Triple

T8503236
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject How We Believe E201272 entity
Predicate hasEdition P35 FINISHED
Object How We Believe: Science, Skepticism, and the Search for God (revised edition)
"How We Believe: Science, Skepticism, and the Search for God (revised edition)" is an updated version of Michael Shermer’s book examining the psychological, cultural, and scientific foundations of religious belief and disbelief.
E739169 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: How We Believe: Science, Skepticism, and the Search for God (revised edition) | Statement: [How We Believe, hasEdition, How We Believe: Science, Skepticism, and the Search for God (revised edition)]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: How We Believe: Science, Skepticism, and the Search for God (revised edition)
Context triple: [How We Believe, hasEdition, How We Believe: Science, Skepticism, and the Search for God (revised edition)]
  • A. God, Science and the Search for Meaning
    "God, Science and the Search for Meaning" is a book that explores the relationship between religious faith and scientific understanding, arguing that they offer complementary perspectives on reality and human purpose.
  • B. A Scientist Presents Evidence for Belief
    A Scientist Presents Evidence for Belief is the subtitle of Francis Collins’s book *The Language of God*, in which he argues that scientific discovery and Christian faith are compatible.
  • C. Letters to a Young Doubter
    Letters to a Young Doubter is a reflective book of pastoral letters in which theologian and social activist William Sloane Coffin addresses questions of faith, doubt, and moral responsibility for a younger generation.
  • D. The Reason for God: Belief in an Age of Skepticism
    The Reason for God: Belief in an Age of Skepticism is a Christian apologetics book by pastor and theologian Timothy Keller that addresses common doubts about faith and presents a rational case for belief in God.
  • E. Making Sense of God: An Invitation to the Skeptical
    "Making Sense of God: An Invitation to the Skeptical" is a Christian apologetics book by pastor and author Timothy Keller that addresses modern doubts about faith and argues for the rational plausibility and existential relevance of belief in God.
  • 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: How We Believe: Science, Skepticism, and the Search for God (revised edition)
Triple: [How We Believe, hasEdition, How We Believe: Science, Skepticism, and the Search for God (revised edition)]
Generated description
"How We Believe: Science, Skepticism, and the Search for God (revised edition)" is an updated version of Michael Shermer’s book examining the psychological, cultural, and scientific foundations of religious belief and disbelief.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: How We Believe: Science, Skepticism, and the Search for God (revised edition)
Target entity description: "How We Believe: Science, Skepticism, and the Search for God (revised edition)" is an updated version of Michael Shermer’s book examining the psychological, cultural, and scientific foundations of religious belief and disbelief.
  • A. God, Science and the Search for Meaning
    "God, Science and the Search for Meaning" is a book that explores the relationship between religious faith and scientific understanding, arguing that they offer complementary perspectives on reality and human purpose.
  • B. A Scientist Presents Evidence for Belief
    A Scientist Presents Evidence for Belief is the subtitle of Francis Collins’s book *The Language of God*, in which he argues that scientific discovery and Christian faith are compatible.
  • C. Letters to a Young Doubter
    Letters to a Young Doubter is a reflective book of pastoral letters in which theologian and social activist William Sloane Coffin addresses questions of faith, doubt, and moral responsibility for a younger generation.
  • D. The Reason for God: Belief in an Age of Skepticism
    The Reason for God: Belief in an Age of Skepticism is a Christian apologetics book by pastor and theologian Timothy Keller that addresses common doubts about faith and presents a rational case for belief in God.
  • E. Making Sense of God: An Invitation to the Skeptical
    "Making Sense of God: An Invitation to the Skeptical" is a Christian apologetics book by pastor and author Timothy Keller that addresses modern doubts about faith and argues for the rational plausibility and existential relevance of belief in God.
  • 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_69ca831fe47c8190b5c57b456d2aefa0 completed March 30, 2026, 2:05 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cbe59c413881909513d8a9d52333c0 completed March 31, 2026, 3:17 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ce4e26a3108190a48b00c2927be971 completed April 2, 2026, 11:08 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ce4ff88ff48190a5641635187a9e4f completed April 2, 2026, 11:16 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ce50fd3150819097562093bee78a6d completed April 2, 2026, 11:20 a.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 6:14 p.m.