Triple
T8332311
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Nicholas Rescher Prize for Systematic Philosophy |
E195101
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasRecipient |
P108
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Paul Thagard
Paul Thagard is a Canadian philosopher and cognitive scientist known for his influential work on explanation, coherence, and the philosophy of mind and science.
|
E726733
|
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: Paul Thagard | Statement: [Nicholas Rescher Prize for Systematic Philosophy, hasRecipient, Paul Thagard]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Paul Thagard Context triple: [Nicholas Rescher Prize for Systematic Philosophy, hasRecipient, Paul Thagard]
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A.
Norman E. Thagard
Norman E. Thagard is an American physician, former U.S. Marine Corps officer, and NASA astronaut who became the first American to fly on a Russian spacecraft.
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B.
Ned Block
Ned Block is an American philosopher of mind and cognitive scientist known for his influential work on consciousness, mental representation, and the philosophy of psychology.
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C.
Russell Dennett
Russell Dennett is a British musician best known for his work as a member of the influential synth-pop band The Human League.
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D.
Jerry Fodor
Jerry Fodor was an influential American philosopher and cognitive scientist best known for his work on the philosophy of mind, particularly the modularity of mind and the language of thought hypothesis.
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E.
Patricia Churchland
Patricia Churchland is a Canadian-American philosopher renowned for her pioneering work in neurophilosophy, exploring how neuroscience informs and reshapes traditional questions in philosophy of mind and ethics.
- 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: Paul Thagard Triple: [Nicholas Rescher Prize for Systematic Philosophy, hasRecipient, Paul Thagard]
Generated description
Paul Thagard is a Canadian philosopher and cognitive scientist known for his influential work on explanation, coherence, and the philosophy of mind and science.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Paul Thagard Target entity description: Paul Thagard is a Canadian philosopher and cognitive scientist known for his influential work on explanation, coherence, and the philosophy of mind and science.
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A.
Norman E. Thagard
Norman E. Thagard is an American physician, former U.S. Marine Corps officer, and NASA astronaut who became the first American to fly on a Russian spacecraft.
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B.
Ned Block
Ned Block is an American philosopher of mind and cognitive scientist known for his influential work on consciousness, mental representation, and the philosophy of psychology.
-
C.
Russell Dennett
Russell Dennett is a British musician best known for his work as a member of the influential synth-pop band The Human League.
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D.
Jerry Fodor
Jerry Fodor was an influential American philosopher and cognitive scientist best known for his work on the philosophy of mind, particularly the modularity of mind and the language of thought hypothesis.
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E.
Patricia Churchland
Patricia Churchland is a Canadian-American philosopher renowned for her pioneering work in neurophilosophy, exploring how neuroscience informs and reshapes traditional questions in philosophy of mind and ethics.
- 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_69cb7fbce4048190838b5bca8e7b219c |
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, 5:57 p.m.