Triple

T9707217
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy E234929 entity
Predicate editorInChief P1932 FINISHED
Object Edward N. Zalta
Edward N. Zalta is an American philosopher known for his work in metaphysics and the philosophy of logic, particularly as the principal architect of object theory and a longtime leader of the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy.
E814848 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: Edward N. Zalta | Statement: [Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, editorInChief, Edward N. Zalta]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Edward N. Zalta
Context triple: [Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, editorInChief, Edward N. Zalta]
  • A. Nicholas Rescher
    Nicholas Rescher is a prominent German-American philosopher known for his extensive work in pragmatism, epistemology, and systematic philosophy.
  • B. Stewart Shapiro
    Stewart Shapiro is an American philosopher and logician known for his influential work in the philosophy of mathematics, particularly on structuralism and the nature of mathematical objects.
  • C. Michael Resnik
    Michael Resnik is an American philosopher of mathematics known for his influential work on structuralism and the philosophy of logic.
  • D. Gayne Rescher
    Gayne Rescher was an American cinematographer known for his work on major films and television series, including the science fiction classic Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan.
  • E. Graham Priest
    Graham Priest is a prominent contemporary philosopher and logician best known for his work on non-classical logics, especially dialetheism, and his influential analyses of logical paradoxes.
  • 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: Edward N. Zalta
Triple: [Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, editorInChief, Edward N. Zalta]
Generated description
Edward N. Zalta is an American philosopher known for his work in metaphysics and the philosophy of logic, particularly as the principal architect of object theory and a longtime leader of the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Edward N. Zalta
Target entity description: Edward N. Zalta is an American philosopher known for his work in metaphysics and the philosophy of logic, particularly as the principal architect of object theory and a longtime leader of the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy.
  • A. Nicholas Rescher
    Nicholas Rescher is a prominent German-American philosopher known for his extensive work in pragmatism, epistemology, and systematic philosophy.
  • B. Stewart Shapiro
    Stewart Shapiro is an American philosopher and logician known for his influential work in the philosophy of mathematics, particularly on structuralism and the nature of mathematical objects.
  • C. Michael Resnik
    Michael Resnik is an American philosopher of mathematics known for his influential work on structuralism and the philosophy of logic.
  • D. Gayne Rescher
    Gayne Rescher was an American cinematographer known for his work on major films and television series, including the science fiction classic Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan.
  • E. Graham Priest
    Graham Priest is a prominent contemporary philosopher and logician best known for his work on non-classical logics, especially dialetheism, and his influential analyses of logical paradoxes.
  • 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_69ca84cc78808190a56f3402b7c139a7 completed March 30, 2026, 2:12 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cd9da4c53c81908ba4bfe4d9ca8814 completed April 1, 2026, 10:35 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69d1913aa6e4819081964cf9bcf24fca completed April 4, 2026, 10:31 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69d193150c00819080ed0fbb050b60bf completed April 4, 2026, 10:39 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69d1941802f8819094dc1672984f6033 completed April 4, 2026, 10:43 p.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 8:19 p.m.