Triple

T1444228
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Michel Foucault E31139 entity
Predicate influenced P9 FINISHED
Object Ian Hacking
Ian Hacking was a Canadian philosopher of science known for his influential work on the history of scientific concepts, probability, and the social construction of kinds.
E169555 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: Ian Hacking | Statement: [Michel Foucault, influenced, Ian Hacking]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ian Hacking
Context triple: [Michel Foucault, influenced, Ian Hacking]
  • A. 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.
  • B. Nelson Goodman
    Nelson Goodman was an American philosopher best known for his influential work in logic, the philosophy of science, and aesthetics, particularly his "new riddle of induction" and theories of symbol systems.
  • C. Hilary Putnam
    Hilary Putnam was a prominent 20th-century American philosopher known for his influential work in philosophy of mind, language, and science, including the development of functionalism and semantic externalism.
  • D. Michael Dummett
    Michael Dummett was a British philosopher renowned for his work in the philosophy of language, logic, and mathematics, and for his influential interpretations of analytic philosophy.
  • E. Stephen Toulmin
    Stephen Toulmin was a British philosopher best known for his work on argumentation theory and ethics, particularly his influential model of practical reasoning.
  • 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: Ian Hacking
Triple: [Michel Foucault, influenced, Ian Hacking]
Generated description
Ian Hacking was a Canadian philosopher of science known for his influential work on the history of scientific concepts, probability, and the social construction of kinds.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ian Hacking
Target entity description: Ian Hacking was a Canadian philosopher of science known for his influential work on the history of scientific concepts, probability, and the social construction of kinds.
  • A. 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.
  • B. Nelson Goodman
    Nelson Goodman was an American philosopher best known for his influential work in logic, the philosophy of science, and aesthetics, particularly his "new riddle of induction" and theories of symbol systems.
  • C. Hilary Putnam
    Hilary Putnam was a prominent 20th-century American philosopher known for his influential work in philosophy of mind, language, and science, including the development of functionalism and semantic externalism.
  • D. Michael Dummett
    Michael Dummett was a British philosopher renowned for his work in the philosophy of language, logic, and mathematics, and for his influential interpretations of analytic philosophy.
  • E. Stephen Toulmin
    Stephen Toulmin was a British philosopher best known for his work on argumentation theory and ethics, particularly his influential model of practical reasoning.
  • 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_69a4991633388190a4d61b5a98aa407a completed March 1, 2026, 7:52 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4c5353fdc819090481cbdd1162929 completed March 1, 2026, 11:01 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ad159e53e88190a566347150e9b4bc completed March 8, 2026, 6:22 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ad17c23f588190b1e16f9e5fbe2770 completed March 8, 2026, 6:31 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ad18eaa4848190bd1d3e98b4cd0e6f completed March 8, 2026, 6:36 a.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 8 p.m.