Triple
T19992293
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Kwame Anthony Appiah |
E494091
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableWork |
P4
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FINISHED |
| Object | As If: Idealization and Ideals |
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NE NERFINISHED |
How this triple was built (3 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: As If: Idealization and Ideals | Statement: [Kwame Anthony Appiah, notableWork, As If: Idealization and Ideals]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: As If: Idealization and Ideals Context triple: [Kwame Anthony Appiah, notableWork, As If: Idealization and Ideals]
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A.
The Philosophy of "As If"
The Philosophy of "As If" is Hans Vaihinger’s influential philosophical work arguing that humans rely on consciously fictive assumptions—ideas treated as if they were true—to navigate and make sense of reality.
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B.
The Meaning of Idealism
The Meaning of Idealism is a philosophical work by Russian thinker Pavel Florensky that explores the nature and implications of idealist philosophy in relation to truth, reality, and religious thought.
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C.
The Ideology of the Aesthetic
The Ideology of the Aesthetic is a critical study by Terry Eagleton that examines how aesthetic theory from the Enlightenment to modernity is bound up with ideology, politics, and the formation of modern subjectivity.
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D.
Ideals and Illusions: On Reconstruction and Deconstruction in Contemporary Critical Theory
Ideals and Illusions: On Reconstruction and Deconstruction in Contemporary Critical Theory is a philosophical work by Thomas McCarthy that critically examines and contrasts reconstructive and deconstructive approaches within contemporary critical theory.
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E.
Against the Self-Images of the Age
Against the Self-Images of the Age is a philosophical work by Alasdair MacIntyre that critically examines modern culture’s dominant self-understandings and challenges prevailing assumptions about rationality, morality, and social life.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: As If: Idealization and Ideals Target entity description: As If: Idealization and Ideals is a philosophical work by Kwame Anthony Appiah that explores how idealization and the use of useful fictions shape moral and political reasoning.
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A.
The Philosophy of "As If"
The Philosophy of "As If" is Hans Vaihinger’s influential philosophical work arguing that humans rely on consciously fictive assumptions—ideas treated as if they were true—to navigate and make sense of reality.
-
B.
The Meaning of Idealism
The Meaning of Idealism is a philosophical work by Russian thinker Pavel Florensky that explores the nature and implications of idealist philosophy in relation to truth, reality, and religious thought.
-
C.
The Ideology of the Aesthetic
The Ideology of the Aesthetic is a critical study by Terry Eagleton that examines how aesthetic theory from the Enlightenment to modernity is bound up with ideology, politics, and the formation of modern subjectivity.
-
D.
Ideals and Illusions: On Reconstruction and Deconstruction in Contemporary Critical Theory
Ideals and Illusions: On Reconstruction and Deconstruction in Contemporary Critical Theory is a philosophical work by Thomas McCarthy that critically examines and contrasts reconstructive and deconstructive approaches within contemporary critical theory.
-
E.
Against the Self-Images of the Age
Against the Self-Images of the Age is a philosophical work by Alasdair MacIntyre that critically examines modern culture’s dominant self-understandings and challenges prevailing assumptions about rationality, morality, and social life.
- F. None of above. chosen
Provenance (2 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_69da626a67648190af9653832a3aeced |
completed | April 11, 2026, 3:02 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e65fe10ffc81908c94168b0a8ea9c9 |
completed | April 20, 2026, 5:18 p.m. |
Created at: April 11, 2026, 3:31 p.m.