Triple
T1372749
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Translation of Laplace's Mécanique Céleste |
E30149
|
entity |
| Predicate | translator |
P5475
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FINISHED |
| Object | Nathaniel Bowditch |
E4501
|
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: Nathaniel Bowditch | Statement: [Translation of Laplace's Mécanique Céleste, translator, Nathaniel Bowditch]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Nathaniel Bowditch Context triple: [Translation of Laplace's Mécanique Céleste, translator, Nathaniel Bowditch]
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A.
Nathaniel Bowditch
chosen
Nathaniel Bowditch was an American mathematician and astronomer best known for his influential work in celestial navigation and his book "The New American Practical Navigator."
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B.
Ernest W. Bowditch
Ernest W. Bowditch was a prominent American landscape architect of the late 19th and early 20th centuries known for designing grounds for major estates and public spaces in the United States.
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C.
Charles Mason
Charles Mason was an 18th-century English astronomer and surveyor best known for co-surveying the Mason–Dixon Line that defined part of the boundary between the American colonies.
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D.
Simon Newcomb
Simon Newcomb was a 19th-century Canadian-American astronomer and mathematician renowned for his work in celestial mechanics, astronomical constants, and early studies of what became known as Benford's law.
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E.
William Cranch
William Cranch was an early American jurist who served as Chief Judge of the U.S. Circuit Court of the District of Columbia and was known for reporting and compiling decisions of the U.S. Supreme Court.
- 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_69a498f912008190a376a98b207b2071 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:52 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a4c2f4889881908103473a0173e23f |
completed | March 1, 2026, 10:51 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69acde1a576c81909379c2c0e350cd12 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 2:25 a.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:57 p.m.