Triple
T641473
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Isaiah Berlin |
E16747
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableWork |
P4
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
The Crooked Timber of Humanity
The Crooked Timber of Humanity is a collection of essays by philosopher Isaiah Berlin exploring pluralism, the limits of human perfectibility, and the complexities of political and moral life.
|
E80221
|
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: The Crooked Timber of Humanity | Statement: [Isaiah Berlin, notableWork, The Crooked Timber of Humanity]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Crooked Timber of Humanity Context triple: [Isaiah Berlin, notableWork, The Crooked Timber of Humanity]
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A.
The Open Society and Its Enemies
The Open Society and Its Enemies is Karl Popper’s influential two-volume critique of totalitarianism and historicism, defending liberal democracy and the principles of an open society.
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B.
The Poverty of Historicism
The Poverty of Historicism is a philosophical work by Karl Popper that critiques the idea that history unfolds according to discoverable laws and argues against using such supposed laws to predict or control social development.
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C.
Lectures on the Philosophy of History
Lectures on the Philosophy of History is a posthumously published collection of G. W. F. Hegel’s university lectures that presents his influential view of world history as a rational process expressing the development of human freedom.
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D.
Reason and Revolution
Reason and Revolution is a seminal 1941 philosophical work by Herbert Marcuse that critically interprets Hegel and traces the development of critical theory and modern social thought.
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E.
One-Dimensional Man
One-Dimensional Man is a 1964 philosophical critique by Herbert Marcuse that analyzes how advanced industrial societies create conformist, "one-dimensional" thinking that undermines genuine freedom and critical consciousness.
- 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: The Crooked Timber of Humanity Triple: [Isaiah Berlin, notableWork, The Crooked Timber of Humanity]
Generated description
The Crooked Timber of Humanity is a collection of essays by philosopher Isaiah Berlin exploring pluralism, the limits of human perfectibility, and the complexities of political and moral life.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Crooked Timber of Humanity Target entity description: The Crooked Timber of Humanity is a collection of essays by philosopher Isaiah Berlin exploring pluralism, the limits of human perfectibility, and the complexities of political and moral life.
-
A.
The Open Society and Its Enemies
The Open Society and Its Enemies is Karl Popper’s influential two-volume critique of totalitarianism and historicism, defending liberal democracy and the principles of an open society.
-
B.
The Poverty of Historicism
The Poverty of Historicism is a philosophical work by Karl Popper that critiques the idea that history unfolds according to discoverable laws and argues against using such supposed laws to predict or control social development.
-
C.
Lectures on the Philosophy of History
Lectures on the Philosophy of History is a posthumously published collection of G. W. F. Hegel’s university lectures that presents his influential view of world history as a rational process expressing the development of human freedom.
-
D.
Reason and Revolution
Reason and Revolution is a seminal 1941 philosophical work by Herbert Marcuse that critically interprets Hegel and traces the development of critical theory and modern social thought.
-
E.
One-Dimensional Man
One-Dimensional Man is a 1964 philosophical critique by Herbert Marcuse that analyzes how advanced industrial societies create conformist, "one-dimensional" thinking that undermines genuine freedom and critical consciousness.
- 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_69a4936be1c88190af56540324b57da7 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:28 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a49f02bc2c8190b8a92b2505768c19 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 8:18 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69a5778faa788190ac246d6cd6b983f4 |
completed | March 2, 2026, 11:42 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69a57806b6148190a56a1ed535bb3a65 |
completed | March 2, 2026, 11:44 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69a5785996748190ae7761d190bbd35f |
completed | March 2, 2026, 11:45 a.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:36 p.m.