Triple

T2279717
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Michel de Montaigne E51252 entity
Predicate motto P42 FINISHED
Object Que sais-je?
"Que sais-je?" is the skeptical philosophical motto of Michel de Montaigne, encapsulating his emphasis on doubt, self-questioning, and the limits of human knowledge.
E250759 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: Que sais-je? | Statement: [Michel de Montaigne, motto, Que sais-je?]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Que sais-je?
Context triple: [Michel de Montaigne, motto, Que sais-je?]
  • A. Encyclopédie
    The Encyclopédie was an influential 18th-century French reference work edited by Denis Diderot and Jean le Rond d’Alembert that sought to compile and disseminate Enlightenment knowledge, science, and philosophy.
  • B. Catéchisme positiviste
    Catéchisme positiviste is a key philosophical work by Auguste Comte that systematically presents and popularizes his doctrine of positivism as a secular, quasi-religious moral and social system.
  • C. Honi soit qui mal y pense
    "Honi soit qui mal y pense" is a medieval French phrase meaning "Shame on him who thinks evil of it," best known as the chivalric motto of England’s Order of the Garter.
  • D. Le Siècle
    Le Siècle was a prominent 19th-century French newspaper known for publishing major literary works and influencing public opinion in France.
  • E. Dieu et l'État
    Dieu et l'État is a seminal anarchist and atheist treatise by Russian revolutionary Mikhail Bakunin that critiques religion and the state as instruments of oppression.
  • 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: Que sais-je?
Triple: [Michel de Montaigne, motto, Que sais-je?]
Generated description
"Que sais-je?" is the skeptical philosophical motto of Michel de Montaigne, encapsulating his emphasis on doubt, self-questioning, and the limits of human knowledge.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Que sais-je?
Target entity description: "Que sais-je?" is the skeptical philosophical motto of Michel de Montaigne, encapsulating his emphasis on doubt, self-questioning, and the limits of human knowledge.
  • A. Encyclopédie
    The Encyclopédie was an influential 18th-century French reference work edited by Denis Diderot and Jean le Rond d’Alembert that sought to compile and disseminate Enlightenment knowledge, science, and philosophy.
  • B. Catéchisme positiviste
    Catéchisme positiviste is a key philosophical work by Auguste Comte that systematically presents and popularizes his doctrine of positivism as a secular, quasi-religious moral and social system.
  • C. Honi soit qui mal y pense
    "Honi soit qui mal y pense" is a medieval French phrase meaning "Shame on him who thinks evil of it," best known as the chivalric motto of England’s Order of the Garter.
  • D. Le Siècle
    Le Siècle was a prominent 19th-century French newspaper known for publishing major literary works and influencing public opinion in France.
  • E. Dieu et l'État
    Dieu et l'État is a seminal anarchist and atheist treatise by Russian revolutionary Mikhail Bakunin that critiques religion and the state as instruments of oppression.
  • 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_69a88b08e4308190bdac9aebcca1c91a completed March 4, 2026, 7:42 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abc2194150819083156e4dcd45a423 completed March 7, 2026, 6:13 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ae71e48fb081908498f826167020a2 completed March 9, 2026, 7:08 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ae72bdc5dc81908f475353999161e4 completed March 9, 2026, 7:11 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ae76720e3c8190aeb82dd8779ff715 completed March 9, 2026, 7:27 a.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:48 p.m.