Triple

T13720985
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject David Kaplan E329033 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object “Demonstratives”
“Demonstratives” is a highly influential philosophical work by David Kaplan that develops a formal theory of indexicals and demonstrative expressions in the philosophy of language.
 E1057001 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: “Demonstratives” | Statement: [David Kaplan, notableWork, “Demonstratives”]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: “Demonstratives”
Context triple: [David Kaplan, notableWork, “Demonstratives”]
  • A. “Understanding Demonstratives”
    “Understanding Demonstratives” is a highly influential philosophical paper by Gareth Evans that analyzes how demonstrative expressions (like “this” and “that”) refer to objects in perception and thought.
  • B. “Frege on Demonstratives”
    “Frege on Demonstratives” is a seminal philosophical paper by John Perry that analyzes and critiques Gottlob Frege’s treatment of demonstrative expressions within the theory of sense and reference.
  • C. On Denoting
    "On Denoting" is a seminal 1905 philosophical essay by Bertrand Russell that introduced his influential theory of descriptions and reshaped analytic philosophy of language.
  • D. The Varieties of Reference
    The Varieties of Reference is a highly influential work of analytic philosophy in which Gareth Evans develops a detailed theory of reference, perception, and singular thought.
  • E. “Identity and Predication”
    “Identity and Predication” is a seminal philosophical work by Gareth Evans that examines the logic and metaphysics of identity, reference, and predicative structure in language.
  • 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: “Demonstratives”
Triple: [David Kaplan, notableWork, “Demonstratives”]
Generated description
“Demonstratives” is a highly influential philosophical work by David Kaplan that develops a formal theory of indexicals and demonstrative expressions in the philosophy of language.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: “Demonstratives”
Target entity description: “Demonstratives” is a highly influential philosophical work by David Kaplan that develops a formal theory of indexicals and demonstrative expressions in the philosophy of language.
  • A. “Understanding Demonstratives”
    “Understanding Demonstratives” is a highly influential philosophical paper by Gareth Evans that analyzes how demonstrative expressions (like “this” and “that”) refer to objects in perception and thought.
  • B. “Frege on Demonstratives”
    “Frege on Demonstratives” is a seminal philosophical paper by John Perry that analyzes and critiques Gottlob Frege’s treatment of demonstrative expressions within the theory of sense and reference.
  • C. On Denoting
    "On Denoting" is a seminal 1905 philosophical essay by Bertrand Russell that introduced his influential theory of descriptions and reshaped analytic philosophy of language.
  • D. The Varieties of Reference
    The Varieties of Reference is a highly influential work of analytic philosophy in which Gareth Evans develops a detailed theory of reference, perception, and singular thought.
  • E. “Identity and Predication”
    “Identity and Predication” is a seminal philosophical work by Gareth Evans that examines the logic and metaphysics of identity, reference, and predicative structure in language.
  • 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_69d80770b9bc81909f70c8c317d53cff completed April 9, 2026, 8:09 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69de01f3b46481909ceedfa78e9ca92b completed April 14, 2026, 8:59 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f79d5c4f848190993f829824eabbef completed May 3, 2026, 7:09 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f79e77b5e88190a85f4061c8abb8a4 completed May 3, 2026, 7:13 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f79fa5249481909b2c046ed9801371 completed May 3, 2026, 7:19 p.m.
Created at: April 9, 2026, 9:55 p.m.