Triple

T7390422

Position	Surface form	Disambiguated ID	Type / Status
Subject	Emmanuel Levinas	`E170482`	entity
Predicate	notableWork	`P4`	FINISHED
Object	Otherwise than Being, or Beyond Essence Otherwise than Being, or Beyond Essence is a major philosophical work by Emmanuel Levinas that develops his ethics of responsibility to the Other as more fundamental than ontology.	`E662561`	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: Otherwise than Being, or Beyond Essence | Statement: [Emmanuel Levinas, notableWork, Otherwise than Being, or Beyond Essence]

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Otherwise than Being, or Beyond Essence
Context triple: [Emmanuel Levinas, notableWork, Otherwise than Being, or Beyond Essence]

A. On Being and Essence
On Being and Essence is a philosophical treatise by Thomas Aquinas that systematically examines the metaphysical concepts of being and essence within the framework of scholastic Aristotelianism.
B. The Unbearable Wholeness of Being
The Unbearable Wholeness of Being is a theological and philosophical work that explores how contemporary science, especially evolution and quantum physics, reshapes Christian understandings of God, creation, and human personhood.
C. An Inquiry into Modes of Existence
An Inquiry into Modes of Existence is a philosophical work by Bruno Latour that proposes a pluralistic ontology to account for the diverse ways beings exist and gain legitimacy in modern societies.
D. Contributions to Philosophy (From Enowning)
Contributions to Philosophy (From Enowning) is a posthumously published, dense and experimental work by Martin Heidegger that elaborates his later thinking on being, history, and the event (Ereignis).
E. Being and Some Philosophers
Being and Some Philosophers is a seminal philosophical study by Étienne Gilson that traces the historical development and interpretations of the concept of being from ancient to modern thought.
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: Otherwise than Being, or Beyond Essence
Triple: [Emmanuel Levinas, notableWork, Otherwise than Being, or Beyond Essence]

Generated description

Otherwise than Being, or Beyond Essence is a major philosophical work by Emmanuel Levinas that develops his ethics of responsibility to the Other as more fundamental than ontology.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Otherwise than Being, or Beyond Essence
Target entity description: Otherwise than Being, or Beyond Essence is a major philosophical work by Emmanuel Levinas that develops his ethics of responsibility to the Other as more fundamental than ontology.

A. On Being and Essence
On Being and Essence is a philosophical treatise by Thomas Aquinas that systematically examines the metaphysical concepts of being and essence within the framework of scholastic Aristotelianism.
B. The Unbearable Wholeness of Being
The Unbearable Wholeness of Being is a theological and philosophical work that explores how contemporary science, especially evolution and quantum physics, reshapes Christian understandings of God, creation, and human personhood.
C. An Inquiry into Modes of Existence
An Inquiry into Modes of Existence is a philosophical work by Bruno Latour that proposes a pluralistic ontology to account for the diverse ways beings exist and gain legitimacy in modern societies.
D. Contributions to Philosophy (From Enowning)
Contributions to Philosophy (From Enowning) is a posthumously published, dense and experimental work by Martin Heidegger that elaborates his later thinking on being, history, and the event (Ereignis).
E. Being and Some Philosophers
Being and Some Philosophers is a seminal philosophical study by Étienne Gilson that traces the historical development and interpretations of the concept of being from ancient to modern thought.
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_69c68a5e2c9081909e713ce866e0060a`	completed	March 27, 2026, 1:47 p.m.
NER	Named-entity recognition	`batch_69c6f2216a5c8190a933b24fda4530d8`	completed	March 27, 2026, 9:09 p.m.
NED1	Entity disambiguation (via context triple)	`batch_69c810f2bff4819093b0082dec4ee773`	completed	March 28, 2026, 5:33 p.m.
NEDg	Description generation	`batch_69c814ff89708190a6a626ac204f8c6b`	completed	March 28, 2026, 5:50 p.m.
NED2	Entity disambiguation (via description)	`batch_69c819174bc48190b5575818ccc2f144`	completed	March 28, 2026, 6:08 p.m.

Created at: March 27, 2026, 3:09 p.m.