Triple

T4270292
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Metaphysics (Aristotle) E96925 entity
Predicate keyConcept P531 FINISHED
Object substance (ousia)
Substance (ousia) is Aristotle’s fundamental metaphysical category denoting what truly exists in its own right and underlies all properties and changes.
E427121 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: substance (ousia) | Statement: [Metaphysics (Aristotle), keyConcept, substance (ousia)]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: substance (ousia)
Context triple: [Metaphysics (Aristotle), keyConcept, substance (ousia)]
  • A. Substance and Function
    "Substance and Function" is a 1910 philosophical work by Ernst Cassirer that analyzes the shift from substance-based to function-based concepts in modern science and knowledge.
  • B. Doctrine of Being
    The Doctrine of Being is the first major section of Hegel’s *Science of Logic*, where he analyzes the most basic categories of thought such as pure being, nothing, and becoming.
  • C. thing-in-itself (noumenon)
    The thing-in-itself (noumenon) is Kant’s term for reality as it exists independently of human perception and experience, in contrast to the world of appearances (phenomena).
  • D. Universals
    Universals is a philosophical work by F. P. Ramsey that examines the nature and existence of general properties or qualities shared by multiple particular things.
  • E. essence–energies distinction
    The essence–energies distinction is an Eastern Orthodox theological teaching, especially emphasized in hesychasm, that differentiates between God's unknowable essence and His knowable, participable energies through which humans experience divine grace.
  • 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: substance (ousia)
Triple: [Metaphysics (Aristotle), keyConcept, substance (ousia)]
Generated description
Substance (ousia) is Aristotle’s fundamental metaphysical category denoting what truly exists in its own right and underlies all properties and changes.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: substance (ousia)
Target entity description: Substance (ousia) is Aristotle’s fundamental metaphysical category denoting what truly exists in its own right and underlies all properties and changes.
  • A. Substance and Function
    "Substance and Function" is a 1910 philosophical work by Ernst Cassirer that analyzes the shift from substance-based to function-based concepts in modern science and knowledge.
  • B. Doctrine of Being
    The Doctrine of Being is the first major section of Hegel’s *Science of Logic*, where he analyzes the most basic categories of thought such as pure being, nothing, and becoming.
  • C. thing-in-itself (noumenon)
    The thing-in-itself (noumenon) is Kant’s term for reality as it exists independently of human perception and experience, in contrast to the world of appearances (phenomena).
  • D. Universals
    Universals is a philosophical work by F. P. Ramsey that examines the nature and existence of general properties or qualities shared by multiple particular things.
  • E. essence–energies distinction
    The essence–energies distinction is an Eastern Orthodox theological teaching, especially emphasized in hesychasm, that differentiates between God's unknowable essence and His knowable, participable energies through which humans experience divine grace.
  • 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_69b34543f06c8190915ebb1a4574ffa9 completed March 12, 2026, 10:59 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69b34ffa30c08190913622ffec47d33d completed March 12, 2026, 11:44 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b5b7a456108190afa46344a5ed2118 completed March 14, 2026, 7:31 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b5b83759c08190b080565bb1ac8bb4 completed March 14, 2026, 7:34 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b5b8c3fb208190b091da57f7b1f704 completed March 14, 2026, 7:36 p.m.
Created at: March 12, 2026, 11:07 p.m.