Triple
T10023306
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Optics (Ptolemy) |
E200663
|
entity |
| Predicate | influencedBy |
P9
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Hero of Alexandria |
E568160
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: Hero of Alexandria | Statement: [Optics (Ptolemy), influencedBy, Hero of Alexandria]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Hero of Alexandria Context triple: [Optics (Ptolemy), influencedBy, Hero of Alexandria]
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A.
Hero of Alexandria
chosen
Hero of Alexandria was an ancient Greek engineer and mathematician known for his pioneering work in mechanics, pneumatics, and early steam-powered devices.
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B.
Appian of Alexandria
Appian of Alexandria was a 2nd-century AD Greek historian and Roman official best known for his multi-volume work "Roman History," which chronicles Rome’s rise and its civil wars.
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C.
Ctesibius
Ctesibius was an ancient Greek engineer and inventor, often regarded as the father of pneumatics for his pioneering work on devices using air and water pressure.
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D.
Alexander of Alexandria
Alexander of Alexandria was a 4th-century Patriarch of Alexandria best known for his staunch defense of Nicene orthodoxy and his early opposition to the teachings of Arius.
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E.
Archimedes
Archimedes was an ancient Greek mathematician, physicist, and engineer renowned for foundational contributions to geometry, hydrostatics, and mechanics that shaped later scientific thought.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69ca831c45f08190ac1505cc15076608 |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:05 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cdcd7c75548190aa604d90d63dc111 |
completed | April 2, 2026, 1:59 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69d26abb0ab08190b5bcf101c5680f3c |
completed | April 5, 2026, 1:59 p.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 8:53 p.m.