Triple

T2996879
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject On What There Is E81089 entity
Predicate containsCharacter P5716 FINISHED
Object Wyman
Wyman is a character appearing in Willard Van Orman Quine’s philosophical essay “On What There Is,” used to illustrate issues in ontology and the problem of non-existent objects.
 E319093 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: Wyman | Statement: [On What There Is, containsCharacter, Wyman]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Wyman
Context triple: [On What There Is, containsCharacter, Wyman]
  • A. Wyman-Gordon
    Wyman-Gordon is an industrial manufacturer known for producing high-strength forged components, particularly for the aerospace and energy industries.
  • B. Waimes
    Waimes is a municipality in the predominantly French-speaking region of Wallonia in eastern Belgium, known for its rural landscapes and proximity to the High Fens nature reserve.
  • C. Humphreys
    Humphreys is a small unincorporated community located within Lea County in southeastern New Mexico.
  • D. Eldridge
    Eldridge is an English-language surname of Old English origin, borne by various notable individuals across fields such as politics, the arts, and sports.
  • E. Everard
    Everard is a masculine given name of Old English origin, historically meaning “brave boar” or “strong as a wild boar.”
  • 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: Wyman
Triple: [On What There Is, containsCharacter, Wyman]
Generated description
Wyman is a character appearing in Willard Van Orman Quine’s philosophical essay “On What There Is,” used to illustrate issues in ontology and the problem of non-existent objects.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Wyman
Target entity description: Wyman is a character appearing in Willard Van Orman Quine’s philosophical essay “On What There Is,” used to illustrate issues in ontology and the problem of non-existent objects.
  • A. Wyman-Gordon
    Wyman-Gordon is an industrial manufacturer known for producing high-strength forged components, particularly for the aerospace and energy industries.
  • B. Waimes
    Waimes is a municipality in the predominantly French-speaking region of Wallonia in eastern Belgium, known for its rural landscapes and proximity to the High Fens nature reserve.
  • C. Humphreys
    Humphreys is a small unincorporated community located within Lea County in southeastern New Mexico.
  • D. Eldridge
    Eldridge is an English-language surname of Old English origin, borne by various notable individuals across fields such as politics, the arts, and sports.
  • E. Everard
    Everard is a masculine given name of Old English origin, historically meaning “brave boar” or “strong as a wild boar.”
  • 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_69ad8b187fc8819085914d3c9ea3142d completed March 8, 2026, 2:43 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69ad99f612148190a5a565ba2ecc4fc0 completed March 8, 2026, 3:47 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b12e419e508190be23a2d413357058 completed March 11, 2026, 8:56 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b1326a2c088190b58fc0a35fe728ea completed March 11, 2026, 9:14 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b1d35cf53c81909738765bef09535b completed March 11, 2026, 8:41 p.m.
Created at: March 8, 2026, 2:59 p.m.