Triple

T15788365
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Problems of the Self E382797 entity
Predicate hasPart P35 FINISHED
Object essay "A Critique of Utilitarianism"
"A Critique of Utilitarianism" is a philosophical essay, notably associated with Bernard Williams, that challenges the moral and psychological assumptions of utilitarian ethical theory.
E1176221 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: essay "A Critique of Utilitarianism" | Statement: [Problems of the Self, hasPart, essay "A Critique of Utilitarianism"]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: essay "A Critique of Utilitarianism"
Context triple: [Problems of the Self, hasPart, essay "A Critique of Utilitarianism"]
  • A. Utilitarianism: For and Against
    Utilitarianism: For and Against is a philosophical book co-authored by J.J.C. Smart and Bernard Williams that presents a classic debate over the merits and criticisms of utilitarian moral theory.
  • B. essay "Does Moral Philosophy Rest on a Mistake?"
    "Does Moral Philosophy Rest on a Mistake?" is a seminal essay by H. A. Prichard that challenges the foundations of moral philosophy by arguing that attempts to derive moral obligation from theoretical reasoning are fundamentally misguided.
  • C. “A Utilitarian View of the Monitor’s Fight”
    “A Utilitarian View of the Monitor’s Fight” is a Civil War–era poem by Herman Melville that reflects on the practical, moral, and technological implications of the ironclad warship Monitor’s famous naval engagement.
  • D. essay "Duty and Interest"
    "Duty and Interest" is a seminal moral philosophy essay by H. A. Prichard that challenges consequentialist accounts of ethics and defends the irreducible, intuitive nature of moral obligation.
  • E. Famine, Affluence, and Morality
    Famine, Affluence, and Morality is a highly influential 1972 essay by philosopher Peter Singer that argues affluent individuals have a strong moral obligation to prevent suffering and death from poverty when they can do so at relatively little cost to themselves.
  • 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: essay "A Critique of Utilitarianism"
Triple: [Problems of the Self, hasPart, essay "A Critique of Utilitarianism"]
Generated description
"A Critique of Utilitarianism" is a philosophical essay, notably associated with Bernard Williams, that challenges the moral and psychological assumptions of utilitarian ethical theory.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: essay "A Critique of Utilitarianism"
Target entity description: "A Critique of Utilitarianism" is a philosophical essay, notably associated with Bernard Williams, that challenges the moral and psychological assumptions of utilitarian ethical theory.
  • A. Utilitarianism: For and Against
    Utilitarianism: For and Against is a philosophical book co-authored by J.J.C. Smart and Bernard Williams that presents a classic debate over the merits and criticisms of utilitarian moral theory.
  • B. essay "Does Moral Philosophy Rest on a Mistake?"
    "Does Moral Philosophy Rest on a Mistake?" is a seminal essay by H. A. Prichard that challenges the foundations of moral philosophy by arguing that attempts to derive moral obligation from theoretical reasoning are fundamentally misguided.
  • C. “A Utilitarian View of the Monitor’s Fight”
    “A Utilitarian View of the Monitor’s Fight” is a Civil War–era poem by Herman Melville that reflects on the practical, moral, and technological implications of the ironclad warship Monitor’s famous naval engagement.
  • D. essay "Duty and Interest"
    "Duty and Interest" is a seminal moral philosophy essay by H. A. Prichard that challenges consequentialist accounts of ethics and defends the irreducible, intuitive nature of moral obligation.
  • E. Famine, Affluence, and Morality
    Famine, Affluence, and Morality is a highly influential 1972 essay by philosopher Peter Singer that argues affluent individuals have a strong moral obligation to prevent suffering and death from poverty when they can do so at relatively little cost to themselves.
  • 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_69d86da16e188190b89af699f1ed0bfe completed April 10, 2026, 3:25 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e054048ff48190ad107c890ef73166 completed April 16, 2026, 3:14 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ff90a6365c8190833431cf079b21fb completed May 9, 2026, 7:53 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ff916638048190ad4a6c85da9cef9d completed May 9, 2026, 7:56 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ff91cf6f7c81908361f85c9a98ae80 completed May 9, 2026, 7:58 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 4:48 a.m.