Triple
T2536172
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Seneca the Younger |
E56273
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableWork |
P4
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
On the Shortness of Life
On the Shortness of Life is a philosophical essay by the Roman Stoic Seneca that argues our lives feel short not by nature but because we waste much of the time available to us.
|
E274039
|
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: On the Shortness of Life | Statement: [Seneca the Younger, notableWork, On the Shortness of Life]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: On the Shortness of Life Context triple: [Seneca the Younger, notableWork, On the Shortness of Life]
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A.
Of Human Life
Of Human Life is the English title of Pope Paul VI’s 1968 encyclical Humanae vitae, which addresses the Catholic Church’s teaching on marriage, sexuality, and artificial contraception.
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B.
The Retired Man’s Meditations
The Retired Man’s Meditations is a 17th-century religious and political treatise by English statesman and Puritan mystic Henry Vane the Younger, reflecting his contemplative theology and republican ideals.
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C.
On the Fates of Famous Men
On the Fates of Famous Men is a 14th-century Latin prose work by Giovanni Boccaccio that compiles moralizing biographies illustrating the rise and fall of notable historical and mythological figures.
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D.
Of Vicissitude of Things
"Of Vicissitude of Things" is a philosophical essay by Francis Bacon reflecting on the inevitability of change and the cyclical nature of human affairs and history.
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E.
On Living: A Postscript
"On Living: A Postscript" is an additional reflective piece by Stephen King that extends and deepens the autobiographical and craft-focused insights of his book "On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft."
- 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: On the Shortness of Life Triple: [Seneca the Younger, notableWork, On the Shortness of Life]
Generated description
On the Shortness of Life is a philosophical essay by the Roman Stoic Seneca that argues our lives feel short not by nature but because we waste much of the time available to us.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: On the Shortness of Life Target entity description: On the Shortness of Life is a philosophical essay by the Roman Stoic Seneca that argues our lives feel short not by nature but because we waste much of the time available to us.
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A.
Of Human Life
Of Human Life is the English title of Pope Paul VI’s 1968 encyclical Humanae vitae, which addresses the Catholic Church’s teaching on marriage, sexuality, and artificial contraception.
-
B.
The Retired Man’s Meditations
The Retired Man’s Meditations is a 17th-century religious and political treatise by English statesman and Puritan mystic Henry Vane the Younger, reflecting his contemplative theology and republican ideals.
-
C.
On the Fates of Famous Men
On the Fates of Famous Men is a 14th-century Latin prose work by Giovanni Boccaccio that compiles moralizing biographies illustrating the rise and fall of notable historical and mythological figures.
-
D.
Of Vicissitude of Things
"Of Vicissitude of Things" is a philosophical essay by Francis Bacon reflecting on the inevitability of change and the cyclical nature of human affairs and history.
-
E.
On Living: A Postscript
"On Living: A Postscript" is an additional reflective piece by Stephen King that extends and deepens the autobiographical and craft-focused insights of his book "On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft."
- 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_69ab4a49b6508190bc467fbef4bac334 |
completed | March 6, 2026, 9:42 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69abd2965fe08190a4aedaf636076241 |
completed | March 7, 2026, 7:24 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69af2bbf248481908f588bc1cf46d168 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 8:21 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69af43444ba481909311e86f5ab3a2c9 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 10:01 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69af43a2055c8190906a984afe0298c9 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 10:03 p.m. |
Created at: March 6, 2026, 9:47 p.m.