Triple

T5370763
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Anaximander E108842 entity
Predicate wroteWork P2831 FINISHED
Object On Nature
On Nature is a lost philosophical treatise by the pre-Socratic thinker Anaximander, in which he is believed to have explored early cosmology, metaphysics, and the principles underlying the natural world.
E515768 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: On Nature | Statement: [Anaximander, wroteWork, On Nature]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: On Nature
Context triple: [Anaximander, wroteWork, On Nature]
  • A. On Nature
    On Nature is a lost philosophical treatise by the pre-Socratic thinker Anaxagoras that outlined his cosmology, including the role of Mind (Nous) in ordering the universe.
  • B. On Nature
    On Nature is a lost philosophical treatise by the ancient Greek sophist Gorgias, known primarily through reports and fragments that present a radical skeptical argument about existence, knowledge, and communication.
  • C. Ansichten der Natur
    Ansichten der Natur is a collection of scientific and literary essays by Alexander von Humboldt that vividly portrays the interconnectedness of nature through detailed observations and reflections.
  • D. The Laws of Nature
    *The Laws of Nature* is a popular science book by physicist Rudolf Peierls that explores how fundamental physical principles govern the behavior of the universe.
  • E. The Concept of Nature
    The Concept of Nature is a 1920 philosophical work by Alfred North Whitehead that analyzes the relationship between nature, perception, and scientific description, laying groundwork for his later process 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: On Nature
Triple: [Anaximander, wroteWork, On Nature]
Generated description
On Nature is a lost philosophical treatise by the pre-Socratic thinker Anaximander, in which he is believed to have explored early cosmology, metaphysics, and the principles underlying the natural world.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: On Nature
Target entity description: On Nature is a lost philosophical treatise by the pre-Socratic thinker Anaximander, in which he is believed to have explored early cosmology, metaphysics, and the principles underlying the natural world.
  • A. On Nature
    On Nature is a lost philosophical treatise by the pre-Socratic thinker Anaxagoras that outlined his cosmology, including the role of Mind (Nous) in ordering the universe.
  • B. On Nature
    On Nature is a lost philosophical treatise by the ancient Greek sophist Gorgias, known primarily through reports and fragments that present a radical skeptical argument about existence, knowledge, and communication.
  • C. Ansichten der Natur
    Ansichten der Natur is a collection of scientific and literary essays by Alexander von Humboldt that vividly portrays the interconnectedness of nature through detailed observations and reflections.
  • D. The Laws of Nature
    *The Laws of Nature* is a popular science book by physicist Rudolf Peierls that explores how fundamental physical principles govern the behavior of the universe.
  • E. The Concept of Nature
    The Concept of Nature is a 1920 philosophical work by Alfred North Whitehead that analyzes the relationship between nature, perception, and scientific description, laying groundwork for his later process 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_69bd440c77948190aad2a5f39b7b80f5 completed March 20, 2026, 12:56 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69bd8688b7488190a57baedd52a11b1a completed March 20, 2026, 5:40 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69bf29307cc481908fa4d8b52711bbd4 completed March 21, 2026, 11:26 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69bf29d11d2c819095ce493c8866f624 completed March 21, 2026, 11:29 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69bf2aa2a1688190bc41eb5e259d7d1f completed March 21, 2026, 11:32 p.m.
Created at: March 20, 2026, 2:02 p.m.