Triple

T4231361
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Thomas Nagel E94587 entity
Predicate hasWork P6260 FINISHED
Object "Mind and Cosmos: Why the Materialist Neo-Darwinian Conception of Nature Is Almost Certainly False"
"Mind and Cosmos: Why the Materialist Neo-Darwinian Conception of Nature Is Almost Certainly False" is a controversial 2012 philosophical book by Thomas Nagel that challenges mainstream materialist and evolutionary explanations of mind, consciousness, and value.
E421697 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: "Mind and Cosmos: Why the Materialist Neo-Darwinian Conception of Nature Is Almost Certainly False" | Statement: [Thomas Nagel, hasWork, "Mind and Cosmos: Why the Materialist Neo-Darwinian Conception of Nature Is Almost Certainly False"]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: "Mind and Cosmos: Why the Materialist Neo-Darwinian Conception of Nature Is Almost Certainly False"
Context triple: [Thomas Nagel, hasWork, "Mind and Cosmos: Why the Materialist Neo-Darwinian Conception of Nature Is Almost Certainly False"]
  • A. Mind and Nature: A Necessary Unity
    "Mind and Nature: A Necessary Unity" is a seminal interdisciplinary book by Gregory Bateson that explores the deep patterns and principles connecting mental processes, biological systems, and the natural world.
  • B. Consciousness Explained
    Consciousness Explained is a 1991 book by philosopher Daniel Dennett that presents a influential cognitive and philosophical theory of consciousness grounded in neuroscience and computational models.
  • C. God and Other Minds
    "God and Other Minds" is a 1967 philosophical work by Alvin Plantinga that argues belief in God can be rationally justified in a way analogous to belief in other minds.
  • D. 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.
  • E. Consciousness: An Introduction
    Consciousness: An Introduction is a widely used textbook by Susan Blackmore that surveys scientific, philosophical, and psychological approaches to understanding conscious experience.
  • 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: "Mind and Cosmos: Why the Materialist Neo-Darwinian Conception of Nature Is Almost Certainly False"
Triple: [Thomas Nagel, hasWork, "Mind and Cosmos: Why the Materialist Neo-Darwinian Conception of Nature Is Almost Certainly False"]
Generated description
"Mind and Cosmos: Why the Materialist Neo-Darwinian Conception of Nature Is Almost Certainly False" is a controversial 2012 philosophical book by Thomas Nagel that challenges mainstream materialist and evolutionary explanations of mind, consciousness, and value.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: "Mind and Cosmos: Why the Materialist Neo-Darwinian Conception of Nature Is Almost Certainly False"
Target entity description: "Mind and Cosmos: Why the Materialist Neo-Darwinian Conception of Nature Is Almost Certainly False" is a controversial 2012 philosophical book by Thomas Nagel that challenges mainstream materialist and evolutionary explanations of mind, consciousness, and value.
  • A. Mind and Nature: A Necessary Unity
    "Mind and Nature: A Necessary Unity" is a seminal interdisciplinary book by Gregory Bateson that explores the deep patterns and principles connecting mental processes, biological systems, and the natural world.
  • B. Consciousness Explained
    Consciousness Explained is a 1991 book by philosopher Daniel Dennett that presents a influential cognitive and philosophical theory of consciousness grounded in neuroscience and computational models.
  • C. God and Other Minds
    "God and Other Minds" is a 1967 philosophical work by Alvin Plantinga that argues belief in God can be rationally justified in a way analogous to belief in other minds.
  • D. 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.
  • E. Consciousness: An Introduction
    Consciousness: An Introduction is a widely used textbook by Susan Blackmore that surveys scientific, philosophical, and psychological approaches to understanding conscious experience.
  • 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.