Triple
T22895448
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Hero of Alexandria |
E568160
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableConcept |
P201
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Heron’s method for square roots |
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|
NE NERFINISHED |
How this triple was built (3 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: Heron’s method for square roots | Statement: [Hero of Alexandria, notableConcept, Heron’s method for square roots]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Heron’s method for square roots Context triple: [Hero of Alexandria, notableConcept, Heron’s method for square roots]
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A.
Halley’s method for solving equations
Halley’s method for solving equations is an iterative numerical algorithm, related to and faster-converging than Newton’s method, used to find approximate roots of equations.
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B.
Newton’s method
Newton’s method is an iterative numerical technique used to find successively better approximations to the roots of a real-valued function.
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C.
chakravala method for solving indeterminate equations
The chakravala method for solving indeterminate equations is an ancient Indian cyclic algorithm, notably used to solve Pell-type quadratic Diophantine equations with remarkable efficiency and generality.
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D.
Mathematical Tables and Other Aids to Computation
Mathematical Tables and Other Aids to Computation was the original title of a pioneering journal devoted to numerical analysis, computational methods, and mathematical tables, later continued under the name Mathematics of Computation.
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E.
Barlow's Tables of Squares, Cubes, Square Roots, Cube Roots, Reciprocals, and Logarithms
Barlow's Tables of Squares, Cubes, Square Roots, Cube Roots, Reciprocals, and Logarithms is a classic 19th-century mathematical reference work providing extensive numerical tables used for calculation before the advent of electronic computers.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Heron’s method for square roots Target entity description: Heron’s method for square roots is an ancient iterative algorithm, attributed to Hero of Alexandria, that rapidly approximates the square root of a number using successive averages.
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A.
Halley’s method for solving equations
Halley’s method for solving equations is an iterative numerical algorithm, related to and faster-converging than Newton’s method, used to find approximate roots of equations.
-
B.
Newton’s method
Newton’s method is an iterative numerical technique used to find successively better approximations to the roots of a real-valued function.
-
C.
chakravala method for solving indeterminate equations
The chakravala method for solving indeterminate equations is an ancient Indian cyclic algorithm, notably used to solve Pell-type quadratic Diophantine equations with remarkable efficiency and generality.
-
D.
Mathematical Tables and Other Aids to Computation
Mathematical Tables and Other Aids to Computation was the original title of a pioneering journal devoted to numerical analysis, computational methods, and mathematical tables, later continued under the name Mathematics of Computation.
-
E.
Barlow's Tables of Squares, Cubes, Square Roots, Cube Roots, Reciprocals, and Logarithms
Barlow's Tables of Squares, Cubes, Square Roots, Cube Roots, Reciprocals, and Logarithms is a classic 19th-century mathematical reference work providing extensive numerical tables used for calculation before the advent of electronic computers.
- F. None of above. chosen
Provenance (2 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_69e2458c23ec81908fa2570692c6614f |
completed | April 17, 2026, 2:37 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69f1801212808190b6471764d6c0b264 |
completed | April 29, 2026, 3:50 a.m. |
Created at: April 17, 2026, 3:40 p.m.