Triple

T3843096
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject David Lewis E93500 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object Counterfactuals
Counterfactuals is a seminal 1973 philosophical work by David Lewis that develops a rigorous possible-worlds semantics for counterfactual conditionals and has profoundly influenced metaphysics and philosophy of language.
 E392409 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: Counterfactuals | Statement: [David Lewis, notableWork, Counterfactuals]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Counterfactuals
Context triple: [David Lewis, notableWork, Counterfactuals]
  • A. “Counterfactual Reasoning and Learning Systems”
    “Counterfactual Reasoning and Learning Systems” is a research work by Léon Bottou that explores how to use counterfactual inference to design and analyze machine learning systems, particularly in interactive and decision-making settings.
  • B. Paradox
    Paradox is a relational database management system and development environment originally popular on DOS and Windows, known for its ease of use and integration with Borland’s programming tools.
  • C. Moore's paradox
    Moore's paradox is a philosophical problem highlighting the oddity of asserting a sentence like "It is raining, but I don't believe that it is raining," which seems logically consistent yet pragmatically absurd.
  • D. Counterpoint
    Counterpoint is a 1968 World War II drama film starring Charlton Heston as an orchestra conductor captured by Nazis, directed by Ralph Nelson.
  • E. Alternate Concepts
    Alternate Concepts is a transportation management company known for operating and maintaining urban rail and transit systems in the United States and abroad.
  • 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: Counterfactuals
Triple: [David Lewis, notableWork, Counterfactuals]
Generated description
Counterfactuals is a seminal 1973 philosophical work by David Lewis that develops a rigorous possible-worlds semantics for counterfactual conditionals and has profoundly influenced metaphysics and philosophy of language.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Counterfactuals
Target entity description: Counterfactuals is a seminal 1973 philosophical work by David Lewis that develops a rigorous possible-worlds semantics for counterfactual conditionals and has profoundly influenced metaphysics and philosophy of language.
  • A. “Counterfactual Reasoning and Learning Systems”
    “Counterfactual Reasoning and Learning Systems” is a research work by Léon Bottou that explores how to use counterfactual inference to design and analyze machine learning systems, particularly in interactive and decision-making settings.
  • B. Paradox
    Paradox is a relational database management system and development environment originally popular on DOS and Windows, known for its ease of use and integration with Borland’s programming tools.
  • C. Moore's paradox
    Moore's paradox is a philosophical problem highlighting the oddity of asserting a sentence like "It is raining, but I don't believe that it is raining," which seems logically consistent yet pragmatically absurd.
  • D. Counterpoint
    Counterpoint is a 1968 World War II drama film starring Charlton Heston as an orchestra conductor captured by Nazis, directed by Ralph Nelson.
  • E. Alternate Concepts
    Alternate Concepts is a transportation management company known for operating and maintaining urban rail and transit systems in the United States and abroad.
  • 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_69aed96ce578819084ab16e3439976c9 completed March 9, 2026, 2:30 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69aeebb4fd308190a636ba9dbbe57ed6 completed March 9, 2026, 3:48 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b5040f93948190b104cf1b7db671b7 completed March 14, 2026, 6:45 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b504c46dcc8190a9775c39e5c734a9 completed March 14, 2026, 6:48 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b505742830819093a861bde17c03c0 completed March 14, 2026, 6:51 a.m.
Created at: March 9, 2026, 3:18 p.m.