Triple
T738263
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Cartesianism |
E14982
|
entity |
| Predicate | influencedPhilosopher |
P17544
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Nicolas Malebranche
Nicolas Malebranche was a 17th-century French Oratorian priest and philosopher best known for synthesizing Cartesianism with Augustinian theology, developing the doctrine of occasionalism and a distinctive theory of seeing all things in God.
|
E92792
|
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: Nicolas Malebranche | Statement: [Cartesianism, influencedPhilosopher, Nicolas Malebranche]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Nicolas Malebranche Context triple: [Cartesianism, influencedPhilosopher, Nicolas Malebranche]
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A.
René Descartes
René Descartes was a 17th-century French philosopher, mathematician, and scientist, often called the "father of modern philosophy" and known for works such as "Meditations on First Philosophy" and the dictum "Cogito, ergo sum."
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B.
Pierre Bayle
Pierre Bayle was a 17th-century French philosopher and skeptic whose critical writings on religion and tolerance profoundly shaped Enlightenment thought.
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C.
Baruch Spinoza
Baruch Spinoza was a 17th-century rationalist philosopher whose works on metaphysics, ethics, and religion profoundly influenced Enlightenment thought and modern philosophy.
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D.
Francis Turretin
Francis Turretin was a 17th-century Reformed theologian from Geneva, best known for his scholastic defense of Calvinist orthodoxy in works like the "Institutes of Elenctic Theology."
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E.
Christian Wolff
Christian Wolff was an 18th-century German rationalist philosopher whose systematic and rigorous approach to metaphysics and logic significantly shaped the development of Enlightenment thought and influenced Immanuel Kant.
- 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: Nicolas Malebranche Triple: [Cartesianism, influencedPhilosopher, Nicolas Malebranche]
Generated description
Nicolas Malebranche was a 17th-century French Oratorian priest and philosopher best known for synthesizing Cartesianism with Augustinian theology, developing the doctrine of occasionalism and a distinctive theory of seeing all things in God.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Nicolas Malebranche Target entity description: Nicolas Malebranche was a 17th-century French Oratorian priest and philosopher best known for synthesizing Cartesianism with Augustinian theology, developing the doctrine of occasionalism and a distinctive theory of seeing all things in God.
-
A.
René Descartes
René Descartes was a 17th-century French philosopher, mathematician, and scientist, often called the "father of modern philosophy" and known for works such as "Meditations on First Philosophy" and the dictum "Cogito, ergo sum."
-
B.
Pierre Bayle
Pierre Bayle was a 17th-century French philosopher and skeptic whose critical writings on religion and tolerance profoundly shaped Enlightenment thought.
-
C.
Baruch Spinoza
Baruch Spinoza was a 17th-century rationalist philosopher whose works on metaphysics, ethics, and religion profoundly influenced Enlightenment thought and modern philosophy.
-
D.
Francis Turretin
Francis Turretin was a 17th-century Reformed theologian from Geneva, best known for his scholastic defense of Calvinist orthodoxy in works like the "Institutes of Elenctic Theology."
-
E.
Christian Wolff
Christian Wolff was an 18th-century German rationalist philosopher whose systematic and rigorous approach to metaphysics and logic significantly shaped the development of Enlightenment thought and influenced Immanuel Kant.
- 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_69a4934d9930819099eed80096b0597d |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:28 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a4a5f1c9888190b2817138c6893cfe |
completed | March 1, 2026, 8:47 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69a673329a0c8190b725b9863ba4c162 |
completed | March 3, 2026, 5:35 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69a673afbd308190863aea2ff0f650cb |
completed | March 3, 2026, 5:37 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69a6743f50d0819089885836b9668466 |
completed | March 3, 2026, 5:40 a.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:37 p.m.