Triple

T1760935
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Meno E38655 entity
Predicate containsArgument P11236 FINISHED
Object Meno’s paradox
Meno’s paradox is a philosophical problem from Plato’s dialogue "Meno" that questions how learning is possible if one cannot search for what one does not already in some way know.
E38655 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: Meno’s paradox | Statement: [Meno, containsArgument, Meno’s paradox]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Meno’s paradox
Context triple: [Meno, containsArgument, Meno’s paradox]
  • A. Epimenides paradox
    The Epimenides paradox is a classic self-referential logical puzzle arising from a Cretan philosopher’s claim that all Cretans are liars, illustrating the problem of statements that refer to their own truth or falsehood.
  • B. Theseus's paradox (Ship of Theseus)
    Theseus's paradox, or the Ship of Theseus, is a classic philosophical thought experiment that questions whether an object that has had all its components replaced remains fundamentally the same object.
  • C. Meno
    Meno is a Socratic dialogue by Plato that explores the nature of virtue and whether it can be taught.
  • D. Socrates' Thinkery
    Socrates' Thinkery is the fictional philosophical school and absurd intellectual workshop depicted in Aristophanes' comedy "The Clouds," where Socrates leads comically exaggerated sophistic and scientific inquiries.
  • E. The Problem of Knowledge
    The Problem of Knowledge is a 1956 philosophical work by A. J. Ayer that critically examines the nature, limits, and justification of human knowledge within the analytic tradition.
  • 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: Meno’s paradox
Triple: [Meno, containsArgument, Meno’s paradox]
Generated description
Meno’s paradox is a philosophical problem from Plato’s dialogue "Meno" that questions how learning is possible if one cannot search for what one does not already in some way know.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Meno’s paradox
Target entity description: Meno’s paradox is a philosophical problem from Plato’s dialogue "Meno" that questions how learning is possible if one cannot search for what one does not already in some way know.
  • A. Epimenides paradox
    The Epimenides paradox is a classic self-referential logical puzzle arising from a Cretan philosopher’s claim that all Cretans are liars, illustrating the problem of statements that refer to their own truth or falsehood.
  • B. Theseus's paradox (Ship of Theseus)
    Theseus's paradox, or the Ship of Theseus, is a classic philosophical thought experiment that questions whether an object that has had all its components replaced remains fundamentally the same object.
  • C. Meno chosen
    Meno is a Socratic dialogue by Plato that explores the nature of virtue and whether it can be taught.
  • D. Socrates' Thinkery
    Socrates' Thinkery is the fictional philosophical school and absurd intellectual workshop depicted in Aristophanes' comedy "The Clouds," where Socrates leads comically exaggerated sophistic and scientific inquiries.
  • E. The Problem of Knowledge
    The Problem of Knowledge is a major philosophical work by Ernst Cassirer that examines the historical development and foundations of human knowledge from the Renaissance to modern science.
  • 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_69a8862d562481908d7025a1c1f67c0d completed March 4, 2026, 7:21 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69aa64410b58819098be7dc5da23d7af completed March 6, 2026, 5:21 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ada0eef69c8190a4d5c8fdaa02603a completed March 8, 2026, 4:16 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ada207c50881909729bf565c2af9dd completed March 8, 2026, 4:21 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ada2c607fc819089d276ae9eca82a4 completed March 8, 2026, 4:24 p.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:31 p.m.