Triple

T4038259
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Democritus E83879 entity
Predicate philosophicalSchool P3629 FINISHED
Object Atomism
Atomism is an ancient philosophical doctrine, associated especially with Democritus, which holds that all reality is composed of indivisible, imperishable atoms moving in the void.
E408368 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: Atomism | Statement: [Democritus, philosophicalSchool, Atomism]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Atomism
Context triple: [Democritus, philosophicalSchool, Atomism]
  • A. logical atomism
    Logical atomism is a philosophical view, chiefly associated with Bertrand Russell and early Ludwig Wittgenstein, which holds that the world consists of logically independent atomic facts that can be represented by a logically ideal language.
  • B. Epicureanism
    Epicureanism is an ancient Greek philosophical school founded by Epicurus that teaches that the highest good is a life of modest pleasure, tranquility, and freedom from fear through rational understanding of the world.
  • C. Spinozism
    Spinozism is the philosophical system of Baruch Spinoza, characterized by a strict monism in which God and Nature are identified as a single infinite substance governed by rational, necessary laws.
  • D. Aristotelianism
    Aristotelianism is the philosophical tradition based on the works and methods of Aristotle, emphasizing empirical observation, formal logic, and systematic inquiry into nature, ethics, and metaphysics.
  • E. the swerve of atoms (clinamen)
    The swerve of atoms (clinamen) is an Epicurean philosophical concept positing a spontaneous, unpredictable deviation in the motion of atoms to account for free will and the origin of events in an otherwise deterministic universe.
  • 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: Atomism
Triple: [Democritus, philosophicalSchool, Atomism]
Generated description
Atomism is an ancient philosophical doctrine, associated especially with Democritus, which holds that all reality is composed of indivisible, imperishable atoms moving in the void.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Atomism
Target entity description: Atomism is an ancient philosophical doctrine, associated especially with Democritus, which holds that all reality is composed of indivisible, imperishable atoms moving in the void.
  • A. logical atomism
    Logical atomism is a philosophical view, chiefly associated with Bertrand Russell and early Ludwig Wittgenstein, which holds that the world consists of logically independent atomic facts that can be represented by a logically ideal language.
  • B. Epicureanism
    Epicureanism is an ancient Greek philosophical school founded by Epicurus that teaches that the highest good is a life of modest pleasure, tranquility, and freedom from fear through rational understanding of the world.
  • C. Spinozism
    Spinozism is the philosophical system of Baruch Spinoza, characterized by a strict monism in which God and Nature are identified as a single infinite substance governed by rational, necessary laws.
  • D. Aristotelianism
    Aristotelianism is the philosophical tradition based on the works and methods of Aristotle, emphasizing empirical observation, formal logic, and systematic inquiry into nature, ethics, and metaphysics.
  • E. the swerve of atoms (clinamen)
    The swerve of atoms (clinamen) is an Epicurean philosophical concept positing a spontaneous, unpredictable deviation in the motion of atoms to account for free will and the origin of events in an otherwise deterministic universe.
  • 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_69aed92f7cf0819098e0539bdcc3767f completed March 9, 2026, 2:29 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69aefb3656f08190aa5286d951013646 completed March 9, 2026, 4:54 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b55646e5d881909eadd0640a4f1796 completed March 14, 2026, 12:36 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b556fec4708190b221893ec35f1a38 completed March 14, 2026, 12:39 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b557f73cbc8190b904089ab0fa97d6 completed March 14, 2026, 12:43 p.m.
Created at: March 9, 2026, 3:37 p.m.