Triple

T17633528
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Alain Badiou E430035 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object Ethics: An Essay on the Understanding of Evil
Ethics: An Essay on the Understanding of Evil is a philosophical work by Alain Badiou that critiques contemporary moral discourse and proposes an ethics grounded in fidelity to transformative events rather than in abstract notions of human rights or universal values.
E1279780 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: Ethics: An Essay on the Understanding of Evil | Statement: [Alain Badiou, notableWork, Ethics: An Essay on the Understanding of Evil]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ethics: An Essay on the Understanding of Evil
Context triple: [Alain Badiou, notableWork, Ethics: An Essay on the Understanding of Evil]
  • A. The Science of Ethics
    The Science of Ethics is a major 19th-century philosophical work by Leslie Stephen that systematically examines moral philosophy and the foundations of ethical theory.
  • B. The Elements of Morality
    The Elements of Morality is a 19th-century philosophical treatise by William Whewell that systematically explores ethical theory, moral duties, and the foundations of human conduct.
  • C. The Object of Morality
    The Object of Morality is a philosophical work by Geoffrey Warnock that examines the nature, purpose, and central concerns of moral thinking and practice.
  • D. Institutes of Moral Philosophy
    Institutes of Moral Philosophy is an 18th-century treatise by Scottish Enlightenment thinker Adam Ferguson that systematically explores ethics, human nature, and the principles of moral judgment.
  • E. Prolegomena to Ethics
    Prolegomena to Ethics is a major 19th-century work of moral philosophy by T. H. Green that develops an idealist account of ethics grounded in self-realization and the common good.
  • 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: Ethics: An Essay on the Understanding of Evil
Triple: [Alain Badiou, notableWork, Ethics: An Essay on the Understanding of Evil]
Generated description
Ethics: An Essay on the Understanding of Evil is a philosophical work by Alain Badiou that critiques contemporary moral discourse and proposes an ethics grounded in fidelity to transformative events rather than in abstract notions of human rights or universal values.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ethics: An Essay on the Understanding of Evil
Target entity description: Ethics: An Essay on the Understanding of Evil is a philosophical work by Alain Badiou that critiques contemporary moral discourse and proposes an ethics grounded in fidelity to transformative events rather than in abstract notions of human rights or universal values.
  • A. The Science of Ethics
    The Science of Ethics is a major 19th-century philosophical work by Leslie Stephen that systematically examines moral philosophy and the foundations of ethical theory.
  • B. The Elements of Morality
    The Elements of Morality is a 19th-century philosophical treatise by William Whewell that systematically explores ethical theory, moral duties, and the foundations of human conduct.
  • C. The Object of Morality
    The Object of Morality is a philosophical work by Geoffrey Warnock that examines the nature, purpose, and central concerns of moral thinking and practice.
  • D. Institutes of Moral Philosophy
    Institutes of Moral Philosophy is an 18th-century treatise by Scottish Enlightenment thinker Adam Ferguson that systematically explores ethics, human nature, and the principles of moral judgment.
  • E. Prolegomena to Ethics
    Prolegomena to Ethics is a major 19th-century work of moral philosophy by T. H. Green that develops an idealist account of ethics grounded in self-realization and the common good.
  • 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_69d889e37f308190a6aa0a69daff86c7 completed April 10, 2026, 5:25 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e46ddea4688190a76a4225f268c0ac completed April 19, 2026, 5:53 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a020a9f4ac08190b8fa7a2a19692bb5 completed May 11, 2026, 4:58 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a020ea4e11c8190ac0d011bfc652090 completed May 11, 2026, 5:15 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a020f1086f08190ad9541aadad1dea1 completed May 11, 2026, 5:17 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:52 a.m.