Triple

T6679962
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Hans Reichenbach E151952 entity
Predicate influenced P9 FINISHED
Object Wesley C. Salmon
Wesley C. Salmon was an American philosopher of science known for his influential work on scientific explanation, causality, and the philosophy of probability.
E612967 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: Wesley C. Salmon | Statement: [Hans Reichenbach, influenced, Wesley C. Salmon]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Wesley C. Salmon
Context triple: [Hans Reichenbach, influenced, Wesley C. Salmon]
  • A. Mario Bunge
    Mario Bunge was an Argentine philosopher and physicist renowned for his rigorous defense of scientific realism and systematic, naturalistic philosophy across metaphysics, epistemology, and ethics.
  • B. Gayne Rescher
    Gayne Rescher was an American cinematographer known for his work on major films and television series, including the science fiction classic Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan.
  • C. Mark Colodny
    Mark Colodny is a finance and investment professional best known as the husband of Federal Communications Commission Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel.
  • D. Nelson Goodman
    Nelson Goodman was an American philosopher best known for his influential work in logic, the philosophy of science, and aesthetics, particularly his "new riddle of induction" and theories of symbol systems.
  • E. Hans Reichenbach
    Hans Reichenbach was a prominent 20th-century philosopher of science known for his influential work on the philosophy of physics, probability, and the foundations of scientific knowledge.
  • 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: Wesley C. Salmon
Triple: [Hans Reichenbach, influenced, Wesley C. Salmon]
Generated description
Wesley C. Salmon was an American philosopher of science known for his influential work on scientific explanation, causality, and the philosophy of probability.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Wesley C. Salmon
Target entity description: Wesley C. Salmon was an American philosopher of science known for his influential work on scientific explanation, causality, and the philosophy of probability.
  • A. Mario Bunge
    Mario Bunge was an Argentine philosopher and physicist renowned for his rigorous defense of scientific realism and systematic, naturalistic philosophy across metaphysics, epistemology, and ethics.
  • B. Gayne Rescher
    Gayne Rescher was an American cinematographer known for his work on major films and television series, including the science fiction classic Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan.
  • C. Mark Colodny
    Mark Colodny is a finance and investment professional best known as the husband of Federal Communications Commission Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel.
  • D. Nelson Goodman
    Nelson Goodman was an American philosopher best known for his influential work in logic, the philosophy of science, and aesthetics, particularly his "new riddle of induction" and theories of symbol systems.
  • E. Hans Reichenbach
    Hans Reichenbach was a prominent 20th-century philosopher of science known for his influential work on the philosophy of physics, probability, and the foundations of scientific knowledge.
  • 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_69c687f830bc81909eb8b04dbb8450b1 completed March 27, 2026, 1:36 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c6b11df8d88190bf19fcb4e7a0bdb3 completed March 27, 2026, 4:32 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c700790c388190bba9f0440470ebf5 completed March 27, 2026, 10:11 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c7018afbec8190b04c8a6e30827e92 completed March 27, 2026, 10:15 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c7023f23088190ba081595713acb04 completed March 27, 2026, 10:18 p.m.
Created at: March 27, 2026, 2:03 p.m.