Triple

T16605478
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Book 10 on Epicurus E403437 entity
Predicate describes P264 FINISHED
Object writings of Epicurus
The writings of Epicurus are a collection of philosophical works and letters that outline his teachings on atomism, ethics centered on the pursuit of pleasure and tranquility, and the rational dispelling of fear of gods and death.
E403437 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: writings of Epicurus | Statement: [Book 10 on Epicurus, describes, writings of Epicurus]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: writings of Epicurus
Context triple: [Book 10 on Epicurus, describes, writings of Epicurus]
  • A. De vita et moribus Epicuri
    De vita et moribus Epicuri is a biographical and philosophical study in which Pierre Gassendi reconstructs and defends the life and teachings of the ancient Greek philosopher Epicurus.
  • B. Principal Doctrines of Epicurus
    The Principal Doctrines of Epicurus are a collection of concise ethical maxims that summarize Epicurean philosophy on pleasure, virtue, and the pursuit of a tranquil life.
  • C. Book 10 on Epicurus
    Book 10 on Epicurus is the concluding section of Diogenes Laertius’ biographical compendium that preserves Epicurus’ life, principal doctrines, and several key letters, making it a primary source for Epicurean philosophy.
  • D. Discourses of Epictetus
    Discourses of Epictetus is a collection of lectures and conversations by the Stoic philosopher Epictetus, recorded by his student Arrian and foundational to later Stoic thought.
  • E. writings of Plato
    The writings of Plato are foundational philosophical dialogues that explore ethics, politics, metaphysics, and epistemology, primarily through conversations featuring Socrates.
  • 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: writings of Epicurus
Triple: [Book 10 on Epicurus, describes, writings of Epicurus]
Generated description
The writings of Epicurus are a collection of philosophical works and letters that outline his teachings on atomism, ethics centered on the pursuit of pleasure and tranquility, and the rational dispelling of fear of gods and death.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: writings of Epicurus
Target entity description: The writings of Epicurus are a collection of philosophical works and letters that outline his teachings on atomism, ethics centered on the pursuit of pleasure and tranquility, and the rational dispelling of fear of gods and death.
  • A. De vita et moribus Epicuri
    De vita et moribus Epicuri is a biographical and philosophical study in which Pierre Gassendi reconstructs and defends the life and teachings of the ancient Greek philosopher Epicurus.
  • B. Principal Doctrines of Epicurus
    The Principal Doctrines of Epicurus are a collection of concise ethical maxims that summarize Epicurean philosophy on pleasure, virtue, and the pursuit of a tranquil life.
  • C. Book 10 on Epicurus chosen
    Book 10 on Epicurus is the concluding section of Diogenes Laertius’ biographical compendium that preserves Epicurus’ life, principal doctrines, and several key letters, making it a primary source for Epicurean philosophy.
  • D. Discourses of Epictetus
    Discourses of Epictetus is a collection of lectures and conversations by the Stoic philosopher Epictetus, recorded by his student Arrian and foundational to later Stoic thought.
  • E. writings of Plato
    The writings of Plato are foundational philosophical dialogues that explore ethics, politics, metaphysics, and epistemology, primarily through conversations featuring Socrates.
  • F. None of above.

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_69d883880d0c81908b5fcd454e767b60 completed April 10, 2026, 4:58 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e36090cf388190b401c55230912104 completed April 18, 2026, 10:44 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a007daa9f7c8190a9540d9a7a6ca6fb completed May 10, 2026, 12:44 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a007e6507208190b3f32c05a2f647bd completed May 10, 2026, 12:47 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a007f2cefa081908734a907da33a72f completed May 10, 2026, 12:50 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:17 a.m.