Triple
T9914420
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | John Finnis |
E185830
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableWork |
P4
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Aquinas: Moral, Political, and Legal Theory
Aquinas: Moral, Political, and Legal Theory is a major philosophical study by John Finnis that systematically interprets and defends Thomas Aquinas’s views on ethics, politics, and law within the framework of contemporary natural law theory.
|
E829704
|
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: Aquinas: Moral, Political, and Legal Theory | Statement: [John Finnis, notableWork, Aquinas: Moral, Political, and Legal Theory]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Aquinas: Moral, Political, and Legal Theory Context triple: [John Finnis, notableWork, Aquinas: Moral, Political, and Legal Theory]
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A.
The Christian Philosophy of St. Thomas Aquinas
The Christian Philosophy of St. Thomas Aquinas is a major 20th-century study by Étienne Gilson that systematically presents and interprets the philosophical thought of Thomas Aquinas within its Christian theological context.
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B.
Principles of Moral and Political Science
Principles of Moral and Political Science is an influential late-18th-century treatise by Scottish Enlightenment thinker Adam Ferguson that explores the foundations of ethics, civil society, and political order.
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C.
Foundations of Natural Right
Foundations of Natural Right is a seminal philosophical work by Johann Gottlieb Fichte that systematically develops a theory of law, rights, and the state grounded in his transcendental idealism.
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D.
Thomas Hobbes and the Natural Law Tradition
Thomas Hobbes and the Natural Law Tradition is a scholarly work by Norberto Bobbio that analyzes Hobbes’s political philosophy within the framework of natural law theory.
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E.
Commentaries on Thomas Aquinas’s Summa Theologiae
Commentaries on Thomas Aquinas’s Summa Theologiae are influential theological and philosophical lectures by Francisco de Vitoria that helped shape early modern scholasticism and Catholic thought.
- 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: Aquinas: Moral, Political, and Legal Theory Triple: [John Finnis, notableWork, Aquinas: Moral, Political, and Legal Theory]
Generated description
Aquinas: Moral, Political, and Legal Theory is a major philosophical study by John Finnis that systematically interprets and defends Thomas Aquinas’s views on ethics, politics, and law within the framework of contemporary natural law theory.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Aquinas: Moral, Political, and Legal Theory Target entity description: Aquinas: Moral, Political, and Legal Theory is a major philosophical study by John Finnis that systematically interprets and defends Thomas Aquinas’s views on ethics, politics, and law within the framework of contemporary natural law theory.
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A.
The Christian Philosophy of St. Thomas Aquinas
The Christian Philosophy of St. Thomas Aquinas is a major 20th-century study by Étienne Gilson that systematically presents and interprets the philosophical thought of Thomas Aquinas within its Christian theological context.
-
B.
Principles of Moral and Political Science
Principles of Moral and Political Science is an influential late-18th-century treatise by Scottish Enlightenment thinker Adam Ferguson that explores the foundations of ethics, civil society, and political order.
-
C.
Foundations of Natural Right
Foundations of Natural Right is a seminal philosophical work by Johann Gottlieb Fichte that systematically develops a theory of law, rights, and the state grounded in his transcendental idealism.
-
D.
Thomas Hobbes and the Natural Law Tradition
Thomas Hobbes and the Natural Law Tradition is a scholarly work by Norberto Bobbio that analyzes Hobbes’s political philosophy within the framework of natural law theory.
-
E.
Commentaries on Thomas Aquinas’s Summa Theologiae
Commentaries on Thomas Aquinas’s Summa Theologiae are influential theological and philosophical lectures by Francisco de Vitoria that helped shape early modern scholasticism and Catholic thought.
- 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_69ca829b45f481909040f7b99a1976ed |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:03 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cdb53ba1ac8190ba655133b81596d7 |
completed | April 2, 2026, 12:15 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69d20dd82edc8190b405a3969864af77 |
completed | April 5, 2026, 7:23 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69d20ed1f69c819099faa881a9a4368d |
completed | April 5, 2026, 7:27 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69d212e3b864819092b8464f5a5ab696 |
completed | April 5, 2026, 7:44 a.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 8:41 p.m.