Triple
T7148395
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | An Essay on Man |
E166627
|
entity |
| Predicate | firstEpistleTitle |
P33750
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Of the Nature and State of Man, with Respect to the Universe
"Of the Nature and State of Man, with Respect to the Universe" is the first epistle of Alexander Pope’s philosophical poem *An Essay on Man*, exploring humanity’s place and role within the cosmic order.
|
E645646
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (5 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: Of the Nature and State of Man, with Respect to the Universe | Statement: [An Essay on Man, firstEpistleTitle, Of the Nature and State of Man, with Respect to the Universe]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Of the Nature and State of Man, with Respect to the Universe Context triple: [An Essay on Man, firstEpistleTitle, Of the Nature and State of Man, with Respect to the Universe]
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A.
The Nature and Destiny of Man
The Nature and Destiny of Man is a landmark two-volume theological and philosophical work by Reinhold Niebuhr that explores human nature, sin, freedom, and history within the Christian tradition.
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B.
Observations on Man, His Frame, His Duty, and His Expectations
Observations on Man, His Frame, His Duty, and His Expectations is an influential 18th-century philosophical and psychological treatise by David Hartley that develops a theory of mind based on associationism and physiological mechanisms.
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C.
Essays on the Active Powers of Man
Essays on the Active Powers of Man is a major philosophical work by Scottish Enlightenment thinker Thomas Reid that explores human will, moral agency, and the foundations of active powers in the mind.
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D.
Essays on the Intellectual Powers of Man
Essays on the Intellectual Powers of Man is an 18th-century philosophical treatise by Thomas Reid that systematically defends common sense realism and analyzes human cognitive faculties such as perception, memory, and reasoning.
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E.
Études sur la nature humaine
Études sur la nature humaine is a philosophical and scientific work by immunologist Ilya Ilyich Mechnikov in which he explores human nature, aging, and the possibility of prolonging life.
- 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: Of the Nature and State of Man, with Respect to the Universe Triple: [An Essay on Man, firstEpistleTitle, Of the Nature and State of Man, with Respect to the Universe]
Generated description
"Of the Nature and State of Man, with Respect to the Universe" is the first epistle of Alexander Pope’s philosophical poem *An Essay on Man*, exploring humanity’s place and role within the cosmic order.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Of the Nature and State of Man, with Respect to the Universe Target entity description: "Of the Nature and State of Man, with Respect to the Universe" is the first epistle of Alexander Pope’s philosophical poem *An Essay on Man*, exploring humanity’s place and role within the cosmic order.
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A.
The Nature and Destiny of Man
The Nature and Destiny of Man is a landmark two-volume theological and philosophical work by Reinhold Niebuhr that explores human nature, sin, freedom, and history within the Christian tradition.
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B.
Observations on Man, His Frame, His Duty, and His Expectations
Observations on Man, His Frame, His Duty, and His Expectations is an influential 18th-century philosophical and psychological treatise by David Hartley that develops a theory of mind based on associationism and physiological mechanisms.
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C.
Essays on the Active Powers of Man
Essays on the Active Powers of Man is a major philosophical work by Scottish Enlightenment thinker Thomas Reid that explores human will, moral agency, and the foundations of active powers in the mind.
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D.
Essays on the Intellectual Powers of Man
Essays on the Intellectual Powers of Man is an 18th-century philosophical treatise by Thomas Reid that systematically defends common sense realism and analyzes human cognitive faculties such as perception, memory, and reasoning.
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E.
Études sur la nature humaine
Études sur la nature humaine is a philosophical and scientific work by immunologist Ilya Ilyich Mechnikov in which he explores human nature, aging, and the possibility of prolonging life.
- F. None of above. chosen
PD
Predicate disambiguation
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: firstEpistleTitle Context triple: [An Essay on Man, firstEpistleTitle, Of the Nature and State of Man, with Respect to the Universe]
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A.
firstReleaseTitle
Indicates the title associated with an entity’s initial or earliest release.
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B.
firstSeriesTitle
Indicates the title of the first series in which the subject (such as a work, character, or franchise) appears or to which it belongs.
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C.
firstTitleFor
Indicates that one entity is the earliest or primary title assigned to another entity, typically among multiple possible titles.
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D.
firstPartTitle
chosen
Indicates that one entity is the first part or initial segment of the title of another entity.
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E.
firstTitleSince
Indicates that an entity has achieved a particular title for the first time since a specified earlier point, event, or prior title occurrence.
- F. None of above.
Provenance (6 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_69c68886779c8190a8e3fbabffe68253 |
completed | March 27, 2026, 1:39 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c6e7d6313c8190bdd34e700fc65502 |
completed | March 27, 2026, 8:25 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c7ada513388190a02a3733bfedf0f7 |
completed | March 28, 2026, 10:29 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69c7ae830c74819091d6d65ac6fba32b |
completed | March 28, 2026, 10:33 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69c7af1133b08190a32dccf82015c19e |
completed | March 28, 2026, 10:36 a.m. |
| PD | Predicate disambiguation | batch_69c6e1caf4e48190b47bb398a3c1554d |
completed | March 27, 2026, 8 p.m. |
Created at: March 27, 2026, 2:46 p.m.