Triple

T4231478
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Maurice Merleau-Ponty E94589 entity
Predicate influenced P9 FINISHED
Object Alphonso Lingis
Alphonso Lingis is an American philosopher and prolific translator known for his work in phenomenology, ethics, and continental philosophy, as well as for bringing French thinkers like Emmanuel Levinas and Maurice Merleau-Ponty to an English-speaking audience.
E421720 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: Alphonso Lingis | Statement: [Maurice Merleau-Ponty, influenced, Alphonso Lingis]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Alphonso Lingis
Context triple: [Maurice Merleau-Ponty, influenced, Alphonso Lingis]
  • A. Nicolas Coustou
    Nicolas Coustou was a prominent French Baroque sculptor of the late 17th and early 18th centuries, known for his grand religious and royal commissions under Louis XIV.
  • B. Gérard de Battista
    Gérard de Battista is a French cinematographer known for his work on numerous European films, including the acclaimed drama "Monsieur Ibrahim."
  • C. Bernardo Fort-Brescia
    Bernardo Fort-Brescia is a prominent Peruvian-American architect and co-founder of the international architecture firm Arquitectonica, known for his bold, modernist designs.
  • D. Pierre-Louis Faloci
    Pierre-Louis Faloci is a prominent French architect recognized for his significant contributions to contemporary architecture in France.
  • E. Bernard Arrazau
    Bernard Arrazau was one of the climbers credited with making the first recorded ascent of Aneto, the highest peak in the Pyrenees.
  • 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: Alphonso Lingis
Triple: [Maurice Merleau-Ponty, influenced, Alphonso Lingis]
Generated description
Alphonso Lingis is an American philosopher and prolific translator known for his work in phenomenology, ethics, and continental philosophy, as well as for bringing French thinkers like Emmanuel Levinas and Maurice Merleau-Ponty to an English-speaking audience.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Alphonso Lingis
Target entity description: Alphonso Lingis is an American philosopher and prolific translator known for his work in phenomenology, ethics, and continental philosophy, as well as for bringing French thinkers like Emmanuel Levinas and Maurice Merleau-Ponty to an English-speaking audience.
  • A. Nicolas Coustou
    Nicolas Coustou was a prominent French Baroque sculptor of the late 17th and early 18th centuries, known for his grand religious and royal commissions under Louis XIV.
  • B. Gérard de Battista
    Gérard de Battista is a French cinematographer known for his work on numerous European films, including the acclaimed drama "Monsieur Ibrahim."
  • C. Bernardo Fort-Brescia
    Bernardo Fort-Brescia is a prominent Peruvian-American architect and co-founder of the international architecture firm Arquitectonica, known for his bold, modernist designs.
  • D. Pierre-Louis Faloci
    Pierre-Louis Faloci is a prominent French architect recognized for his significant contributions to contemporary architecture in France.
  • E. Bernard Arrazau
    Bernard Arrazau was one of the climbers credited with making the first recorded ascent of Aneto, the highest peak in the Pyrenees.
  • 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.