Triple

T5430336
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Hicks E121469 entity
Predicate hasNotableBearer P458 FINISHED
Object Stephen Hicks
Stephen Hicks is a Canadian-American philosopher known for his work on postmodernism, objectivism, and the intellectual history of modern and contemporary thought.
 E519599 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: Stephen Hicks | Statement: [Hicks, hasNotableBearer, Stephen Hicks]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Stephen Hicks
Context triple: [Hicks, hasNotableBearer, Stephen Hicks]
  • A. Dick Huemer
    Dick Huemer was an American animator, storyboard artist, and writer best known for his influential work at Disney on classic animated features.
  • B. Randall Poster
    Randall Poster is an American music supervisor and film producer renowned for his work curating soundtracks and producing on numerous acclaimed films and television series.
  • C. Peter K. Unger
    Peter K. Unger is an American philosopher known for his influential work in epistemology, metaphysics, and ethics, including his defense of skepticism and his critiques of common-sense views.
  • D. David Ray Griffin
    David Ray Griffin was an American philosopher and theologian best known for his work in process philosophy and theology, as well as his controversial writings on contemporary political events.
  • E. Leonard Read
    Leonard Read was an American libertarian writer and founder of the Foundation for Economic Education, best known for his influential essay "I, Pencil."
  • 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: Stephen Hicks
Triple: [Hicks, hasNotableBearer, Stephen Hicks]
Generated description
Stephen Hicks is a Canadian-American philosopher known for his work on postmodernism, objectivism, and the intellectual history of modern and contemporary thought.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Stephen Hicks
Target entity description: Stephen Hicks is a Canadian-American philosopher known for his work on postmodernism, objectivism, and the intellectual history of modern and contemporary thought.
  • A. Dick Huemer
    Dick Huemer was an American animator, storyboard artist, and writer best known for his influential work at Disney on classic animated features.
  • B. Randall Poster
    Randall Poster is an American music supervisor and film producer renowned for his work curating soundtracks and producing on numerous acclaimed films and television series.
  • C. Peter K. Unger
    Peter K. Unger is an American philosopher known for his influential work in epistemology, metaphysics, and ethics, including his defense of skepticism and his critiques of common-sense views.
  • D. David Ray Griffin
    David Ray Griffin was an American philosopher and theologian best known for his work in process philosophy and theology, as well as his controversial writings on contemporary political events.
  • E. Leonard Read
    Leonard Read was an American libertarian writer and founder of the Foundation for Economic Education, best known for his influential essay "I, Pencil."
  • 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_69bd463c65f0819082ee6483ab4b466a completed March 20, 2026, 1:06 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69bd883e5e10819091e159dfd245e94d completed March 20, 2026, 5:47 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69bf3ac6285081909afa6e91a023f6d5 completed March 22, 2026, 12:41 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69bf3c43ffe88190b8d2a10ea8a9a455 completed March 22, 2026, 12:48 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69bf3ce7d6388190a9cd22f76f4420e0 completed March 22, 2026, 12:50 a.m.
Created at: March 20, 2026, 2:06 p.m.