Triple

T7353203
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Ian Hacking E169555 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object Why Does Language Matter to Philosophy?
"Why Does Language Matter to Philosophy?" is a 1975 book by philosopher Ian Hacking that examines how developments in the philosophy of language have shaped and transformed key problems in modern philosophy.
E659167 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: Why Does Language Matter to Philosophy? | Statement: [Ian Hacking, notableWork, Why Does Language Matter to Philosophy?]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Why Does Language Matter to Philosophy?
Context triple: [Ian Hacking, notableWork, Why Does Language Matter to Philosophy?]
  • A. The Principles of Linguistic Philosophy
    The Principles of Linguistic Philosophy is a posthumously published work by philosopher Friedrich Waismann that develops a detailed, Wittgenstein-influenced approach to understanding philosophical problems through the analysis of ordinary language.
  • B. Linguistics and Philosophy
    "Linguistics and Philosophy" is a scholarly work by W.V.O. Quine that explores the interconnections between language, meaning, and philosophical analysis.
  • C. Mind, Language and Reality
    Mind, Language and Reality is a landmark collection of Hilary Putnam’s philosophical essays that helped shape contemporary debates in philosophy of mind, language, and metaphysics.
  • D. The Interpretation of Frege’s Philosophy
    The Interpretation of Frege’s Philosophy is Michael Dummett’s influential book that offers a comprehensive and highly influential analysis of Gottlob Frege’s logical and philosophical thought, especially his philosophy of language and logic.
  • E. On Philosophy and Its Method
    "On Philosophy and Its Method" is a section of Arthur Schopenhauer’s philosophical work that outlines his views on the nature, scope, and proper procedure of philosophical inquiry.
  • 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: Why Does Language Matter to Philosophy?
Triple: [Ian Hacking, notableWork, Why Does Language Matter to Philosophy?]
Generated description
"Why Does Language Matter to Philosophy?" is a 1975 book by philosopher Ian Hacking that examines how developments in the philosophy of language have shaped and transformed key problems in modern philosophy.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Why Does Language Matter to Philosophy?
Target entity description: "Why Does Language Matter to Philosophy?" is a 1975 book by philosopher Ian Hacking that examines how developments in the philosophy of language have shaped and transformed key problems in modern philosophy.
  • A. The Principles of Linguistic Philosophy
    The Principles of Linguistic Philosophy is a posthumously published work by philosopher Friedrich Waismann that develops a detailed, Wittgenstein-influenced approach to understanding philosophical problems through the analysis of ordinary language.
  • B. Linguistics and Philosophy
    "Linguistics and Philosophy" is a scholarly work by W.V.O. Quine that explores the interconnections between language, meaning, and philosophical analysis.
  • C. Mind, Language and Reality
    Mind, Language and Reality is a landmark collection of Hilary Putnam’s philosophical essays that helped shape contemporary debates in philosophy of mind, language, and metaphysics.
  • D. The Interpretation of Frege’s Philosophy
    The Interpretation of Frege’s Philosophy is Michael Dummett’s influential book that offers a comprehensive and highly influential analysis of Gottlob Frege’s logical and philosophical thought, especially his philosophy of language and logic.
  • E. On Philosophy and Its Method
    "On Philosophy and Its Method" is a section of Arthur Schopenhauer’s philosophical work that outlines his views on the nature, scope, and proper procedure of philosophical inquiry.
  • 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_69c68a5878888190968ce4d04db8d69f completed March 27, 2026, 1:47 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c6f10d3ef88190b3a0763d80b1e726 completed March 27, 2026, 9:05 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c7fa9dfbac8190993c866cda169633 completed March 28, 2026, 3:58 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c7fb9f863c8190bedb3074664ee146 completed March 28, 2026, 4:02 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c7fc2f66248190bac3fa24d530b938 completed March 28, 2026, 4:05 p.m.
Created at: March 27, 2026, 3:05 p.m.