Triple

T8399103
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Cartesian circle E198125 entity
Predicate discussedBy P11804 FINISHED
Object John Cottingham
John Cottingham is a British philosopher renowned for his influential scholarship on early modern philosophy, especially Descartes, and for his work in moral philosophy and the philosophy of religion.
 E734736 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: John Cottingham | Statement: [Cartesian circle, discussedBy, John Cottingham]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: John Cottingham
Context triple: [Cartesian circle, discussedBy, John Cottingham]
  • A. Anthony Kenny
    Anthony Kenny is a prominent British philosopher and historian of philosophy known for his extensive work on Aristotle, Aquinas, and the philosophy of mind, as well as for his leadership roles within the University of Oxford.
  • B. Galen Strawson
    Galen Strawson is a contemporary British philosopher known for his influential work in metaphysics, philosophy of mind, and the critique of free will and moral responsibility.
  • C. Crispin Wright
    Crispin Wright is a prominent contemporary British philosopher best known for his influential work in the philosophy of language, logic, and mathematics, particularly on realism, anti-realism, and the nature of truth.
  • D. John McDowell
    John McDowell is a prominent contemporary philosopher known for his work in philosophy of mind, language, and ethics, particularly his influential book "Mind and World."
  • E. Thomas Forster
    Thomas Forster is a Jacobite military leader best known for commanding the rebel forces during the 1715 Jacobite rising in England.
  • 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: John Cottingham
Triple: [Cartesian circle, discussedBy, John Cottingham]
Generated description
John Cottingham is a British philosopher renowned for his influential scholarship on early modern philosophy, especially Descartes, and for his work in moral philosophy and the philosophy of religion.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: John Cottingham
Target entity description: John Cottingham is a British philosopher renowned for his influential scholarship on early modern philosophy, especially Descartes, and for his work in moral philosophy and the philosophy of religion.
  • A. Anthony Kenny
    Anthony Kenny is a prominent British philosopher and historian of philosophy known for his extensive work on Aristotle, Aquinas, and the philosophy of mind, as well as for his leadership roles within the University of Oxford.
  • B. Galen Strawson
    Galen Strawson is a contemporary British philosopher known for his influential work in metaphysics, philosophy of mind, and the critique of free will and moral responsibility.
  • C. Crispin Wright
    Crispin Wright is a prominent contemporary British philosopher best known for his influential work in the philosophy of language, logic, and mathematics, particularly on realism, anti-realism, and the nature of truth.
  • D. John McDowell
    John McDowell is a prominent contemporary philosopher known for his work in philosophy of mind, language, and ethics, particularly his influential book "Mind and World."
  • E. Thomas Forster
    Thomas Forster is a Jacobite military leader best known for commanding the rebel forces during the 1715 Jacobite rising in England.
  • 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_69ca82f816bc8190ab321c07d72208c1 completed March 30, 2026, 2:04 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cb824ac29481909f02cdb2b7cd18af completed March 31, 2026, 8:14 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ce1d2a17e481908c7eab4624903251 completed April 2, 2026, 7:39 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ce1ebf0f808190846f70438f45afbf completed April 2, 2026, 7:46 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ce1f68aa04819081538dda256f4169 completed April 2, 2026, 7:48 a.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 6:04 p.m.