Triple

T7390424
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Emmanuel Levinas E170482 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object Existence and Existents
"Existence and Existents" is a philosophical work by Emmanuel Levinas that explores the nature of being, subjectivity, and the ethical implications of existence.
E662563 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: Existence and Existents | Statement: [Emmanuel Levinas, notableWork, Existence and Existents]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Existence and Existents
Context triple: [Emmanuel Levinas, notableWork, Existence and Existents]
  • A. Doctrine of Being
    The Doctrine of Being is the first major section of Hegel’s *Science of Logic*, where he analyzes the most basic categories of thought such as pure being, nothing, and becoming.
  • B. the One and the many
    The One and the many is a fundamental metaphysical problem in ancient Greek philosophy concerning how a single underlying reality can give rise to the multiplicity of things in the world.
  • C. On Being and Essence
    On Being and Essence is a philosophical treatise by Thomas Aquinas that systematically examines the metaphysical concepts of being and essence within the framework of scholastic Aristotelianism.
  • D. Necessary Existent
    The Necessary Existent is Avicenna’s central metaphysical concept of a being whose existence is absolutely non-contingent and self-sufficient, serving as the ultimate foundation for all other existents.
  • E. An Inquiry into Modes of Existence
    An Inquiry into Modes of Existence is a philosophical work by Bruno Latour that proposes a pluralistic ontology to account for the diverse ways beings exist and gain legitimacy in modern societies.
  • 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: Existence and Existents
Triple: [Emmanuel Levinas, notableWork, Existence and Existents]
Generated description
"Existence and Existents" is a philosophical work by Emmanuel Levinas that explores the nature of being, subjectivity, and the ethical implications of existence.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Existence and Existents
Target entity description: "Existence and Existents" is a philosophical work by Emmanuel Levinas that explores the nature of being, subjectivity, and the ethical implications of existence.
  • A. Doctrine of Being
    The Doctrine of Being is the first major section of Hegel’s *Science of Logic*, where he analyzes the most basic categories of thought such as pure being, nothing, and becoming.
  • B. the One and the many
    The One and the many is a fundamental metaphysical problem in ancient Greek philosophy concerning how a single underlying reality can give rise to the multiplicity of things in the world.
  • C. On Being and Essence
    On Being and Essence is a philosophical treatise by Thomas Aquinas that systematically examines the metaphysical concepts of being and essence within the framework of scholastic Aristotelianism.
  • D. Necessary Existent
    The Necessary Existent is Avicenna’s central metaphysical concept of a being whose existence is absolutely non-contingent and self-sufficient, serving as the ultimate foundation for all other existents.
  • E. An Inquiry into Modes of Existence
    An Inquiry into Modes of Existence is a philosophical work by Bruno Latour that proposes a pluralistic ontology to account for the diverse ways beings exist and gain legitimacy in modern societies.
  • 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_69c68a5e2c9081909e713ce866e0060a completed March 27, 2026, 1:47 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c6f2216a5c8190a933b24fda4530d8 completed March 27, 2026, 9:09 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c810f2bff4819093b0082dec4ee773 completed March 28, 2026, 5:33 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c814ff89708190a6a626ac204f8c6b completed March 28, 2026, 5:50 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c819174bc48190b5575818ccc2f144 completed March 28, 2026, 6:08 p.m.
Created at: March 27, 2026, 3:09 p.m.