Triple
T19865312
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Mary Midgley |
E477374
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableWork |
P4
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
The Ethical Primate
The Ethical Primate is a philosophical work by Mary Midgley that explores human nature, morality, and our evolutionary roots to challenge simplistic views of ethics and human behavior.
|
E1398358
|
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: The Ethical Primate | Statement: [Mary Midgley, notableWork, The Ethical Primate]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Ethical Primate Context triple: [Mary Midgley, notableWork, The Ethical Primate]
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A.
The Mentality of Apes
The Mentality of Apes is a landmark 1917 work of comparative psychology in which Wolfgang Köhler documents insightful problem-solving and intelligence in chimpanzees, challenging earlier behaviorist views of animal learning.
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B.
Our Inner Ape
Our Inner Ape is a popular science book by primatologist Frans de Waal that explores human behavior and morality through comparisons with our closest primate relatives.
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C.
The Smartest Monkeys
The Smartest Monkeys is a song by the British rock band XTC, known for its satirical lyrics about human behavior and society.
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D.
The Soul of the Ape
The Soul of the Ape is a pioneering early 20th-century work of animal psychology and ethology in which Eugène Marais explores the behavior and inner life of primates.
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E.
The Ethical Project
The Ethical Project is a philosophical work by Philip Kitcher that develops a naturalistic, evolutionary account of ethics as a collective human endeavor shaped over time to address social problems.
- 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: The Ethical Primate Triple: [Mary Midgley, notableWork, The Ethical Primate]
Generated description
The Ethical Primate is a philosophical work by Mary Midgley that explores human nature, morality, and our evolutionary roots to challenge simplistic views of ethics and human behavior.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Ethical Primate Target entity description: The Ethical Primate is a philosophical work by Mary Midgley that explores human nature, morality, and our evolutionary roots to challenge simplistic views of ethics and human behavior.
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A.
The Mentality of Apes
The Mentality of Apes is a landmark 1917 work of comparative psychology in which Wolfgang Köhler documents insightful problem-solving and intelligence in chimpanzees, challenging earlier behaviorist views of animal learning.
-
B.
Our Inner Ape
Our Inner Ape is a popular science book by primatologist Frans de Waal that explores human behavior and morality through comparisons with our closest primate relatives.
-
C.
The Smartest Monkeys
The Smartest Monkeys is a song by the British rock band XTC, known for its satirical lyrics about human behavior and society.
-
D.
The Soul of the Ape
The Soul of the Ape is a pioneering early 20th-century work of animal psychology and ethology in which Eugène Marais explores the behavior and inner life of primates.
-
E.
The Ethical Project
The Ethical Project is a philosophical work by Philip Kitcher that develops a naturalistic, evolutionary account of ethics as a collective human endeavor shaped over time to address social problems.
- 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_69d8e51e7d948190aedbcd6c30361c39 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 11:55 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e6589eb24081908715b683de1edc68 |
completed | April 20, 2026, 4:47 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_6a07d44dbae4819095447a8c7914e369 |
completed | May 16, 2026, 2:19 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_6a07d52ab9e88190a76a5208619e3f62 |
completed | May 16, 2026, 2:23 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_6a07d5d7c4bc8190ab189fa556a956d7 |
completed | May 16, 2026, 2:26 a.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:51 p.m.