Triple

T4231477
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Maurice Merleau-Ponty E94589 entity
Predicate influenced P9 FINISHED
Object Shaun Gallagher
Shaun Gallagher is a contemporary American philosopher best known for his work in phenomenology and the philosophy of mind, particularly on embodied cognition and self-consciousness.
 E421719 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: Shaun Gallagher | Statement: [Maurice Merleau-Ponty, influenced, Shaun Gallagher]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Shaun Gallagher
Context triple: [Maurice Merleau-Ponty, influenced, Shaun Gallagher]
  • A. Mike McGear
    Mike McGear is a British musician, photographer, and comedian best known as Paul McCartney’s younger brother and a member of the satirical pop group The Scaffold.
  • B. John Hoffman
    John Hoffman is an American writer, producer, and director best known for co-creating the mystery-comedy television series "Only Murders in the Building."
  • C. Deryck Guyler
    Deryck Guyler was a British character actor and comedian best known for his roles in mid-20th-century radio and television sitcoms.
  • D. Michael Wilford
    Michael Wilford was a British architect known for his postmodern designs and for continuing the work of James Stirling on prominent cultural and public buildings.
  • E. John Stanier
    John Stanier is a cinematographer best known for his work on major action films such as "Rambo III."
  • 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: Shaun Gallagher
Triple: [Maurice Merleau-Ponty, influenced, Shaun Gallagher]
Generated description
Shaun Gallagher is a contemporary American philosopher best known for his work in phenomenology and the philosophy of mind, particularly on embodied cognition and self-consciousness.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Shaun Gallagher
Target entity description: Shaun Gallagher is a contemporary American philosopher best known for his work in phenomenology and the philosophy of mind, particularly on embodied cognition and self-consciousness.
  • A. Mike McGear
    Mike McGear is a British musician, photographer, and comedian best known as Paul McCartney’s younger brother and a member of the satirical pop group The Scaffold.
  • B. John Hoffman
    John Hoffman is an American writer, producer, and director best known for co-creating the mystery-comedy television series "Only Murders in the Building."
  • C. Deryck Guyler
    Deryck Guyler was a British character actor and comedian best known for his roles in mid-20th-century radio and television sitcoms.
  • D. Michael Wilford
    Michael Wilford was a British architect known for his postmodern designs and for continuing the work of James Stirling on prominent cultural and public buildings.
  • E. John Stanier
    John Stanier is a cinematographer best known for his work on major action films such as "Rambo III."
  • 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_69b34537cc6481909cd0a96acbb33ef7 completed March 12, 2026, 10:59 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69b34e642aac8190977dd101e27afcbb completed March 12, 2026, 11:38 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b5964f364881908c53cd46af6b1e98 completed March 14, 2026, 5:09 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b59731052881908d9358dc629a4018 completed March 14, 2026, 5:13 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b597c529a08190bbf2af92bfef1aa2 completed March 14, 2026, 5:15 p.m.
Created at: March 12, 2026, 11:05 p.m.