Triple

T9481770
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject John Broome E228657 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object Weighing Lives
Weighing Lives is a philosophical work by John Broome that examines how to ethically compare and aggregate the value of different people’s lives in population ethics and decision theory.
E803078 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: Weighing Lives | Statement: [John Broome, notableWork, Weighing Lives]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Weighing Lives
Context triple: [John Broome, notableWork, Weighing Lives]
  • A. Taking Lives
    Taking Lives is a 2004 psychological thriller film about an FBI profiler hunting a serial killer who assumes his victims’ identities, starring Angelina Jolie and Ethan Hawke.
  • B. That Others May Live
    That Others May Live is a well-known rescue motto expressing the selfless commitment of search and rescue personnel to risk their lives to save others.
  • C. Valor da Vida
    Valor da Vida is a Portuguese telenovela known for its dramatic storyline involving mystery, family secrets, and personal redemption.
  • D. Lives in the Balance
    Lives in the Balance is a politically charged 1986 studio album by American singer-songwriter Jackson Browne that critiques U.S. foreign policy and social injustice.
  • E. The Life
    "The Life" is a song by Alicia Keys from her debut studio album "Songs in A Minor."
  • 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: Weighing Lives
Triple: [John Broome, notableWork, Weighing Lives]
Generated description
Weighing Lives is a philosophical work by John Broome that examines how to ethically compare and aggregate the value of different people’s lives in population ethics and decision theory.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Weighing Lives
Target entity description: Weighing Lives is a philosophical work by John Broome that examines how to ethically compare and aggregate the value of different people’s lives in population ethics and decision theory.
  • A. Taking Lives
    Taking Lives is a 2004 psychological thriller film about an FBI profiler hunting a serial killer who assumes his victims’ identities, starring Angelina Jolie and Ethan Hawke.
  • B. That Others May Live
    That Others May Live is a well-known rescue motto expressing the selfless commitment of search and rescue personnel to risk their lives to save others.
  • C. Valor da Vida
    Valor da Vida is a Portuguese telenovela known for its dramatic storyline involving mystery, family secrets, and personal redemption.
  • D. Lives in the Balance
    Lives in the Balance is a politically charged 1986 studio album by American singer-songwriter Jackson Browne that critiques U.S. foreign policy and social injustice.
  • E. The Life
    "The Life" is a song by Alicia Keys from her debut studio album "Songs in A Minor."
  • 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_69ca84730a5081908de282651019bf2f completed March 30, 2026, 2:10 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cd804af6d08190a281cb27407c791c completed April 1, 2026, 8:30 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69d12cfebb6c8190af3296c7bfd8b3e4 completed April 4, 2026, 3:23 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69d12eba9968819085b9ec027c6e2814 completed April 4, 2026, 3:31 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69d12f1ccad08190907b812a12efa65b completed April 4, 2026, 3:32 p.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 7:55 p.m.