Triple

T1796469
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Michael Shermer E39614 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object The Science of Good and Evil
The Science of Good and Evil is a book by Michael Shermer that explores the origins of morality through the lenses of science, evolution, and secular ethics.
E201273 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: The Science of Good and Evil | Statement: [Michael Shermer, notableWork, The Science of Good and Evil]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Science of Good and Evil
Context triple: [Michael Shermer, notableWork, The Science of Good and Evil]
  • A. The Fragility of Goodness
    The Fragility of Goodness is a philosophical work by Martha Nussbaum that explores how human vulnerability, luck, and moral conflict shape the pursuit of a good life, especially through readings of ancient Greek literature and philosophy.
  • B. The Elements of Morality
    The Elements of Morality is a 19th-century philosophical treatise by William Whewell that systematically explores ethical theory, moral duties, and the foundations of human conduct.
  • C. The Science of Ethics
    The Science of Ethics is a major 19th-century philosophical work by Leslie Stephen that systematically examines moral philosophy and the foundations of ethical theory.
  • D. The Murderer Next Door: Why the Mind Is Designed to Kill
    The Murderer Next Door: Why the Mind Is Designed to Kill is a psychological and evolutionary analysis of human homicidal behavior that explores why the human mind may be naturally predisposed to kill under certain circumstances.
  • E. The Better Angels of Our Nature
    The Better Angels of Our Nature is a non-fiction book by cognitive psychologist Steven Pinker that argues, with extensive historical and statistical evidence, that violence has declined over long stretches of human history and explores the psychological and social forces behind this trend.
  • 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: The Science of Good and Evil
Triple: [Michael Shermer, notableWork, The Science of Good and Evil]
Generated description
The Science of Good and Evil is a book by Michael Shermer that explores the origins of morality through the lenses of science, evolution, and secular ethics.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Science of Good and Evil
Target entity description: The Science of Good and Evil is a book by Michael Shermer that explores the origins of morality through the lenses of science, evolution, and secular ethics.
  • A. The Fragility of Goodness
    The Fragility of Goodness is a philosophical work by Martha Nussbaum that explores how human vulnerability, luck, and moral conflict shape the pursuit of a good life, especially through readings of ancient Greek literature and philosophy.
  • B. The Elements of Morality
    The Elements of Morality is a 19th-century philosophical treatise by William Whewell that systematically explores ethical theory, moral duties, and the foundations of human conduct.
  • C. The Science of Ethics
    The Science of Ethics is a major 19th-century philosophical work by Leslie Stephen that systematically examines moral philosophy and the foundations of ethical theory.
  • D. The Murderer Next Door: Why the Mind Is Designed to Kill
    The Murderer Next Door: Why the Mind Is Designed to Kill is a psychological and evolutionary analysis of human homicidal behavior that explores why the human mind may be naturally predisposed to kill under certain circumstances.
  • E. The Better Angels of Our Nature
    The Better Angels of Our Nature is a non-fiction book by cognitive psychologist Steven Pinker that argues, with extensive historical and statistical evidence, that violence has declined over long stretches of human history and explores the psychological and social forces behind this trend.
  • 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.