Triple
T13892469
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Aspects of Scientific Explanation |
E334007
|
entity |
| Predicate | influenced |
P9
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FINISHED |
| Object | Wesley C. Salmon |
E612967
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: Wesley C. Salmon | Statement: [Aspects of Scientific Explanation, influenced, Wesley C. Salmon]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Wesley C. Salmon Context triple: [Aspects of Scientific Explanation, influenced, Wesley C. Salmon]
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A.
Wesley C. Salmon
chosen
Wesley C. Salmon was an American philosopher of science known for his influential work on scientific explanation, causality, and the philosophy of probability.
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B.
William Bechtel
William Bechtel is an American philosopher of science known for his influential work on mechanistic explanation and the philosophy of cognitive science and neuroscience.
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C.
Mario Bunge
Mario Bunge was an Argentine philosopher and physicist renowned for his rigorous defense of scientific realism and systematic, naturalistic philosophy across metaphysics, epistemology, and ethics.
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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.
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E.
Larry Laudan
Larry Laudan is an influential American philosopher of science known for his work on scientific rationality, progress, and the critique of relativism.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69d81c5dd2d48190b7a5fc1e009de936 |
completed | April 9, 2026, 9:38 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69de23a537d4819093c2bae2a244816a |
completed | April 14, 2026, 11:23 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69f7c71ca8a881908ac02687fbfe62fb |
completed | May 3, 2026, 10:07 p.m. |
Created at: April 9, 2026, 10:15 p.m.