: [Nicolas Malebranche, notableWork, Dialogues on Metaphysics and on Religion]
  • A. Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion
    Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion is a philosophical work by David Hume that presents a skeptical examination of arguments for the existence and nature of God through a series of fictional dialogues.
  • B. Three Dialogues between Hylas and Philonous
    Three Dialogues between Hylas and Philonous is a philosophical work by George Berkeley that presents his arguments for immaterialism and critiques of skepticism through a conversational dialogue format.
  • C. Meditations on First Philosophy
    Meditations on First Philosophy is René Descartes’ foundational philosophical treatise in which he employs radical doubt to establish certain knowledge and famously argues for the distinction between mind and body.
  • D. Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers
    Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers is a biographical work by Diogenes Laërtius that compiles the lives, doctrines, and anecdotes of ancient Greek philosophers.
  • E. Principles of Philosophy
    Principles of Philosophy is a 1644 work by René Descartes that systematically presents his metaphysical and scientific views, aiming to provide a comprehensive foundation for natural philosophy.
  • 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: Dialogues on Metaphysics and on Religion
Triple: [Nicolas Malebranche, notableWork, Dialogues on Metaphysics and on Religion]
Generated description
Dialogues on Metaphysics and on Religion is a philosophical work by Nicolas Malebranche that presents his views on metaphysics, theology, and occasionalism through a series of conversational exchanges.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Dialogues on Metaphysics and on Religion
Target entity description: Dialogues on Metaphysics and on Religion is a philosophical work by Nicolas Malebranche that presents his views on metaphysics, theology, and occasionalism through a series of conversational exchanges.
  • A. Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion
    Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion is a philosophical work by David Hume that presents a skeptical examination of arguments for the existence and nature of God through a series of fictional dialogues.
  • B. Three Dialogues between Hylas and Philonous
    Three Dialogues between Hylas and Philonous is a philosophical work by George Berkeley that presents his arguments for immaterialism and critiques of skepticism through a conversational dialogue format.
  • C. Meditations on First Philosophy
    Meditations on First Philosophy is René Descartes’ foundational philosophical treatise in which he employs radical doubt to establish certain knowledge and famously argues for the distinction between mind and body.
  • D. Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers
    Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers is a biographical work by Diogenes Laërtius that compiles the lives, doctrines, and anecdotes of ancient Greek philosophers.
  • E. Principles of Philosophy
    Principles of Philosophy is a 1644 work by René Descartes that systematically presents his metaphysical and scientific views, aiming to provide a comprehensive foundation for natural 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_69aed9697de0819087c2559295ff3d12 completed March 9, 2026, 2:30 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69aeec7557cc819094f055463625ffc3 completed March 9, 2026, 3:51 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b512568ba48190a820fcda9b472701 completed March 14, 2026, 7:46 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b512d3e4ac8190834746b5b1a15fc4 completed March 14, 2026, 7:48 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b51339ee948190a7c9ab3c5eb106da completed March 14, 2026, 7:50 a.m.
Created at: March 9, 2026, 3:20 p.m.