Triple

T6679963
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Hans Reichenbach E151952 entity
Predicate influenced P9 FINISHED
Object Bas van Fraassen
Bas van Fraassen is a Dutch-American philosopher of science best known for developing constructive empiricism, a major anti-realist position in the philosophy of science.
E611673 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: Bas van Fraassen | Statement: [Hans Reichenbach, influenced, Bas van Fraassen]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bas van Fraassen
Context triple: [Hans Reichenbach, influenced, Bas van Fraassen]
  • A. Ian Hacking
    Ian Hacking was a Canadian philosopher of science known for his influential work on the history of scientific concepts, probability, and the social construction of kinds.
  • B. Philip Kitcher
    Philip Kitcher is an influential contemporary philosopher of science known for his work on scientific realism, the structure and progress of science, and the ethical and social dimensions of scientific practice.
  • C. Hilary Putnam
    Hilary Putnam was a prominent 20th-century American philosopher known for his influential work in philosophy of mind, language, and science, including the development of functionalism and semantic externalism.
  • 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. Hartry Field
    Hartry Field is an American philosopher best known for his influential work in the philosophy of mathematics and logic, particularly his defense of mathematical fictionalism and nominalism.
  • 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: Bas van Fraassen
Triple: [Hans Reichenbach, influenced, Bas van Fraassen]
Generated description
Bas van Fraassen is a Dutch-American philosopher of science best known for developing constructive empiricism, a major anti-realist position in the philosophy of science.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bas van Fraassen
Target entity description: Bas van Fraassen is a Dutch-American philosopher of science best known for developing constructive empiricism, a major anti-realist position in the philosophy of science.
  • A. Ian Hacking
    Ian Hacking was a Canadian philosopher of science known for his influential work on the history of scientific concepts, probability, and the social construction of kinds.
  • B. Philip Kitcher
    Philip Kitcher is an influential contemporary philosopher of science known for his work on scientific realism, the structure and progress of science, and the ethical and social dimensions of scientific practice.
  • C. Hilary Putnam
    Hilary Putnam was a prominent 20th-century American philosopher known for his influential work in philosophy of mind, language, and science, including the development of functionalism and semantic externalism.
  • 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. Hartry Field
    Hartry Field is an American philosopher best known for his influential work in the philosophy of mathematics and logic, particularly his defense of mathematical fictionalism and nominalism.
  • 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_69c6f7a9fda4819096d4bd3e8133cecb completed March 27, 2026, 9:33 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c6f8b1e1f48190bc9058a8a21a4a62 completed March 27, 2026, 9:37 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c6f9441d74819098f0639a29fdeb5e completed March 27, 2026, 9:40 p.m.
Created at: March 27, 2026, 2:03 p.m.