Triple

T4793768
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Cornelius Plantinga Jr. E106662 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object A Sure Thing: What We Believe and Why
"A Sure Thing: What We Believe and Why" is a Christian theological book by Cornelius Plantinga Jr. that clearly explains and defends core doctrines of the Christian faith for a general audience.
E468566 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: A Sure Thing: What We Believe and Why | Statement: [Cornelius Plantinga Jr., notableWork, A Sure Thing: What We Believe and Why]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: A Sure Thing: What We Believe and Why
Context triple: [Cornelius Plantinga Jr., notableWork, A Sure Thing: What We Believe and Why]
  • A. 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.
  • B. How We Believe
    How We Believe is a book by Michael Shermer that examines the psychological, cultural, and evolutionary roots of religious belief and faith.
  • C. On Faith
    On Faith is a key doctrinal section of the First Vatican Council’s dogmatic constitution Dei Filius that systematically expounds the Catholic understanding of faith, its nature, and its relationship to reason and divine revelation.
  • D. Reason to Believe
    "Reason to Believe" is a folk song written by Tim Hardin that became widely known through Rod Stewart’s emotive 1971 cover version.
  • E. A Reason to Believe: Lessons from an Improbable Life
    "A Reason to Believe: Lessons from an Improbable Life" is a memoir by former Massachusetts governor Deval Patrick, recounting his journey from a challenging childhood on Chicago’s South Side to political leadership and public service.
  • 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: A Sure Thing: What We Believe and Why
Triple: [Cornelius Plantinga Jr., notableWork, A Sure Thing: What We Believe and Why]
Generated description
"A Sure Thing: What We Believe and Why" is a Christian theological book by Cornelius Plantinga Jr. that clearly explains and defends core doctrines of the Christian faith for a general audience.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: A Sure Thing: What We Believe and Why
Target entity description: "A Sure Thing: What We Believe and Why" is a Christian theological book by Cornelius Plantinga Jr. that clearly explains and defends core doctrines of the Christian faith for a general audience.
  • A. 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.
  • B. How We Believe
    How We Believe is a book by Michael Shermer that examines the psychological, cultural, and evolutionary roots of religious belief and faith.
  • C. On Faith
    On Faith is a key doctrinal section of the First Vatican Council’s dogmatic constitution Dei Filius that systematically expounds the Catholic understanding of faith, its nature, and its relationship to reason and divine revelation.
  • D. Reason to Believe
    "Reason to Believe" is a folk song written by Tim Hardin that became widely known through Rod Stewart’s emotive 1971 cover version.
  • E. A Reason to Believe: Lessons from an Improbable Life
    "A Reason to Believe: Lessons from an Improbable Life" is a memoir by former Massachusetts governor Deval Patrick, recounting his journey from a challenging childhood on Chicago’s South Side to political leadership and public service.
  • 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_69bd43f591c881909e5a532388b0f3f3 completed March 20, 2026, 12:56 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69bd66072ebc8190ae0e6cef1e7b07e4 completed March 20, 2026, 3:21 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69be43f0be108190aebcc9b1a824e624 completed March 21, 2026, 7:08 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69be44b374a081908862ebad48332d16 completed March 21, 2026, 7:11 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69be4530fe5c8190aa976151cdd5bc7a completed March 21, 2026, 7:13 a.m.
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:22 p.m.