Triple

T4282134
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject John H. Brockman E97175 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object What We Believe but Cannot Prove (as editor)
What We Believe but Cannot Prove (as editor) is a science and philosophy anthology compiled by John H. Brockman in which leading thinkers share their most compelling yet unproven ideas about how the world works.
E426309 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: What We Believe but Cannot Prove (as editor) | Statement: [John H. Brockman, notableWork, What We Believe but Cannot Prove (as editor)]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: What We Believe but Cannot Prove (as editor)
Context triple: [John H. Brockman, notableWork, What We Believe but Cannot Prove (as editor)]
  • A. A Scientist Presents Evidence for Belief
    A Scientist Presents Evidence for Belief is the subtitle of Francis Collins’s book *The Language of God*, in which he argues that scientific discovery and Christian faith are compatible.
  • B. Belief: Readings on the Reason for Faith
    "Belief: Readings on the Reason for Faith" is a collection of essays and reflections edited by geneticist Francis Collins that explores the relationship between science, reason, and religious faith.
  • C. On Faith and Reason
    "On Faith and Reason" is a section of the First Vatican Council’s dogmatic constitution *Dei Filius* that articulates the Catholic Church’s teaching on the harmonious relationship between human reason and divine revelation.
  • D. God and Other Minds
    "God and Other Minds" is a 1967 philosophical work by Alvin Plantinga that argues belief in God can be rationally justified in a way analogous to belief in other minds.
  • E. Beyond Belief
    "Beyond Belief" is a seminal sociological work by Robert N. Bellah that explores the role of religion and symbolic meaning in modern American society.
  • 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: What We Believe but Cannot Prove (as editor)
Triple: [John H. Brockman, notableWork, What We Believe but Cannot Prove (as editor)]
Generated description
What We Believe but Cannot Prove (as editor) is a science and philosophy anthology compiled by John H. Brockman in which leading thinkers share their most compelling yet unproven ideas about how the world works.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: What We Believe but Cannot Prove (as editor)
Target entity description: What We Believe but Cannot Prove (as editor) is a science and philosophy anthology compiled by John H. Brockman in which leading thinkers share their most compelling yet unproven ideas about how the world works.
  • A. A Scientist Presents Evidence for Belief
    A Scientist Presents Evidence for Belief is the subtitle of Francis Collins’s book *The Language of God*, in which he argues that scientific discovery and Christian faith are compatible.
  • B. Belief: Readings on the Reason for Faith
    "Belief: Readings on the Reason for Faith" is a collection of essays and reflections edited by geneticist Francis Collins that explores the relationship between science, reason, and religious faith.
  • C. On Faith and Reason
    "On Faith and Reason" is a section of the First Vatican Council’s dogmatic constitution *Dei Filius* that articulates the Catholic Church’s teaching on the harmonious relationship between human reason and divine revelation.
  • D. God and Other Minds
    "God and Other Minds" is a 1967 philosophical work by Alvin Plantinga that argues belief in God can be rationally justified in a way analogous to belief in other minds.
  • E. Beyond Belief
    "Beyond Belief" is a seminal sociological work by Robert N. Bellah that explores the role of religion and symbolic meaning in modern American society.
  • 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_69b34544be3c819084d1ab82d29f90c5 completed March 12, 2026, 10:59 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69b3503938f481909505e0a322dd2b6c completed March 12, 2026, 11:46 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b5b7bec1a88190bd36ed6d48e1c94e completed March 14, 2026, 7:32 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b5b870a66c8190a59bfc0e99234596 completed March 14, 2026, 7:35 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b5b908fad88190846278c782a10cdb completed March 14, 2026, 7:37 p.m.
Created at: March 12, 2026, 11:07 p.m.