Triple
T1489070
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | William James |
E29534
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableWork |
P4
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
The Will to Believe and Other Essays in Popular Philosophy
The Will to Believe and Other Essays in Popular Philosophy is a collection of philosophical essays by William James that defends the legitimacy of religious and moral belief in the absence of conclusive evidence.
|
E170997
|
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: The Will to Believe and Other Essays in Popular Philosophy | Statement: [William James, notableWork, The Will to Believe and Other Essays in Popular Philosophy]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Will to Believe and Other Essays in Popular Philosophy Context triple: [William James, notableWork, The Will to Believe and Other Essays in Popular Philosophy]
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A.
The Problems of Philosophy
The Problems of Philosophy is a short, accessible 1912 book by Bertrand Russell that introduces key issues in epistemology and metaphysics, such as the nature of reality, knowledge, and appearance versus reality.
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B.
The Natural History of Religion
The Natural History of Religion is a philosophical work by David Hume that examines the origins and development of religious belief in human societies through a skeptical and empirical lens.
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C.
Course of Positive Philosophy
Course of Positive Philosophy is Auguste Comte’s foundational multi-volume work that systematically outlines positivism and the hierarchy of the sciences, laying the groundwork for modern sociology.
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D.
God and Man at Yale
God and Man at Yale is a 1951 book by William F. Buckley Jr. criticizing Yale University for promoting secularism and collectivism over traditional religious and conservative values.
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E.
Lectures on the Philosophy of Religion
Lectures on the Philosophy of Religion is a posthumously published collection of G. W. F. Hegel’s university lectures that systematically interpret the historical religions through the lens of his idealist philosophical system.
- 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: The Will to Believe and Other Essays in Popular Philosophy Triple: [William James, notableWork, The Will to Believe and Other Essays in Popular Philosophy]
Generated description
The Will to Believe and Other Essays in Popular Philosophy is a collection of philosophical essays by William James that defends the legitimacy of religious and moral belief in the absence of conclusive evidence.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Will to Believe and Other Essays in Popular Philosophy Target entity description: The Will to Believe and Other Essays in Popular Philosophy is a collection of philosophical essays by William James that defends the legitimacy of religious and moral belief in the absence of conclusive evidence.
-
A.
The Problems of Philosophy
The Problems of Philosophy is a short, accessible 1912 book by Bertrand Russell that introduces key issues in epistemology and metaphysics, such as the nature of reality, knowledge, and appearance versus reality.
-
B.
The Natural History of Religion
The Natural History of Religion is a philosophical work by David Hume that examines the origins and development of religious belief in human societies through a skeptical and empirical lens.
-
C.
Course of Positive Philosophy
Course of Positive Philosophy is Auguste Comte’s foundational multi-volume work that systematically outlines positivism and the hierarchy of the sciences, laying the groundwork for modern sociology.
-
D.
God and Man at Yale
God and Man at Yale is a 1951 book by William F. Buckley Jr. criticizing Yale University for promoting secularism and collectivism over traditional religious and conservative values.
-
E.
Lectures on the Philosophy of Religion
Lectures on the Philosophy of Religion is a posthumously published collection of G. W. F. Hegel’s university lectures that systematically interpret the historical religions through the lens of his idealist philosophical system.
- 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_69a498da82e08190ba833330d05f380f |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:51 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a4c6a6095481909e9d406ac9a41828 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 11:07 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ad1ca7804c8190b6818ff344908028 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 6:52 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69ad1cfdd8788190b3c9f6e0d49ec350 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 6:53 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69ad1d75f4f8819090c397a4b2d3f839 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 6:55 a.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 8:12 p.m.