Triple

T15262183
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Hartry Field E364805 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object Science Without Numbers
Science Without Numbers is a landmark philosophical work by Hartry Field that develops a nominalist approach to science by attempting to reconstruct physics without reference to abstract mathematical entities.
E1146659 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: Science Without Numbers | Statement: [Hartry Field, notableWork, Science Without Numbers]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Science Without Numbers
Context triple: [Hartry Field, notableWork, Science Without Numbers]
  • A. Mathematics Without Numbers
    Mathematics Without Numbers is a philosophical work by Geoffrey Hellman that develops a version of structuralism in the philosophy of mathematics using modal logic instead of traditional set-theoretic foundations.
  • B. From Mathematics to Philosophy
    From Mathematics to Philosophy is a philosophical work by logician Hao Wang that explores the foundational and conceptual implications of modern mathematics for broader philosophical inquiry.
  • C. The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Mathematics in the Natural Sciences
    The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Mathematics in the Natural Sciences is a landmark 1960 essay by physicist Eugene Wigner that explores why abstract mathematics so powerfully and mysteriously describes physical reality.
  • D. Ontological Reduction and the World of Numbers
    "Ontological Reduction and the World of Numbers" is a philosophical essay by W.V.O. Quine that examines how mathematical entities, particularly numbers, can be understood and justified within a naturalistic and ontologically parsimonious framework.
  • E. Die Mathematik im Kampf um die Weltanschauung
    "Die Mathematik im Kampf um die Weltanschauung" is a philosophical work by mathematician Andreas Speiser that explores the role of mathematics in shaping and clarifying worldviews and fundamental beliefs.
  • 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: Science Without Numbers
Triple: [Hartry Field, notableWork, Science Without Numbers]
Generated description
Science Without Numbers is a landmark philosophical work by Hartry Field that develops a nominalist approach to science by attempting to reconstruct physics without reference to abstract mathematical entities.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Science Without Numbers
Target entity description: Science Without Numbers is a landmark philosophical work by Hartry Field that develops a nominalist approach to science by attempting to reconstruct physics without reference to abstract mathematical entities.
  • A. Mathematics Without Numbers
    Mathematics Without Numbers is a philosophical work by Geoffrey Hellman that develops a version of structuralism in the philosophy of mathematics using modal logic instead of traditional set-theoretic foundations.
  • B. From Mathematics to Philosophy
    From Mathematics to Philosophy is a philosophical work by logician Hao Wang that explores the foundational and conceptual implications of modern mathematics for broader philosophical inquiry.
  • C. The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Mathematics in the Natural Sciences
    The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Mathematics in the Natural Sciences is a landmark 1960 essay by physicist Eugene Wigner that explores why abstract mathematics so powerfully and mysteriously describes physical reality.
  • D. Ontological Reduction and the World of Numbers
    "Ontological Reduction and the World of Numbers" is a philosophical essay by W.V.O. Quine that examines how mathematical entities, particularly numbers, can be understood and justified within a naturalistic and ontologically parsimonious framework.
  • E. Die Mathematik im Kampf um die Weltanschauung
    "Die Mathematik im Kampf um die Weltanschauung" is a philosophical work by mathematician Andreas Speiser that explores the role of mathematics in shaping and clarifying worldviews and fundamental beliefs.
  • 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_69d85a0f08408190b3c3259ae35d79d2 completed April 10, 2026, 2:01 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e0084e85a08190b8e63598b9f6a535 completed April 15, 2026, 9:51 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69fee5fb8b30819096d31ba5884715c9 completed May 9, 2026, 7:44 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69fee805f5bc8190a6095e3c374f3441 completed May 9, 2026, 7:53 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69fee8e4dc688190bd597f8d710c8afc completed May 9, 2026, 7:57 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 3:14 a.m.