Triple

T4898378
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject John Napier E109737 entity
Predicate knownFor P22 FINISHED
Object Napier's bones
Napier's bones are a manually operated calculating device using numbered rods to simplify and speed up multiplication and division.
E478027 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: Napier's bones | Statement: [John Napier, knownFor, Napier's bones]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Napier's bones
Context triple: [John Napier, knownFor, Napier's bones]
  • A. 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astronomical tables based on Copernican heliocentric theory, used for predicting planetary positions before being superseded by more accurate works like the Rudolphine Tables.
  • B. Abacus
    Abacus is a British publishing imprint known for releasing a wide range of literary and contemporary fiction, often in paperback editions.
  • C. 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.
  • D. Alberti cipher disk
    The Alberti cipher disk is a 15th-century polyalphabetic substitution device, considered one of the earliest mechanical tools for encrypting messages and a foundational innovation in modern cryptography.
  • E. Trattato d’abaco
    Trattato d’abaco is a mathematical treatise by Renaissance artist and mathematician Piero della Francesca, focusing on arithmetic and practical calculation methods.
  • 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: Napier's bones
Triple: [John Napier, knownFor, Napier's bones]
Generated description
Napier's bones are a manually operated calculating device using numbered rods to simplify and speed up multiplication and division.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Napier's bones
Target entity description: Napier's bones are a manually operated calculating device using numbered rods to simplify and speed up multiplication and division.
  • A. 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.
  • B. Abacus
    Abacus is a British publishing imprint known for releasing a wide range of literary and contemporary fiction, often in paperback editions.
  • C. 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.
  • D. Alberti cipher disk
    The Alberti cipher disk is a 15th-century polyalphabetic substitution device, considered one of the earliest mechanical tools for encrypting messages and a foundational innovation in modern cryptography.
  • E. Trattato d’abaco
    Trattato d’abaco is a mathematical treatise by Renaissance artist and mathematician Piero della Francesca, focusing on arithmetic and practical calculation methods.
  • 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_69bd4410bbf88190aad50d2451c863d6 completed March 20, 2026, 12:56 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69bd6e49992481908cc7cc1eeafd6494 completed March 20, 2026, 3:56 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69be6fc997548190bb340193475065ee completed March 21, 2026, 10:15 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69be70585e9881909b8ad633f6cc42a6 completed March 21, 2026, 10:18 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69be70d49768819088f4d523e968fdfb completed March 21, 2026, 10:20 a.m.
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:28 p.m.