Triple

T4231357
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Thomas Nagel E94587 entity
Predicate hasWork P6260 FINISHED
Object "Mortal Questions"
"Mortal Questions" is a widely studied collection of philosophical essays by Thomas Nagel that explores fundamental issues about life, death, meaning, and the nature of subjective experience.
 E421693 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: "Mortal Questions" | Statement: [Thomas Nagel, hasWork, "Mortal Questions"]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: "Mortal Questions"
Context triple: [Thomas Nagel, hasWork, "Mortal Questions"]
  • A. 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.
  • B. "Mortal Folly"
    "Mortal Folly" is an episode of the animated series Adventure Time in which Finn and Jake confront the powerful undead villain known as the Lich.
  • C. 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.
  • D. The Temptation to Exist
    The Temptation to Exist is a collection of philosophical essays by Emil Cioran that explores themes of nihilism, despair, and the burdens of consciousness in Cioran’s characteristically aphoristic and pessimistic style.
  • E. Truth and Other Enigmas
    Truth and Other Enigmas is a collection of influential philosophical essays by Michael Dummett, primarily addressing the nature of truth, meaning, and realism in the philosophy of language.
  • 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: "Mortal Questions"
Triple: [Thomas Nagel, hasWork, "Mortal Questions"]
Generated description
"Mortal Questions" is a widely studied 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: "Mortal Questions"
Target entity description: "Mortal Questions" is a widely studied collection of philosophical essays by Thomas Nagel that explores fundamental issues about life, death, meaning, and the nature of subjective experience.
  • A. 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.
  • B. "Mortal Folly"
    "Mortal Folly" is an episode of the animated series Adventure Time in which Finn and Jake confront the powerful undead villain known as the Lich.
  • C. 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.
  • D. The Temptation to Exist
    The Temptation to Exist is a collection of philosophical essays by Emil Cioran that explores themes of nihilism, despair, and the burdens of consciousness in Cioran’s characteristically aphoristic and pessimistic style.
  • E. Truth and Other Enigmas
    Truth and Other Enigmas is a collection of influential philosophical essays by Michael Dummett, primarily addressing the nature of truth, meaning, and realism in the philosophy of language.
  • 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.