Triple

T18299381
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Rudolf Otto E438313 entity
Predicate influenced P9 FINISHED
Object Ninian Smart
Ninian Smart was a pioneering Scottish scholar of religious studies known for developing the influential seven-dimensional model for analyzing world religions and helping establish religious studies as a distinct academic discipline.
 E1318603 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: Ninian Smart | Statement: [Rudolf Otto, influenced, Ninian Smart]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Ninian Smart
Context triple: [Rudolf Otto, influenced, Ninian Smart]
  • A. Ian Barbour
    Ian Barbour was a pioneering scholar in the field of science and religion, renowned for his influential work on the relationship between scientific inquiry and Christian theology.
  • B. H. Richard Niebuhr
    H. Richard Niebuhr was a prominent 20th-century American theologian known for his influential work in Christian ethics, theology of culture, and as a leading figure in the neo-orthodox movement.
  • C. Thomas F. Torrance
    Thomas F. Torrance was a prominent 20th-century Scottish Reformed theologian known for his work on the relationship between theology and science and for his influential studies of Karl Barth.
  • D. Alister McGrath
    Alister McGrath is a Northern Irish theologian, Anglican priest, and former molecular biophysicist known for his extensive work on the relationship between science and religion, Christian theology, and apologetics.
  • E. Gordon G. L. Clark
    Gordon G. L. Clark is a scholar and translator known for his work on philosophical and scientific texts, including rendering Hans Reichenbach’s "Philosophy of Mathematics and Natural Science" into English.
  • 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: Ninian Smart
Triple: [Rudolf Otto, influenced, Ninian Smart]
Generated description
Ninian Smart was a pioneering Scottish scholar of religious studies known for developing the influential seven-dimensional model for analyzing world religions and helping establish religious studies as a distinct academic discipline.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Ninian Smart
Target entity description: Ninian Smart was a pioneering Scottish scholar of religious studies known for developing the influential seven-dimensional model for analyzing world religions and helping establish religious studies as a distinct academic discipline.
  • A. Ian Barbour
    Ian Barbour was a pioneering scholar in the field of science and religion, renowned for his influential work on the relationship between scientific inquiry and Christian theology.
  • B. H. Richard Niebuhr
    H. Richard Niebuhr was a prominent 20th-century American theologian known for his influential work in Christian ethics, theology of culture, and as a leading figure in the neo-orthodox movement.
  • C. Thomas F. Torrance
    Thomas F. Torrance was a prominent 20th-century Scottish Reformed theologian known for his work on the relationship between theology and science and for his influential studies of Karl Barth.
  • D. Alister McGrath
    Alister McGrath is a Northern Irish theologian, Anglican priest, and former molecular biophysicist known for his extensive work on the relationship between science and religion, Christian theology, and apologetics.
  • E. Gordon G. L. Clark
    Gordon G. L. Clark is a scholar and translator known for his work on philosophical and scientific texts, including rendering Hans Reichenbach’s "Philosophy of Mathematics and Natural Science" into English.
  • 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_69d8b915e3e881909125d760c15d0c29 completed April 10, 2026, 8:47 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e5017d96588190ac1e326803142976 completed April 19, 2026, 4:23 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a03c4ba8f2c819084cfe92ef3189126 completed May 13, 2026, 12:24 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a03c6004d8481908c8e0d5aca374dd3 completed May 13, 2026, 12:29 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a03c705efbc8190a66a8a1016c5eacd completed May 13, 2026, 12:34 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 10:35 a.m.