Triple

T2968610
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject John Gray E80225 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object The Silence of Animals: On Progress and Other Modern Myths
The Silence of Animals: On Progress and Other Modern Myths is a philosophical work by John Gray that critiques the modern belief in human progress and explores the limits of reason, civilization, and human self-understanding.
E314217 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: The Silence of Animals: On Progress and Other Modern Myths | Statement: [John Gray, notableWork, The Silence of Animals: On Progress and Other Modern Myths]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Silence of Animals: On Progress and Other Modern Myths
Context triple: [John Gray, notableWork, The Silence of Animals: On Progress and Other Modern Myths]
  • A. Illusions of Progress
    Illusions of Progress is a political and social critique by Georges Sorel that challenges optimistic beliefs in linear social advancement and rational reform.
  • B. The Malaise of Modernity
    The Malaise of Modernity is a philosophical work by Charles Taylor that examines how individualism, instrumental reason, and the loss of shared moral horizons shape the problems and anxieties of contemporary Western society.
  • C. Monocultures of the Mind
    Monocultures of the Mind is a book by environmental activist Vandana Shiva that critiques industrial agriculture and globalization for eroding biodiversity, indigenous knowledge, and cultural diversity.
  • D. The Crooked Timber of Humanity
    The Crooked Timber of Humanity is a collection of essays by philosopher Isaiah Berlin exploring pluralism, the limits of human perfectibility, and the complexities of political and moral life.
  • E. The Nature of Necessity
    The Nature of Necessity is a highly influential work of analytic philosophy in which Alvin Plantinga develops a rigorous account of modal logic, possible worlds, and the metaphysics of necessity and possibility.
  • 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: The Silence of Animals: On Progress and Other Modern Myths
Triple: [John Gray, notableWork, The Silence of Animals: On Progress and Other Modern Myths]
Generated description
The Silence of Animals: On Progress and Other Modern Myths is a philosophical work by John Gray that critiques the modern belief in human progress and explores the limits of reason, civilization, and human self-understanding.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Silence of Animals: On Progress and Other Modern Myths
Target entity description: The Silence of Animals: On Progress and Other Modern Myths is a philosophical work by John Gray that critiques the modern belief in human progress and explores the limits of reason, civilization, and human self-understanding.
  • A. Illusions of Progress
    Illusions of Progress is a political and social critique by Georges Sorel that challenges optimistic beliefs in linear social advancement and rational reform.
  • B. The Malaise of Modernity
    The Malaise of Modernity is a philosophical work by Charles Taylor that examines how individualism, instrumental reason, and the loss of shared moral horizons shape the problems and anxieties of contemporary Western society.
  • C. Monocultures of the Mind
    Monocultures of the Mind is a book by environmental activist Vandana Shiva that critiques industrial agriculture and globalization for eroding biodiversity, indigenous knowledge, and cultural diversity.
  • D. The Crooked Timber of Humanity
    The Crooked Timber of Humanity is a collection of essays by philosopher Isaiah Berlin exploring pluralism, the limits of human perfectibility, and the complexities of political and moral life.
  • E. The Nature of Necessity
    The Nature of Necessity is a highly influential work of analytic philosophy in which Alvin Plantinga develops a rigorous account of modal logic, possible worlds, and the metaphysics of necessity and possibility.
  • 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_69ad8b14ffe881908ffed62f9595c867 completed March 8, 2026, 2:43 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69ad9970e2c08190affa5efedb9aad75 completed March 8, 2026, 3:44 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b0fca2e5048190a3659de827ee7da9 completed March 11, 2026, 5:24 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b1006c3ee48190b17b8216a8b700c9 completed March 11, 2026, 5:41 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b100dd4f108190b39926534096d6c7 completed March 11, 2026, 5:42 a.m.
Created at: March 8, 2026, 2:58 p.m.