Triple

T17149895
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject John Hawthorne E416192 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object Metaphysical Essays
Metaphysical Essays is a collection of influential philosophical papers by John Hawthorne that explores central issues in contemporary metaphysics, including modality, ontology, and the nature of objects and properties.
E1252057 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: Metaphysical Essays | Statement: [John Hawthorne, notableWork, Metaphysical Essays]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Metaphysical Essays
Context triple: [John Hawthorne, notableWork, Metaphysical Essays]
  • A. Philosophical Essays
    Philosophical Essays is a major work of Scottish Enlightenment philosopher Dugald Stewart, in which he explores topics in epistemology, moral philosophy, and the philosophy of mind.
  • B. Philosophical Essays
    Philosophical Essays is a collection of influential papers by A. J. Ayer that develops and defends key themes of logical positivism and analytic philosophy.
  • C. Discourse on Metaphysics
    Discourse on Metaphysics is a foundational philosophical treatise by Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz that outlines his views on substance, God, free will, and the rational structure of reality.
  • D. Metaphysical Thoughts
    Metaphysical Thoughts is a philosophical work by Princess Elisabeth of Bohemia, appended to Descartes’ Principles of Cartesian Philosophy, in which she critically examines and expands on Cartesian metaphysics.
  • E. Analysis and Metaphysics
    Analysis and Metaphysics is a philosophical work by P. F. Strawson that offers a systematic introduction to central issues in analytic metaphysics, including concepts such as individuals, identity, and the structure of reality.
  • 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: Metaphysical Essays
Triple: [John Hawthorne, notableWork, Metaphysical Essays]
Generated description
Metaphysical Essays is a collection of influential philosophical papers by John Hawthorne that explores central issues in contemporary metaphysics, including modality, ontology, and the nature of objects and properties.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Metaphysical Essays
Target entity description: Metaphysical Essays is a collection of influential philosophical papers by John Hawthorne that explores central issues in contemporary metaphysics, including modality, ontology, and the nature of objects and properties.
  • A. Philosophical Essays
    Philosophical Essays is a major work of Scottish Enlightenment philosopher Dugald Stewart, in which he explores topics in epistemology, moral philosophy, and the philosophy of mind.
  • B. Philosophical Essays
    Philosophical Essays is a collection of influential papers by A. J. Ayer that develops and defends key themes of logical positivism and analytic philosophy.
  • C. Discourse on Metaphysics
    Discourse on Metaphysics is a foundational philosophical treatise by Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz that outlines his views on substance, God, free will, and the rational structure of reality.
  • D. Metaphysical Thoughts
    Metaphysical Thoughts is a philosophical work by Princess Elisabeth of Bohemia, appended to Descartes’ Principles of Cartesian Philosophy, in which she critically examines and expands on Cartesian metaphysics.
  • E. Analysis and Metaphysics
    Analysis and Metaphysics is a philosophical work by P. F. Strawson that offers a systematic introduction to central issues in analytic metaphysics, including concepts such as individuals, identity, and the structure of reality.
  • 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_69d886d279c081909f8ff1f743ddeb69 completed April 10, 2026, 5:12 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e3f4067470819084aa233c4c4a6d4f completed April 18, 2026, 9:13 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a01415b1d7c81908d000b0362042687 completed May 11, 2026, 2:39 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a0141b73e008190be8aa85dec1ba517 completed May 11, 2026, 2:40 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a01421d159c819096efc46fa08a48b9 completed May 11, 2026, 2:42 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:36 a.m.