Triple

T4270294
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Metaphysics (Aristotle) E96925 entity
Predicate keyConcept P531 FINISHED
Object matter (hyle)
Matter (hyle) is Aristotle’s concept of the underlying, indeterminate substrate that, together with form, constitutes the being of physical substances in his metaphysical system.
E427122 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: matter (hyle) | Statement: [Metaphysics (Aristotle), keyConcept, matter (hyle)]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: matter (hyle)
Context triple: [Metaphysics (Aristotle), keyConcept, matter (hyle)]
  • A. thing-in-itself (noumenon)
    The thing-in-itself (noumenon) is Kant’s term for reality as it exists independently of human perception and experience, in contrast to the world of appearances (phenomena).
  • B. Aether
    Aether is the primordial Greek deity embodying the bright, upper air and pure sky associated with the realm of the gods.
  • C. 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.
  • D. plane of immanence
    The plane of immanence is a central Deleuzian philosophical concept describing a non-hierarchical, pre-conceptual field of pure becoming and relations from which thought, life, and events emerge.
  • E. De ente et essentia
    De ente et essentia is a foundational philosophical treatise by Thomas Aquinas that systematically analyzes the concepts of being and essence within an Aristotelian and scholastic framework.
  • 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: matter (hyle)
Triple: [Metaphysics (Aristotle), keyConcept, matter (hyle)]
Generated description
Matter (hyle) is Aristotle’s concept of the underlying, indeterminate substrate that, together with form, constitutes the being of physical substances in his metaphysical system.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: matter (hyle)
Target entity description: Matter (hyle) is Aristotle’s concept of the underlying, indeterminate substrate that, together with form, constitutes the being of physical substances in his metaphysical system.
  • A. thing-in-itself (noumenon)
    The thing-in-itself (noumenon) is Kant’s term for reality as it exists independently of human perception and experience, in contrast to the world of appearances (phenomena).
  • B. Aether
    Aether is the primordial Greek deity embodying the bright, upper air and pure sky associated with the realm of the gods.
  • C. 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.
  • D. plane of immanence
    The plane of immanence is a central Deleuzian philosophical concept describing a non-hierarchical, pre-conceptual field of pure becoming and relations from which thought, life, and events emerge.
  • E. De ente et essentia
    De ente et essentia is a foundational philosophical treatise by Thomas Aquinas that systematically analyzes the concepts of being and essence within an Aristotelian and scholastic framework.
  • 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_69b34543f06c8190915ebb1a4574ffa9 completed March 12, 2026, 10:59 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69b34ffa30c08190913622ffec47d33d completed March 12, 2026, 11:44 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b5b7a456108190afa46344a5ed2118 completed March 14, 2026, 7:31 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b5b83759c08190b080565bb1ac8bb4 completed March 14, 2026, 7:34 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b5b8c3fb208190b091da57f7b1f704 completed March 14, 2026, 7:36 p.m.
Created at: March 12, 2026, 11:07 p.m.