Triple

T2709485
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Donald Davidson E59822 entity
Predicate influenced P9 FINISHED
Object Robert Brandom
Robert Brandom is an American philosopher best known for his work in analytic philosophy, particularly in the philosophy of language, pragmatism, and inferentialism about meaning and normativity.
 E300370 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: Robert Brandom | Statement: [Donald Davidson, influenced, Robert Brandom]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Robert Brandom
Context triple: [Donald Davidson, influenced, Robert Brandom]
  • A. Donald Davidson
    Donald Davidson was a prominent 20th-century American philosopher known for his influential work in the philosophy of language, mind, and action, particularly his theories of radical interpretation and anomalous monism.
  • B. Nelson Goodman
    Nelson Goodman was an American philosopher best known for his influential work in logic, the philosophy of science, and aesthetics, particularly his "new riddle of induction" and theories of symbol systems.
  • C. Michael Dummett
    Michael Dummett was a British philosopher renowned for his work in the philosophy of language, logic, and mathematics, and for his influential interpretations of analytic philosophy.
  • D. Willard Van Orman Quine
    Willard Van Orman Quine was a 20th-century American analytic philosopher and logician known for his work on ontological relativity, the indeterminacy of translation, and the critique of the analytic–synthetic distinction.
  • E. Wilfrid Sellars
    Wilfrid Sellars was a 20th-century American philosopher best known for his critiques of empiricism and foundationalism and for developing a systematic, scientifically informed account of knowledge and mind.
  • 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: Robert Brandom
Triple: [Donald Davidson, influenced, Robert Brandom]
Generated description
Robert Brandom is an American philosopher best known for his work in analytic philosophy, particularly in the philosophy of language, pragmatism, and inferentialism about meaning and normativity.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Robert Brandom
Target entity description: Robert Brandom is an American philosopher best known for his work in analytic philosophy, particularly in the philosophy of language, pragmatism, and inferentialism about meaning and normativity.
  • A. Donald Davidson
    Donald Davidson was a prominent 20th-century American philosopher known for his influential work in the philosophy of language, mind, and action, particularly his theories of radical interpretation and anomalous monism.
  • B. Nelson Goodman
    Nelson Goodman was an American philosopher best known for his influential work in logic, the philosophy of science, and aesthetics, particularly his "new riddle of induction" and theories of symbol systems.
  • C. Michael Dummett
    Michael Dummett was a British philosopher renowned for his work in the philosophy of language, logic, and mathematics, and for his influential interpretations of analytic philosophy.
  • D. Willard Van Orman Quine
    Willard Van Orman Quine was a 20th-century American analytic philosopher and logician known for his work on ontological relativity, the indeterminacy of translation, and the critique of the analytic–synthetic distinction.
  • E. Wilfrid Sellars
    Wilfrid Sellars was a 20th-century American philosopher best known for his critiques of empiricism and foundationalism and for developing a systematic, scientifically informed account of knowledge and mind.
  • 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_69ab4ac92a088190bc74bca14038e3de completed March 6, 2026, 9:44 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abda7542548190bbf6c947145f7f63 completed March 7, 2026, 7:57 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69afc63b76e0819084c4d2bd4a9e6d78 completed March 10, 2026, 7:20 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69afcaaca2148190b61498e5139d664d completed March 10, 2026, 7:39 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69afcb43e9b88190a99b1bb2e62430da completed March 10, 2026, 7:41 a.m.
Created at: March 6, 2026, 9:55 p.m.