Triple

T1796468
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Michael Shermer E39614 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object How We Believe
How We Believe is a book by Michael Shermer that examines the psychological, cultural, and evolutionary roots of religious belief and faith.
 E201272 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: How We Believe | Statement: [Michael Shermer, notableWork, How We Believe]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: How We Believe
Context triple: [Michael Shermer, notableWork, How We Believe]
  • A. What I Believe
    "What I Believe" is a non-fiction work by Leo Tolstoy in which he sets out his radical Christian anarchist philosophy, emphasizing nonviolence, love, and rejection of state and church authority.
  • B. Beyond Belief
    "Beyond Belief" is a seminal sociological work by Robert N. Bellah that explores the role of religion and symbolic meaning in modern American society.
  • C. On Faith
    On Faith is a key doctrinal section of the First Vatican Council’s dogmatic constitution Dei Filius that systematically expounds the Catholic understanding of faith, its nature, and its relationship to reason and divine revelation.
  • D. The Believers
    The Believers is the English rendering of "Al-Mu'minun," the title of the 23rd chapter of the Qur'an, which focuses on the qualities and ultimate success of true faithful followers.
  • E. Follow God
    "Follow God" is a gospel-infused hip-hop track by Kanye West from his album *Jesus Is King*, known for its introspective lyrics and energetic, minimalist production.
  • 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: How We Believe
Triple: [Michael Shermer, notableWork, How We Believe]
Generated description
How We Believe is a book by Michael Shermer that examines the psychological, cultural, and evolutionary roots of religious belief and faith.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: How We Believe
Target entity description: How We Believe is a book by Michael Shermer that examines the psychological, cultural, and evolutionary roots of religious belief and faith.
  • A. What I Believe
    "What I Believe" is a non-fiction work by Leo Tolstoy in which he sets out his radical Christian anarchist philosophy, emphasizing nonviolence, love, and rejection of state and church authority.
  • B. Beyond Belief
    "Beyond Belief" is a seminal sociological work by Robert N. Bellah that explores the role of religion and symbolic meaning in modern American society.
  • C. On Faith
    On Faith is a key doctrinal section of the First Vatican Council’s dogmatic constitution Dei Filius that systematically expounds the Catholic understanding of faith, its nature, and its relationship to reason and divine revelation.
  • D. The Believers
    The Believers is the English rendering of "Al-Mu'minun," the title of the 23rd chapter of the Qur'an, which focuses on the qualities and ultimate success of true faithful followers.
  • E. Follow God
    "Follow God" is a gospel-infused hip-hop track by Kanye West from his album *Jesus Is King*, known for its introspective lyrics and energetic, minimalist production.
  • 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_69a88632aa588190ba3978fde0db5bbd completed March 4, 2026, 7:21 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69aa653ef7f481908226ff71afca672a completed March 6, 2026, 5:25 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69adb5d6cee88190b26814134037aba6 completed March 8, 2026, 5:45 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69adb8b626688190b4953d4549339dea completed March 8, 2026, 5:58 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69adb9253fa08190bfb7d245208150c0 completed March 8, 2026, 6 p.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:32 p.m.