Triple

T235575
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Nathaniel Bowditch E4501 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object Translation of Laplace's Mécanique Céleste
The "Translation of Laplace's Mécanique Céleste" is Nathaniel Bowditch’s influential English rendition and extensive commentary on Pierre-Simon Laplace’s foundational treatise on celestial mechanics.
E30149 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: Translation of Laplace's Mécanique Céleste | Statement: [Nathaniel Bowditch, notableWork, Translation of Laplace's Mécanique Céleste]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Translation of Laplace's Mécanique Céleste
Context triple: [Nathaniel Bowditch, notableWork, Translation of Laplace's Mécanique Céleste]
  • A. Gauss’s planetary equations
    Gauss’s planetary equations are a set of differential equations in celestial mechanics that describe how a planet’s orbital elements change over time under the influence of perturbing forces.
  • B. Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica
    Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica is Isaac Newton’s foundational work that formulated the laws of motion and universal gravitation, becoming a cornerstone of classical physics and the Scientific Revolution.
  • C. De revolutionibus orbium coelestium
    De revolutionibus orbium coelestium is Nicolaus Copernicus’s seminal 1543 work that introduced the heliocentric model of the universe, fundamentally transforming astronomy and natural philosophy.
  • D. Théorie analytique de la chaleur
    Théorie analytique de la chaleur is Joseph Fourier’s foundational 1822 treatise that introduced Fourier series and laid the mathematical groundwork for the modern theory of heat conduction and harmonic analysis.
  • E. Traité de la lumière
    Traité de la lumière is a seminal 1690 scientific treatise that presents Christiaan Huygens’ wave theory of light, including the principle now known as Huygens’ principle.
  • 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: Translation of Laplace's Mécanique Céleste
Triple: [Nathaniel Bowditch, notableWork, Translation of Laplace's Mécanique Céleste]
Generated description
The "Translation of Laplace's Mécanique Céleste" is Nathaniel Bowditch’s influential English rendition and extensive commentary on Pierre-Simon Laplace’s foundational treatise on celestial mechanics.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Translation of Laplace's Mécanique Céleste
Target entity description: The "Translation of Laplace's Mécanique Céleste" is Nathaniel Bowditch’s influential English rendition and extensive commentary on Pierre-Simon Laplace’s foundational treatise on celestial mechanics.
  • A. Gauss’s planetary equations
    Gauss’s planetary equations are a set of differential equations in celestial mechanics that describe how a planet’s orbital elements change over time under the influence of perturbing forces.
  • B. Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica
    Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica is Isaac Newton’s foundational work that formulated the laws of motion and universal gravitation, becoming a cornerstone of classical physics and the Scientific Revolution.
  • C. De revolutionibus orbium coelestium
    De revolutionibus orbium coelestium is Nicolaus Copernicus’s seminal 1543 work that introduced the heliocentric model of the universe, fundamentally transforming astronomy and natural philosophy.
  • D. Théorie analytique de la chaleur
    Théorie analytique de la chaleur is Joseph Fourier’s foundational 1822 treatise that introduced Fourier series and laid the mathematical groundwork for the modern theory of heat conduction and harmonic analysis.
  • E. Traité de la lumière
    Traité de la lumière is a seminal 1690 scientific treatise that presents Christiaan Huygens’ wave theory of light, including the principle now known as Huygens’ principle.
  • 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_69a257363ffc81909757bde7ab3404da completed Feb. 28, 2026, 2:47 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a25ccab7648190be6e4f5febc1e313 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 3:11 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a36478ebcc8190b95419be9bc6bba3 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 9:56 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a3651d2b108190a81d8c3076f6e617 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 9:58 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a3657903608190988a4c933bbc262c completed Feb. 28, 2026, 10 p.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 2:53 a.m.