Triple

T1723172
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Charles Taylor E37437 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object Sources of the Self
Sources of the Self is a major philosophical work by Charles Taylor that traces the historical development of modern identity and moral frameworks in Western thought.
 E195091 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: Sources of the Self | Statement: [Charles Taylor, notableWork, Sources of the Self]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Sources of the Self
Context triple: [Charles Taylor, notableWork, Sources of the Self]
  • A. The Life of the Mind
    The Life of the Mind is a posthumously published philosophical work by Hannah Arendt that explores the nature of thinking, willing, and judging as fundamental activities of human consciousness.
  • B. The Concept of Mind
    The Concept of Mind is a 1949 philosophical work by Gilbert Ryle that critiques Cartesian dualism and introduces the idea of mental concepts as dispositions rather than inner ghostly states.
  • C. Toward a Psychology of Being
    Toward a Psychology of Being is a seminal humanistic psychology book by Abraham Maslow that explores self-actualization and the realization of human potential.
  • D. The Phenomenon of Man
    The Phenomenon of Man is a philosophical and theological work by Pierre Teilhard de Chardin that explores human evolution and consciousness within a cosmic, spiritually oriented framework.
  • E. The Concept of a Person and Other Essays
    The Concept of a Person and Other Essays is a collection of philosophical writings by A. J. Ayer that explores issues in epistemology, metaphysics, and the philosophy of mind and language.
  • 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: Sources of the Self
Triple: [Charles Taylor, notableWork, Sources of the Self]
Generated description
Sources of the Self is a major philosophical work by Charles Taylor that traces the historical development of modern identity and moral frameworks in Western thought.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Sources of the Self
Target entity description: Sources of the Self is a major philosophical work by Charles Taylor that traces the historical development of modern identity and moral frameworks in Western thought.
  • A. The Life of the Mind
    The Life of the Mind is a posthumously published philosophical work by Hannah Arendt that explores the nature of thinking, willing, and judging as fundamental activities of human consciousness.
  • B. The Concept of Mind
    The Concept of Mind is a 1949 philosophical work by Gilbert Ryle that critiques Cartesian dualism and introduces the idea of mental concepts as dispositions rather than inner ghostly states.
  • C. Toward a Psychology of Being
    Toward a Psychology of Being is a seminal humanistic psychology book by Abraham Maslow that explores self-actualization and the realization of human potential.
  • D. The Phenomenon of Man
    The Phenomenon of Man is a philosophical and theological work by Pierre Teilhard de Chardin that explores human evolution and consciousness within a cosmic, spiritually oriented framework.
  • E. The Concept of a Person and Other Essays
    The Concept of a Person and Other Essays is a collection of philosophical writings by A. J. Ayer that explores issues in epistemology, metaphysics, and the philosophy of mind and language.
  • 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_69a8861acab88190bb43cde203429399 completed March 4, 2026, 7:20 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69aa63587ce08190a6a9e6dae11a708c completed March 6, 2026, 5:17 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ad8aefefc881908acd48eebc67c6ec completed March 8, 2026, 2:42 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ad979ce880819089daecbc8455ec84 completed March 8, 2026, 3:37 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ad9ba92a848190918a8748fb65348a completed March 8, 2026, 3:54 p.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:30 p.m.