Triple

T554800
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Karl Popper E11919 entity
Predicate knownFor P22 FINISHED
Object falsificationism
Falsificationism is a philosophy of science, chiefly associated with Karl Popper, which holds that scientific theories can never be conclusively verified but can and should be rigorously tested and potentially refuted by empirical evidence.
 E69412 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: falsificationism | Statement: [Karl Popper, knownFor, falsificationism]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: falsificationism
Context triple: [Karl Popper, knownFor, falsificationism]
  • A. logical positivism
    Logical positivism is a 20th-century philosophical movement that emphasizes the verification of statements through empirical observation and logical analysis, rejecting metaphysics as cognitively meaningless.
  • B. Fads and Fallacies in the Name of Science
    Fads and Fallacies in the Name of Science is a classic skeptical book by Martin Gardner that critically examines pseudoscience, fringe theories, and popular scientific misconceptions.
  • C. The Structure of Scientific Revolutions
    The Structure of Scientific Revolutions is a landmark 1962 book by philosopher Thomas S. Kuhn that introduced the concept of paradigm shifts to explain how scientific fields undergo periodic, transformative changes rather than progressing through a steady accumulation of knowledge.
  • D. Empiricism
    Empiricism is a philosophical doctrine that holds that all or most human knowledge arises from sensory experience rather than innate ideas or pure reason.
  • E. Karl Popper
    Karl Popper was a 20th-century philosopher of science best known for his theory of falsifiability as the demarcation criterion between science and non-science.
  • 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: falsificationism
Triple: [Karl Popper, knownFor, falsificationism]
Generated description
Falsificationism is a philosophy of science, chiefly associated with Karl Popper, which holds that scientific theories can never be conclusively verified but can and should be rigorously tested and potentially refuted by empirical evidence.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: falsificationism
Target entity description: Falsificationism is a philosophy of science, chiefly associated with Karl Popper, which holds that scientific theories can never be conclusively verified but can and should be rigorously tested and potentially refuted by empirical evidence.
  • A. logical positivism
    Logical positivism is a 20th-century philosophical movement that emphasizes the verification of statements through empirical observation and logical analysis, rejecting metaphysics as cognitively meaningless.
  • B. Fads and Fallacies in the Name of Science
    Fads and Fallacies in the Name of Science is a classic skeptical book by Martin Gardner that critically examines pseudoscience, fringe theories, and popular scientific misconceptions.
  • C. The Structure of Scientific Revolutions
    The Structure of Scientific Revolutions is a landmark 1962 book by philosopher Thomas S. Kuhn that introduced the concept of paradigm shifts to explain how scientific fields undergo periodic, transformative changes rather than progressing through a steady accumulation of knowledge.
  • D. Empiricism
    Empiricism is a philosophical doctrine that holds that all or most human knowledge arises from sensory experience rather than innate ideas or pure reason.
  • E. Karl Popper
    Karl Popper was a 20th-century philosopher of science best known for his theory of falsifiability as the demarcation criterion between science and non-science.
  • 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_69a4932941d08190815efd422f0b4ca7 completed March 1, 2026, 7:27 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4991c524481908b2bb88c4feabec6 completed March 1, 2026, 7:53 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a4e3f90058819081167bac387f8023 completed March 2, 2026, 1:12 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a4e497da648190b9e07fe94488be0d completed March 2, 2026, 1:15 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a4e525eb18819083018d392ba4b2fa completed March 2, 2026, 1:17 a.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:32 p.m.