Triple

T19117712
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Somerville E467948 entity
Predicate hasNotableBearer P458 FINISHED
Object John Somerville (philosopher)
John Somerville was a 20th-century philosopher known for his work in social and political philosophy, including critiques of capitalism and explorations of Marxist thought.
 E1359258 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: John Somerville (philosopher) | Statement: [Somerville, hasNotableBearer, John Somerville (philosopher)]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: John Somerville (philosopher)
Context triple: [Somerville, hasNotableBearer, John Somerville (philosopher)]
  • A. John Cottingham
    John Cottingham is a British philosopher renowned for his influential scholarship on early modern philosophy, especially Descartes, and for his work in moral philosophy and the philosophy of religion.
  • B. Jonathan Glover (philosopher)
    Jonathan Glover (philosopher) is a British moral philosopher known for his influential work on ethics, bioethics, and the moral psychology of issues such as war, genocide, and medical decision-making.
  • C. George Bealer
    George Bealer is an American philosopher known for his work in metaphysics, epistemology, and the philosophy of mind, particularly his defense of rational intuition and modal rationalism.
  • D. Crispin Wright
    Crispin Wright is a prominent contemporary British philosopher best known for his influential work in the philosophy of language, logic, and mathematics, particularly on realism, anti-realism, and the nature of truth.
  • E. John McDowell
    John McDowell is a prominent contemporary philosopher known for his work in philosophy of mind, language, and ethics, particularly his influential book "Mind and World."
  • 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: John Somerville (philosopher)
Triple: [Somerville, hasNotableBearer, John Somerville (philosopher)]
Generated description
John Somerville was a 20th-century philosopher known for his work in social and political philosophy, including critiques of capitalism and explorations of Marxist thought.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: John Somerville (philosopher)
Target entity description: John Somerville was a 20th-century philosopher known for his work in social and political philosophy, including critiques of capitalism and explorations of Marxist thought.
  • A. John Cottingham
    John Cottingham is a British philosopher renowned for his influential scholarship on early modern philosophy, especially Descartes, and for his work in moral philosophy and the philosophy of religion.
  • B. Jonathan Glover (philosopher)
    Jonathan Glover (philosopher) is a British moral philosopher known for his influential work on ethics, bioethics, and the moral psychology of issues such as war, genocide, and medical decision-making.
  • C. George Bealer
    George Bealer is an American philosopher known for his work in metaphysics, epistemology, and the philosophy of mind, particularly his defense of rational intuition and modal rationalism.
  • D. Crispin Wright
    Crispin Wright is a prominent contemporary British philosopher best known for his influential work in the philosophy of language, logic, and mathematics, particularly on realism, anti-realism, and the nature of truth.
  • E. John McDowell
    John McDowell is a prominent contemporary philosopher known for his work in philosophy of mind, language, and ethics, particularly his influential book "Mind and World."
  • 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_69d8dd06a26481908039e2a1bae8c597 completed April 10, 2026, 11:20 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e5e399a6d8819090a9501ff1637b9d completed April 20, 2026, 8:28 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a05e671f2988190a74d53989124026b completed May 14, 2026, 3:12 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a05e9406ba48190a50f4ea6b413e1f4 completed May 14, 2026, 3:24 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a05e9c0d35081909b6ce3c287af5d5f completed May 14, 2026, 3:26 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 12:05 p.m.