Triple
T6697516
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | William Carlos Williams |
E152786
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableIdea |
P4
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
"No ideas but in things"
"No ideas but in things" is William Carlos Williams’s famous modernist credo emphasizing concrete, sensory imagery over abstract concepts in poetry.
|
E610619
|
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: "No ideas but in things" | Statement: [William Carlos Williams, notableIdea, "No ideas but in things"]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: "No ideas but in things" Context triple: [William Carlos Williams, notableIdea, "No ideas but in things"]
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A.
“On What There Is”
“On What There Is” is a seminal philosophical essay by W.V.O. Quine that challenges traditional notions of ontology and argues for a criterion of ontological commitment based on the quantificational structure of our best scientific theories.
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B.
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.
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C.
The Shape of Ideas
The Shape of Ideas is a book by British politician and author Douglas Hurd that reflects on political thought, public life, and the evolution of ideas in modern governance.
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D.
Reflections on Things at Hand
Reflections on Things at Hand is a classic Neo-Confucian anthology of philosophical writings and commentaries, traditionally attributed to Zhu Xi and his collaborators, that systematizes moral and metaphysical teachings for scholarly self-cultivation.
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E.
The Bounds of Sense
The Bounds of Sense is a major work of analytic philosophy by P. F. Strawson that critically examines and partially reconstructs Immanuel Kant’s Critique of Pure Reason.
- 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: "No ideas but in things" Triple: [William Carlos Williams, notableIdea, "No ideas but in things"]
Generated description
"No ideas but in things" is William Carlos Williams’s famous modernist credo emphasizing concrete, sensory imagery over abstract concepts in poetry.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: "No ideas but in things" Target entity description: "No ideas but in things" is William Carlos Williams’s famous modernist credo emphasizing concrete, sensory imagery over abstract concepts in poetry.
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A.
“On What There Is”
“On What There Is” is a seminal philosophical essay by W.V.O. Quine that challenges traditional notions of ontology and argues for a criterion of ontological commitment based on the quantificational structure of our best scientific theories.
-
B.
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.
-
C.
The Shape of Ideas
The Shape of Ideas is a book by British politician and author Douglas Hurd that reflects on political thought, public life, and the evolution of ideas in modern governance.
-
D.
Reflections on Things at Hand
Reflections on Things at Hand is a classic Neo-Confucian anthology of philosophical writings and commentaries, traditionally attributed to Zhu Xi and his collaborators, that systematizes moral and metaphysical teachings for scholarly self-cultivation.
-
E.
The Bounds of Sense
The Bounds of Sense is a major work of analytic philosophy by P. F. Strawson that critically examines and partially reconstructs Immanuel Kant’s Critique of Pure Reason.
- 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_69c68807adbc8190b8632df42b39eda0 |
completed | March 27, 2026, 1:37 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c6d0a4da9881908d79c410b4cff868 |
completed | March 27, 2026, 6:47 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c6f7bd965881908a128d97f1c94dd0 |
completed | March 27, 2026, 9:33 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69c6f86fb37c8190ba0ed52d998643d6 |
completed | March 27, 2026, 9:36 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69c6f8d6c9d481908d988984e0aed6bc |
completed | March 27, 2026, 9:38 p.m. |
Created at: March 27, 2026, 2:05 p.m.