Triple
T22983702
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Renaissance geographers |
E571539
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableMember |
P10
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Gerardus Mercator |
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NE NERFINISHED |
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: Gerardus Mercator | Statement: [Renaissance geographers, notableMember, Gerardus Mercator]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Gerardus Mercator Context triple: [Renaissance geographers, notableMember, Gerardus Mercator]
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A.
Gerardus Mercator
chosen
Gerardus Mercator was a 16th-century Flemish cartographer best known for creating the Mercator projection, a revolutionary world map that became a standard for nautical navigation.
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B.
Isidorus Mercator
Isidorus Mercator is the traditional pseudonymous name given to the supposed medieval compiler of the forged Pseudo-Isidorean Decretals, influential for centuries in canon law.
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C.
Abraham Ortelius
Abraham Ortelius was a 16th-century Flemish cartographer best known for creating the first modern atlas, the "Theatrum Orbis Terrarum."
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D.
Martin Waldseemüller
Martin Waldseemüller was a German Renaissance cartographer best known for producing the 1507 world map that first used the name "America" for the New World.
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E.
Willem Blaeu
Willem Blaeu was a prominent Dutch cartographer, atlas maker, and publisher whose detailed maps and globes became iconic works of the Dutch Golden Age.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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_69e245b3c50481908bb3741ec9f40862 |
completed | April 17, 2026, 2:37 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69f1829775e881909c5d6d35d3fd57f7 |
completed | April 29, 2026, 4:01 a.m. |
Created at: April 17, 2026, 3:49 p.m.