Triple

T19678060
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Robert Audi E472506 entity
Predicate hasWritten P2831 FINISHED
Object Means, Ends, and Persons
Means, Ends, and Persons is a philosophical work by Robert Audi that explores the moral significance of treating individuals as ends in themselves within ethical theory and practical reasoning.
E1389923 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: Means, Ends, and Persons | Statement: [Robert Audi, hasWritten, Means, Ends, and Persons]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Means, Ends, and Persons
Context triple: [Robert Audi, hasWritten, Means, Ends, and Persons]
  • A. The Philosophy of the Act
    The Philosophy of the Act is a posthumously published collection of George Herbert Mead’s writings that develops his pragmatist and social behaviorist account of action, experience, and the emergence of mind.
  • 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 Ethical Equations
    The Ethical Equations is a science fiction story by Murray Leinster that explores moral dilemmas arising from advanced technology and human interaction with alien life.
  • D. Varieties of Moral Personality
    Varieties of Moral Personality is a philosophical work by Owen Flanagan that explores different models of moral character and integrates insights from psychology, ethics, and cross-cultural studies to understand human moral life.
  • E. 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.
  • 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: Means, Ends, and Persons
Triple: [Robert Audi, hasWritten, Means, Ends, and Persons]
Generated description
Means, Ends, and Persons is a philosophical work by Robert Audi that explores the moral significance of treating individuals as ends in themselves within ethical theory and practical reasoning.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Means, Ends, and Persons
Target entity description: Means, Ends, and Persons is a philosophical work by Robert Audi that explores the moral significance of treating individuals as ends in themselves within ethical theory and practical reasoning.
  • A. The Philosophy of the Act
    The Philosophy of the Act is a posthumously published collection of George Herbert Mead’s writings that develops his pragmatist and social behaviorist account of action, experience, and the emergence of mind.
  • 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 Ethical Equations
    The Ethical Equations is a science fiction story by Murray Leinster that explores moral dilemmas arising from advanced technology and human interaction with alien life.
  • D. Varieties of Moral Personality
    Varieties of Moral Personality is a philosophical work by Owen Flanagan that explores different models of moral character and integrates insights from psychology, ethics, and cross-cultural studies to understand human moral life.
  • E. 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.
  • 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_69d8e514f2e08190ba70a4449519d218 completed April 10, 2026, 11:55 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e641bda8348190b0c7816c50aca923 completed April 20, 2026, 3:09 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a0787c437c08190b9cebe39417f061a completed May 15, 2026, 8:53 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a0789252ea88190a56d892f9ecb8ebc completed May 15, 2026, 8:59 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a0789d2d98c8190a922e21271a165f0 completed May 15, 2026, 9:02 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:45 p.m.