Triple

T8523606
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Karl Sigmund E201756 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object Exact Thinking in Demented Times
Exact Thinking in Demented Times is a historical and intellectual exploration by mathematician Karl Sigmund that examines how leading scientists and mathematicians navigated the rise of Nazism and totalitarianism in 20th-century Europe.
 E738054 NE FINISHED

Named-entity recognition

Before disambiguation, gpt-5-mini classified whether the object phrase is a named entity — the step behind the object's NE type shown above.

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: Exact Thinking in Demented Times | Statement: [Karl Sigmund, notableWork, Exact Thinking in Demented Times]

Disambiguation candidates (2 decisions)

The exact options the model was shown at each disambiguation step, with the option it chose highlighted — the evidence behind this triple's disambiguated ids.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Exact Thinking in Demented Times
Context triple: [Karl Sigmund, notableWork, Exact Thinking in Demented Times]
  • A. The Art of Thought
    The Art of Thought is a seminal 1926 book by social psychologist Graham Wallas that introduced the influential four-stage model of the creative process (preparation, incubation, illumination, verification).
  • B. The Large, the Small and the Human Mind
    The Large, the Small and the Human Mind is a philosophical and scientific book exploring the nature of reality, consciousness, and the relationship between quantum mechanics, cosmology, and human understanding.
  • C. How Two Minds Can Know One Thing
    "How Two Minds Can Know One Thing" is a philosophical essay by William James that explores how different conscious minds can share or refer to the same object of knowledge within his framework of radical empiricism.
  • D. Kinds of Minds
    Kinds of Minds is a philosophical work by Daniel Dennett that explores the nature and varieties of consciousness and intelligence across humans, animals, and machines.
  • E. Beyond the Limits of Thought
    Beyond the Limits of Thought is a seminal philosophical work by Graham Priest that explores logical paradoxes and the boundaries of rational thought, advancing his influential dialetheist view that some contradictions can be true.
  • F. None of above. chosen
  • G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Exact Thinking in Demented Times
Target entity description: Exact Thinking in Demented Times is a historical and intellectual exploration by mathematician Karl Sigmund that examines how leading scientists and mathematicians navigated the rise of Nazism and totalitarianism in 20th-century Europe.
  • A. The Art of Thought
    The Art of Thought is a seminal 1926 book by social psychologist Graham Wallas that introduced the influential four-stage model of the creative process (preparation, incubation, illumination, verification).
  • B. The Large, the Small and the Human Mind
    The Large, the Small and the Human Mind is a philosophical and scientific book exploring the nature of reality, consciousness, and the relationship between quantum mechanics, cosmology, and human understanding.
  • C. How Two Minds Can Know One Thing
    "How Two Minds Can Know One Thing" is a philosophical essay by William James that explores how different conscious minds can share or refer to the same object of knowledge within his framework of radical empiricism.
  • D. Kinds of Minds
    Kinds of Minds is a philosophical work by Daniel Dennett that explores the nature and varieties of consciousness and intelligence across humans, animals, and machines.
  • E. Beyond the Limits of Thought
    Beyond the Limits of Thought is a seminal philosophical work by Graham Priest that explores logical paradoxes and the boundaries of rational thought, advancing his influential dialetheist view that some contradictions can be true.
  • F. None of above. chosen

How the object was described

The object's one-sentence description was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the object name and this triple as context.

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: Exact Thinking in Demented Times
Triple: [Karl Sigmund, notableWork, Exact Thinking in Demented Times]
Generated description
Exact Thinking in Demented Times is a historical and intellectual exploration by mathematician Karl Sigmund that examines how leading scientists and mathematicians navigated the rise of Nazism and totalitarianism in 20th-century Europe.

Provenance (5 batches)

Stage Batch ID Job type Status
creating batch_69ca8321bb44819081b74df0b710276d elicitation completed
NER batch_69cbe64362c88190b978a2544eec6e3e ner completed
NED1 batch_69ce4e8399f481909992aedf0d918cbc ned_source_triple completed
NED2 batch_69ce507766448190830dd3efc8a79a74 ned_description completed
NEDg batch_69ce4ffcf7488190b94cae18be14e8ff nedg completed
Created at: March 30, 2026, 6:16 p.m.