Triple

T9480279
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Kagan E228617 entity
Predicate hasNotableBearer P458 FINISHED
Object Shelley Kagan
Shelley Kagan is an American philosopher best known for his influential work in moral philosophy, particularly on the nature of ethics, death, and the value of life.
 E802460 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: Shelley Kagan | Statement: [Kagan, hasNotableBearer, Shelley Kagan]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Shelley Kagan
Context triple: [Kagan, hasNotableBearer, Shelley Kagan]
  • A. Peter K. Unger
    Peter K. Unger is an American philosopher known for his influential work in epistemology, metaphysics, and ethics, including his defense of skepticism and his critiques of common-sense views.
  • B. Owen Flanagan
    Owen Flanagan is an American philosopher known for his work in philosophy of mind, ethics, and the relationship between cognitive science and moral psychology.
  • C. Jeff Okin
    Jeff Okin is a television producer best known for his executive production work on the Amazon drama series "Good Girls Revolt."
  • D. Jonathan Lear
    Jonathan Lear is an American philosopher and psychoanalyst known for his work on ethics, ancient Greek philosophy, and the intersection of philosophy and psychoanalytic theory.
  • E. Allan Jacobs
    Allan Jacobs is an editor known for his work on the book "Dangerous Minds."
  • 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: Shelley Kagan
Triple: [Kagan, hasNotableBearer, Shelley Kagan]
Generated description
Shelley Kagan is an American philosopher best known for his influential work in moral philosophy, particularly on the nature of ethics, death, and the value of life.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Shelley Kagan
Target entity description: Shelley Kagan is an American philosopher best known for his influential work in moral philosophy, particularly on the nature of ethics, death, and the value of life.
  • A. Peter K. Unger
    Peter K. Unger is an American philosopher known for his influential work in epistemology, metaphysics, and ethics, including his defense of skepticism and his critiques of common-sense views.
  • B. Owen Flanagan
    Owen Flanagan is an American philosopher known for his work in philosophy of mind, ethics, and the relationship between cognitive science and moral psychology.
  • C. Jeff Okin
    Jeff Okin is a television producer best known for his executive production work on the Amazon drama series "Good Girls Revolt."
  • D. Jonathan Lear
    Jonathan Lear is an American philosopher and psychoanalyst known for his work on ethics, ancient Greek philosophy, and the intersection of philosophy and psychoanalytic theory.
  • E. Allan Jacobs
    Allan Jacobs is an editor known for his work on the book "Dangerous Minds."
  • 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_69ca84730a5081908de282651019bf2f completed March 30, 2026, 2:10 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cd8016813881908dafc026779c89c4 completed April 1, 2026, 8:29 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69d12cf7526c8190b96693bdc13743d5 completed April 4, 2026, 3:23 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69d12ed9240c8190bd206a0d2263e249 completed April 4, 2026, 3:31 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69d12f870d2881909b0b50adfd2ba13b completed April 4, 2026, 3:34 p.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 7:54 p.m.