Triple
T8389363
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | William Alston |
E197901
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableWork |
P4
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
The Reliability of Sense Perception
The Reliability of Sense Perception is a major work in epistemology by William Alston that defends the justificatory role of perceptual experience in forming rational beliefs about the external world.
|
E730164
|
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: The Reliability of Sense Perception | Statement: [William Alston, notableWork, The Reliability of Sense Perception]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Reliability of Sense Perception Context triple: [William Alston, notableWork, The Reliability of Sense Perception]
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A.
Science, Perception and Reality
Science, Perception and Reality is a landmark collection of Wilfrid Sellars’s philosophical essays that critically examines empiricism, the nature of perception, and the relationship between scientific and everyday conceptions of the world.
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B.
Empiricism and the Philosophy of Mind
Empiricism and the Philosophy of Mind is Wilfrid Sellars’s influential 1956 essay that critiques traditional empiricism and introduces the famous distinction between the “space of reasons” and the “space of causes” in theories of mind and knowledge.
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C.
The Foundations of Empirical Knowledge
The Foundations of Empirical Knowledge is a 1940 philosophical work by A. J. Ayer that defends logical empiricism by critically examining sense-data theories and the justification of empirical beliefs.
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D.
Essays in Radical Empiricism
Essays in Radical Empiricism is a posthumously published collection of philosophical writings by William James that develops his influential doctrine of radical empiricism, emphasizing the primacy of experience and relations in understanding reality.
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E.
Phenomenology of Mind
Phenomenology of Mind is the English title of G. W. F. Hegel’s seminal philosophical work that traces the development of human consciousness, self-awareness, and reason toward absolute knowledge.
- 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: The Reliability of Sense Perception Triple: [William Alston, notableWork, The Reliability of Sense Perception]
Generated description
The Reliability of Sense Perception is a major work in epistemology by William Alston that defends the justificatory role of perceptual experience in forming rational beliefs about the external world.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Reliability of Sense Perception Target entity description: The Reliability of Sense Perception is a major work in epistemology by William Alston that defends the justificatory role of perceptual experience in forming rational beliefs about the external world.
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A.
Science, Perception and Reality
Science, Perception and Reality is a landmark collection of Wilfrid Sellars’s philosophical essays that critically examines empiricism, the nature of perception, and the relationship between scientific and everyday conceptions of the world.
-
B.
Empiricism and the Philosophy of Mind
Empiricism and the Philosophy of Mind is Wilfrid Sellars’s influential 1956 essay that critiques traditional empiricism and introduces the famous distinction between the “space of reasons” and the “space of causes” in theories of mind and knowledge.
-
C.
The Foundations of Empirical Knowledge
The Foundations of Empirical Knowledge is a 1940 philosophical work by A. J. Ayer that defends logical empiricism by critically examining sense-data theories and the justification of empirical beliefs.
-
D.
Essays in Radical Empiricism
Essays in Radical Empiricism is a posthumously published collection of philosophical writings by William James that develops his influential doctrine of radical empiricism, emphasizing the primacy of experience and relations in understanding reality.
-
E.
Phenomenology of Mind
Phenomenology of Mind is the English title of G. W. F. Hegel’s seminal philosophical work that traces the development of human consciousness, self-awareness, and reason toward absolute knowledge.
- 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_69ca82f749388190bffbea6dfb509016 |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:04 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cb810ac380819095bd67f0555ac2a8 |
completed | March 31, 2026, 8:08 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69cde84427dc8190925150b5d52bc9a0 |
completed | April 2, 2026, 3:53 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69cdebfafe84819097f387318897dae1 |
completed | April 2, 2026, 4:09 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69cded2a9c2c8190bdbeddad562ef9e8 |
completed | April 2, 2026, 4:14 a.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 6:03 p.m.