Triple

T8331252
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Alasdair MacIntyre E195077 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object A Short History of Ethics
A Short History of Ethics is a philosophical work by Alasdair MacIntyre that surveys the development of moral thought from ancient Greece to the modern era, critically examining how ethical concepts and theories have evolved.
E726703 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: A Short History of Ethics | Statement: [Alasdair MacIntyre, notableWork, A Short History of Ethics]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: A Short History of Ethics
Context triple: [Alasdair MacIntyre, notableWork, A Short History of Ethics]
  • A. The Science of Ethics
    The Science of Ethics is a major 19th-century philosophical work by Leslie Stephen that systematically examines moral philosophy and the foundations of ethical theory.
  • B. Ethics and the Limits of Philosophy
    Ethics and the Limits of Philosophy is a 1985 book by Bernard Williams that critically examines the ambitions and methods of modern moral philosophy, arguing for a more historically and psychologically grounded understanding of ethical life.
  • C. The Elements of Morality
    The Elements of Morality is a 19th-century philosophical treatise by William Whewell that systematically explores ethical theory, moral duties, and the foundations of human conduct.
  • D. Outlines of the History of Ethics for English Readers
    Outlines of the History of Ethics for English Readers is a concise survey of moral philosophy that traces the development of ethical thought from ancient Greece to modern times, written by the utilitarian philosopher Henry Sidgwick for a general English-speaking audience.
  • E. The System of Ethics
    The System of Ethics is a foundational philosophical work by Johann Gottlieb Fichte that systematically develops his idealist moral philosophy and theory of human freedom.
  • 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: A Short History of Ethics
Triple: [Alasdair MacIntyre, notableWork, A Short History of Ethics]
Generated description
A Short History of Ethics is a philosophical work by Alasdair MacIntyre that surveys the development of moral thought from ancient Greece to the modern era, critically examining how ethical concepts and theories have evolved.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: A Short History of Ethics
Target entity description: A Short History of Ethics is a philosophical work by Alasdair MacIntyre that surveys the development of moral thought from ancient Greece to the modern era, critically examining how ethical concepts and theories have evolved.
  • A. The Science of Ethics
    The Science of Ethics is a major 19th-century philosophical work by Leslie Stephen that systematically examines moral philosophy and the foundations of ethical theory.
  • B. Ethics and the Limits of Philosophy
    Ethics and the Limits of Philosophy is a 1985 book by Bernard Williams that critically examines the ambitions and methods of modern moral philosophy, arguing for a more historically and psychologically grounded understanding of ethical life.
  • C. The Elements of Morality
    The Elements of Morality is a 19th-century philosophical treatise by William Whewell that systematically explores ethical theory, moral duties, and the foundations of human conduct.
  • D. Outlines of the History of Ethics for English Readers
    Outlines of the History of Ethics for English Readers is a concise survey of moral philosophy that traces the development of ethical thought from ancient Greece to modern times, written by the utilitarian philosopher Henry Sidgwick for a general English-speaking audience.
  • E. The System of Ethics
    The System of Ethics is a foundational philosophical work by Johann Gottlieb Fichte that systematically develops his idealist moral philosophy and theory of human freedom.
  • 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_69ca82e87f2c8190bdb71ee29dfc642d completed March 30, 2026, 2:04 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cb7fbb2a3881909ef09ffcfcbb6e77 completed March 31, 2026, 8:03 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69cd95ca93148190b6e34d815c7de10d completed April 1, 2026, 10:01 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69cdb20e46b881908d3c6b177e206e50 completed April 2, 2026, 12:02 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69cdb654a2348190a41a6aebf96d8ea6 completed April 2, 2026, 12:20 a.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 5:56 p.m.