Triple

T19603387
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Keith Donnellan E470539 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object "Speaking of Nothing"
"Speaking of Nothing" is a philosophical work by Keith Donnellan that explores issues in the philosophy of language, particularly reference and the use of empty terms.
 E1384575 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: "Speaking of Nothing" | Statement: [Keith Donnellan, notableWork, "Speaking of Nothing"]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: "Speaking of Nothing"
Context triple: [Keith Donnellan, notableWork, "Speaking of Nothing"]
  • A. “Bunch of Nothing”
    “Bunch of Nothing” is a component or section associated with the band Heart, likely referring to a specific song, track, or creative work within their catalog.
  • B. Short Side of Nothing
    Short Side of Nothing is a song by the American rock band Kiko.
  • C. Nothing from Nothing
    "Nothing from Nothing" is a 1974 funk-influenced soul hit by Billy Preston that became one of his signature songs and a major chart success.
  • D. Texts for Nothing
    Texts for Nothing is a collection of thirteen short prose pieces by Samuel Beckett that explore fragmented consciousness and existential uncertainty in a minimalist, experimental style.
  • E. Nothing at All
    "Nothing at All" is a song by Foo Fighters from their 2023 album *But Here We Are*.
  • 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: "Speaking of Nothing"
Triple: [Keith Donnellan, notableWork, "Speaking of Nothing"]
Generated description
"Speaking of Nothing" is a philosophical work by Keith Donnellan that explores issues in the philosophy of language, particularly reference and the use of empty terms.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: "Speaking of Nothing"
Target entity description: "Speaking of Nothing" is a philosophical work by Keith Donnellan that explores issues in the philosophy of language, particularly reference and the use of empty terms.
  • A. “Bunch of Nothing”
    “Bunch of Nothing” is a component or section associated with the band Heart, likely referring to a specific song, track, or creative work within their catalog.
  • B. Short Side of Nothing
    Short Side of Nothing is a song by the American rock band Kiko.
  • C. Nothing from Nothing
    "Nothing from Nothing" is a 1974 funk-influenced soul hit by Billy Preston that became one of his signature songs and a major chart success.
  • D. Texts for Nothing
    Texts for Nothing is a collection of thirteen short prose pieces by Samuel Beckett that explore fragmented consciousness and existential uncertainty in a minimalist, experimental style.
  • E. Nothing at All
    "Nothing at All" is a song by Foo Fighters from their 2023 album *But Here We Are*.
  • 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_69d8e510024481908415c0d616fa6186 completed April 10, 2026, 11:54 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e64081af6c8190868b73b07c874cd5 completed April 20, 2026, 3:04 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a075f1fe3e8819088c2e1b5145e1f92 completed May 15, 2026, 6 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a075fcda360819093ef08e89680c3ae completed May 15, 2026, 6:02 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a07604b2fe4819090be363844abf2ec completed May 15, 2026, 6:04 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:43 p.m.