Triple
T765787
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | John Rawls |
E16171
|
entity |
| Predicate | influenced |
P9
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FINISHED |
| Object |
Thomas Nagel
Thomas Nagel is an American philosopher known for his influential work in moral and political philosophy, philosophy of mind, and epistemology, including the famous essay "What Is It Like to Be a Bat?".
|
E94587
|
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: Thomas Nagel | Statement: [John Rawls, influenced, Thomas Nagel]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thomas Nagel Context triple: [John Rawls, influenced, Thomas Nagel]
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A.
Bernard Williams
Bernard Williams was a prominent 20th-century British moral philosopher known for his critiques of utilitarianism and moral theory, his emphasis on the complexity of ethical life, and his influential work on integrity, moral luck, and the history of philosophy.
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B.
Robert Nozick
Robert Nozick was an influential American political philosopher best known for his libertarian theory of the minimal state, especially articulated in his book "Anarchy, State, and Utopia."
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C.
Daniel Dennett
Daniel Dennett is an American philosopher and cognitive scientist known for his influential work on consciousness, free will, and the philosophy of mind from a naturalistic, evolutionary perspective.
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D.
Hilary Putnam
Hilary Putnam was a prominent 20th-century American philosopher known for his influential work in philosophy of mind, language, and science, including the development of functionalism and semantic externalism.
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E.
Alvin Plantinga
Alvin Plantinga is a prominent American analytic philosopher best known for his influential work in philosophy of religion, epistemology, and metaphysics, particularly his defense of the rationality of theism and the free will defense against the problem of evil.
- 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: Thomas Nagel Triple: [John Rawls, influenced, Thomas Nagel]
Generated description
Thomas Nagel is an American philosopher known for his influential work in moral and political philosophy, philosophy of mind, and epistemology, including the famous essay "What Is It Like to Be a Bat?".
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thomas Nagel Target entity description: Thomas Nagel is an American philosopher known for his influential work in moral and political philosophy, philosophy of mind, and epistemology, including the famous essay "What Is It Like to Be a Bat?".
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A.
Bernard Williams
Bernard Williams was a prominent 20th-century British moral philosopher known for his critiques of utilitarianism and moral theory, his emphasis on the complexity of ethical life, and his influential work on integrity, moral luck, and the history of philosophy.
-
B.
Robert Nozick
Robert Nozick was an influential American political philosopher best known for his libertarian theory of the minimal state, especially articulated in his book "Anarchy, State, and Utopia."
-
C.
Daniel Dennett
Daniel Dennett is an American philosopher and cognitive scientist known for his influential work on consciousness, free will, and the philosophy of mind from a naturalistic, evolutionary perspective.
-
D.
Hilary Putnam
Hilary Putnam was a prominent 20th-century American philosopher known for his influential work in philosophy of mind, language, and science, including the development of functionalism and semantic externalism.
-
E.
Alvin Plantinga
Alvin Plantinga is a prominent American analytic philosopher best known for his influential work in philosophy of religion, epistemology, and metaphysics, particularly his defense of the rationality of theism and the free will defense against the problem of evil.
- 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_69a493684ee48190bd43b7c78da4aec8 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:28 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a4a69fb6ac8190bda41852ea01842c |
completed | March 1, 2026, 8:50 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69a67efa8dd481909097c551bf3a61dc |
completed | March 3, 2026, 6:26 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69a67f6ed2b08190bd03d34e60498110 |
completed | March 3, 2026, 6:27 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69a68257aab88190a7aefda939dc7f97 |
completed | March 3, 2026, 6:40 a.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:37 p.m.