Triple

T4144746
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Étienne Gilson E89354 entity
Predicate influenced P9 FINISHED
Object Ralph McInerny
Ralph McInerny was an American philosopher, Thomist scholar, and novelist best known for his work on medieval philosophy and his long tenure teaching at the University of Notre Dame.
 E415280 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: Ralph McInerny | Statement: [Étienne Gilson, influenced, Ralph McInerny]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Ralph McInerny
Context triple: [Étienne Gilson, influenced, Ralph McInerny]
  • A. Edward Schillebeeckx
    Edward Schillebeeckx was a prominent 20th-century Belgian Dominican theologian known for his influential contributions to Catholic theology, especially in Christology and ecclesiology, and for his role in the theological developments surrounding the Second Vatican Council.
  • B. David Walsh
    David Walsh is an Australian professional gambler, art collector, and entrepreneur best known as the founder of Hobart’s provocative Museum of Old and New Art (MONA).
  • C. Frederick Buechner
    Frederick Buechner was an American Presbyterian minister, novelist, and theologian known for his reflective Christian writings that blend memoir, fiction, and spiritual insight.
  • D. Anthony Kenny
    Anthony Kenny is a prominent British philosopher and historian of philosophy known for his extensive work on Aristotle, Aquinas, and the philosophy of mind, as well as for his leadership roles within the University of Oxford.
  • E. Bernard Lonergan
    Bernard Lonergan was a Canadian Jesuit philosopher and theologian best known for his work on theological method and the philosophy of cognition, especially in his major work "Insight."
  • 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: Ralph McInerny
Triple: [Étienne Gilson, influenced, Ralph McInerny]
Generated description
Ralph McInerny was an American philosopher, Thomist scholar, and novelist best known for his work on medieval philosophy and his long tenure teaching at the University of Notre Dame.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Ralph McInerny
Target entity description: Ralph McInerny was an American philosopher, Thomist scholar, and novelist best known for his work on medieval philosophy and his long tenure teaching at the University of Notre Dame.
  • A. Edward Schillebeeckx
    Edward Schillebeeckx was a prominent 20th-century Belgian Dominican theologian known for his influential contributions to Catholic theology, especially in Christology and ecclesiology, and for his role in the theological developments surrounding the Second Vatican Council.
  • B. David Walsh
    David Walsh is an Australian professional gambler, art collector, and entrepreneur best known as the founder of Hobart’s provocative Museum of Old and New Art (MONA).
  • C. Frederick Buechner
    Frederick Buechner was an American Presbyterian minister, novelist, and theologian known for his reflective Christian writings that blend memoir, fiction, and spiritual insight.
  • D. Anthony Kenny
    Anthony Kenny is a prominent British philosopher and historian of philosophy known for his extensive work on Aristotle, Aquinas, and the philosophy of mind, as well as for his leadership roles within the University of Oxford.
  • E. Bernard Lonergan
    Bernard Lonergan was a Canadian Jesuit philosopher and theologian best known for his work on theological method and the philosophy of cognition, especially in his major work "Insight."
  • 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_69aed95785788190ae75bcf0cd1cafdf completed March 9, 2026, 2:29 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69af025e850c819085ec05b9d9b60712 completed March 9, 2026, 5:24 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b576d2f1788190847d38a384abbe67 completed March 14, 2026, 2:55 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b577ef7ed08190aca5f99d6abf1271 completed March 14, 2026, 2:59 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b578538e908190a2c7d9d80ec5ec99 completed March 14, 2026, 3:01 p.m.
Created at: March 9, 2026, 3:43 p.m.