Triple
T4231331
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Thomas Nagel |
E94587
|
entity |
| Predicate | knownFor |
P22
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
book "Mortal Questions"
"Mortal Questions" is a collection of philosophical essays by Thomas Nagel that explores fundamental issues about life, death, meaning, and the nature of subjective experience.
|
E421686
|
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: book "Mortal Questions" | Statement: [Thomas Nagel, knownFor, book "Mortal Questions"]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: book "Mortal Questions" Context triple: [Thomas Nagel, knownFor, book "Mortal Questions"]
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A.
Forty Questions on the Soul
Forty Questions on the Soul is a mystical-philosophical treatise by Jakob Böhme that explores the nature, origin, and destiny of the human soul within his Christian theosophical framework.
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B.
Passages from the Life of a Philosopher
Passages from the Life of a Philosopher is an autobiographical work by Charles Babbage in which he recounts his life, scientific pursuits, and the development of his pioneering calculating machines.
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C.
"The Will to Meaning"
"The Will to Meaning" is a psychological and philosophical work by Viktor Frankl that further develops his logotherapy theory, emphasizing humanity’s search for purpose as the central motivational force in life.
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D.
The Doubter’s Companion
The Doubter’s Companion is a philosophical reference book by Canadian thinker John Ralston Saul that offers brief, critical essays on key political, economic, and cultural concepts to encourage skeptical, independent thought.
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E.
The Meaning of Life
The Meaning of Life is a 1983 British comedy film by Monty Python that satirically explores the stages and absurdities of human existence through a series of surreal sketches.
- 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: book "Mortal Questions" Triple: [Thomas Nagel, knownFor, book "Mortal Questions"]
Generated description
"Mortal Questions" is a collection of philosophical essays by Thomas Nagel that explores fundamental issues about life, death, meaning, and the nature of subjective experience.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: book "Mortal Questions" Target entity description: "Mortal Questions" is a collection of philosophical essays by Thomas Nagel that explores fundamental issues about life, death, meaning, and the nature of subjective experience.
-
A.
Forty Questions on the Soul
Forty Questions on the Soul is a mystical-philosophical treatise by Jakob Böhme that explores the nature, origin, and destiny of the human soul within his Christian theosophical framework.
-
B.
Passages from the Life of a Philosopher
Passages from the Life of a Philosopher is an autobiographical work by Charles Babbage in which he recounts his life, scientific pursuits, and the development of his pioneering calculating machines.
-
C.
"The Will to Meaning"
"The Will to Meaning" is a psychological and philosophical work by Viktor Frankl that further develops his logotherapy theory, emphasizing humanity’s search for purpose as the central motivational force in life.
-
D.
The Doubter’s Companion
The Doubter’s Companion is a philosophical reference book by Canadian thinker John Ralston Saul that offers brief, critical essays on key political, economic, and cultural concepts to encourage skeptical, independent thought.
-
E.
The Meaning of Life
The Meaning of Life is a 1983 British comedy film by Monty Python that satirically explores the stages and absurdities of human existence through a series of surreal sketches.
- 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_69b34537cc6481909cd0a96acbb33ef7 |
completed | March 12, 2026, 10:59 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69b34e62e3c881909ffb9269ba9018b9 |
completed | March 12, 2026, 11:38 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b5964f364881908c53cd46af6b1e98 |
completed | March 14, 2026, 5:09 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69b59731052881908d9358dc629a4018 |
completed | March 14, 2026, 5:13 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69b597c529a08190bbf2af92bfef1aa2 |
completed | March 14, 2026, 5:15 p.m. |
Created at: March 12, 2026, 11:05 p.m.