Triple
T3978819
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Thales of Miletus |
E85706
|
entity |
| Predicate | influencedBy |
P9
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Egyptian mathematics
Egyptian mathematics is the body of mathematical knowledge and techniques developed in ancient Egypt, notable for its practical arithmetic, geometry, and use of unit fractions in administrative, architectural, and surveying applications.
|
E403440
|
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: Egyptian mathematics | Statement: [Thales of Miletus, influencedBy, Egyptian mathematics]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Egyptian mathematics Context triple: [Thales of Miletus, influencedBy, Egyptian mathematics]
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A.
Ancient Egyptian
Ancient Egyptian is the extinct language of ancient Egypt, known from hieroglyphic, hieratic, and demotic scripts and regarded as one of the earliest recorded written languages in human history.
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B.
Egyptology
Egyptology is the academic study of ancient Egypt’s language, history, archaeology, art, and culture, primarily through its written records and material remains.
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C.
Prutenic Tables
The Prutenic Tables were influential 16th-century astronomical tables based on Copernican heliocentric theory, used for predicting planetary positions before being superseded by more accurate works like the Rudolphine Tables.
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D.
Egyptian antiquities
Egyptian antiquities are ancient artifacts and artworks from the civilization of Egypt, including items such as statues, sarcophagi, reliefs, jewelry, and everyday objects spanning from the Predynastic period through the Roman era.
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E.
Maya numerals
Maya numerals are a vigesimal (base-20) numeral system developed by the ancient Maya, notable for its use of dots and bars and an early concept of zero.
- 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: Egyptian mathematics Triple: [Thales of Miletus, influencedBy, Egyptian mathematics]
Generated description
Egyptian mathematics is the body of mathematical knowledge and techniques developed in ancient Egypt, notable for its practical arithmetic, geometry, and use of unit fractions in administrative, architectural, and surveying applications.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Egyptian mathematics Target entity description: Egyptian mathematics is the body of mathematical knowledge and techniques developed in ancient Egypt, notable for its practical arithmetic, geometry, and use of unit fractions in administrative, architectural, and surveying applications.
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A.
Ancient Egyptian
Ancient Egyptian is the extinct language of ancient Egypt, known from hieroglyphic, hieratic, and demotic scripts and regarded as one of the earliest recorded written languages in human history.
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B.
Egyptology
Egyptology is the academic study of ancient Egypt’s language, history, archaeology, art, and culture, primarily through its written records and material remains.
-
C.
Prutenic Tables
The Prutenic Tables were influential 16th-century astronomical tables based on Copernican heliocentric theory, used for predicting planetary positions before being superseded by more accurate works like the Rudolphine Tables.
-
D.
Egyptian antiquities
Egyptian antiquities are ancient artifacts and artworks from the civilization of Egypt, including items such as statues, sarcophagi, reliefs, jewelry, and everyday objects spanning from the Predynastic period through the Roman era.
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E.
Maya numerals
Maya numerals are a vigesimal (base-20) numeral system developed by the ancient Maya, notable for its use of dots and bars and an early concept of zero.
- 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_69aed93908348190a26c8aaf4fab3e86 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 2:29 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69aef9b9cdd08190b193735367b0b3cf |
completed | March 9, 2026, 4:47 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b5401dd24481908d143a9da6786757 |
completed | March 14, 2026, 11:01 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69b5417d951c8190974f8449dd643eab |
completed | March 14, 2026, 11:07 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69b5421a2fd4819094e82aec70837aeb |
completed | March 14, 2026, 11:10 a.m. |
Created at: March 9, 2026, 3:33 p.m.