Triple

T9744050

Position	Surface form	Disambiguated ID	Type / Status
Subject	V. S. Ramachandran	`E236260`	entity
Predicate	notableWork	`P4`	FINISHED
Object	A Brief Tour of Human Consciousness A Brief Tour of Human Consciousness is a popular science book by neuroscientist V. S. Ramachandran that explores the neurological basis of perception, self-awareness, and unusual brain disorders to illuminate how the mind works.	`E817814`	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: A Brief Tour of Human Consciousness | Statement: [V. S. Ramachandran, notableWork, A Brief Tour of Human Consciousness]

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: A Brief Tour of Human Consciousness
Context triple: [V. S. Ramachandran, notableWork, A Brief Tour of Human Consciousness]

A. Consciousness: An Introduction
Consciousness: An Introduction is a widely used textbook by Susan Blackmore that surveys scientific, philosophical, and psychological approaches to understanding conscious experience.
B. Conversations on Consciousness
Conversations on Consciousness is a philosophical book by Susan Blackmore that presents a series of interviews with leading scientists and philosophers exploring the nature of consciousness and the mind.
C. 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.
D. The Concept of Mind
The Concept of Mind is a 1949 philosophical work by Gilbert Ryle that critiques Cartesian dualism and introduces the idea of mental concepts as dispositions rather than inner ghostly states.
E. Orch-OR theory of consciousness
The Orch-OR theory of consciousness is a controversial proposal suggesting that conscious experience arises from quantum processes within neuronal microtubules in the brain.
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: A Brief Tour of Human Consciousness
Triple: [V. S. Ramachandran, notableWork, A Brief Tour of Human Consciousness]

Generated description

A Brief Tour of Human Consciousness is a popular science book by neuroscientist V. S. Ramachandran that explores the neurological basis of perception, self-awareness, and unusual brain disorders to illuminate how the mind works.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: A Brief Tour of Human Consciousness
Target entity description: A Brief Tour of Human Consciousness is a popular science book by neuroscientist V. S. Ramachandran that explores the neurological basis of perception, self-awareness, and unusual brain disorders to illuminate how the mind works.

A. Consciousness: An Introduction
Consciousness: An Introduction is a widely used textbook by Susan Blackmore that surveys scientific, philosophical, and psychological approaches to understanding conscious experience.
B. Conversations on Consciousness
Conversations on Consciousness is a philosophical book by Susan Blackmore that presents a series of interviews with leading scientists and philosophers exploring the nature of consciousness and the mind.
C. 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.
D. The Concept of Mind
The Concept of Mind is a 1949 philosophical work by Gilbert Ryle that critiques Cartesian dualism and introduces the idea of mental concepts as dispositions rather than inner ghostly states.
E. Orch-OR theory of consciousness
The Orch-OR theory of consciousness is a controversial proposal suggesting that conscious experience arises from quantum processes within neuronal microtubules in the brain.
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_69ca84d3e24481908a476e2231123cf9`	completed	March 30, 2026, 2:12 p.m.
NER	Named-entity recognition	`batch_69cd9f2e5bb081908047e3bf5fe3991c`	completed	April 1, 2026, 10:41 p.m.
NED1	Entity disambiguation (via context triple)	`batch_69d1affb761881908dde9a4f028c32f6`	completed	April 5, 2026, 12:42 a.m.
NEDg	Description generation	`batch_69d1b0f7a68481909de080dd78f883a8`	completed	April 5, 2026, 12:46 a.m.
NED2	Entity disambiguation (via description)	`batch_69d1b17bd97c8190b77815db5a6a70d9`	completed	April 5, 2026, 12:49 a.m.

Created at: March 30, 2026, 8:23 p.m.