Triple

T5336956
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Aristarchus of Samos E123849 entity
Predicate workAuthored P12692 FINISHED
Object On the Sizes and Distances of the Sun and Moon
On the Sizes and Distances of the Sun and Moon is an ancient Greek astronomical treatise that presents one of the earliest known geometric attempts to quantify the relative sizes and distances of the Sun and Moon from Earth.
E511444 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: On the Sizes and Distances of the Sun and Moon | Statement: [Aristarchus of Samos, workAuthored, On the Sizes and Distances of the Sun and Moon]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: On the Sizes and Distances of the Sun and Moon
Context triple: [Aristarchus of Samos, workAuthored, On the Sizes and Distances of the Sun and Moon]
  • A. De institutione astronomica
    De institutione astronomica is a late antique Latin treatise on astronomy by the philosopher Boethius, presenting classical cosmological and astronomical knowledge to a medieval scholarly audience.
  • B. Newcomb tables of the Sun, Mercury, Venus, and Mars
    The Newcomb tables of the Sun, Mercury, Venus, and Mars are a set of highly accurate 19th-century astronomical tables computed by Simon Newcomb that were long used to predict the positions and motions of these celestial bodies.
  • C. A Compendium of Spherical Astronomy
    A Compendium of Spherical Astronomy is a foundational 19th-century textbook by Simon Newcomb that systematically presents the mathematical and theoretical principles underlying positional astronomy and celestial mechanics.
  • D. Treatise on Astronomy
    Treatise on Astronomy is a 19th-century textbook by American mathematician and astronomer Elias Loomis that systematically presents the fundamental principles and observations of astronomy for students and general readers.
  • E. Copernican System of lunar stratigraphy
    The Copernican System of lunar stratigraphy is the youngest major geologic time division on the Moon, characterized by relatively fresh impact craters with bright ray systems and minimal space weathering.
  • 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: On the Sizes and Distances of the Sun and Moon
Triple: [Aristarchus of Samos, workAuthored, On the Sizes and Distances of the Sun and Moon]
Generated description
On the Sizes and Distances of the Sun and Moon is an ancient Greek astronomical treatise that presents one of the earliest known geometric attempts to quantify the relative sizes and distances of the Sun and Moon from Earth.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: On the Sizes and Distances of the Sun and Moon
Target entity description: On the Sizes and Distances of the Sun and Moon is an ancient Greek astronomical treatise that presents one of the earliest known geometric attempts to quantify the relative sizes and distances of the Sun and Moon from Earth.
  • A. De institutione astronomica
    De institutione astronomica is a late antique Latin treatise on astronomy by the philosopher Boethius, presenting classical cosmological and astronomical knowledge to a medieval scholarly audience.
  • B. Newcomb tables of the Sun, Mercury, Venus, and Mars
    The Newcomb tables of the Sun, Mercury, Venus, and Mars are a set of highly accurate 19th-century astronomical tables computed by Simon Newcomb that were long used to predict the positions and motions of these celestial bodies.
  • C. A Compendium of Spherical Astronomy
    A Compendium of Spherical Astronomy is a foundational 19th-century textbook by Simon Newcomb that systematically presents the mathematical and theoretical principles underlying positional astronomy and celestial mechanics.
  • D. Treatise on Astronomy
    Treatise on Astronomy is a 19th-century textbook by American mathematician and astronomer Elias Loomis that systematically presents the fundamental principles and observations of astronomy for students and general readers.
  • E. Copernican System of lunar stratigraphy
    The Copernican System of lunar stratigraphy is the youngest major geologic time division on the Moon, characterized by relatively fresh impact craters with bright ray systems and minimal space weathering.
  • 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_69bd464b07f8819095aa76577c9829e4 completed March 20, 2026, 1:06 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69bd85b104c081908b81236a0142e1c8 completed March 20, 2026, 5:36 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69bf18c1e1f88190a47489a9491eaf08 completed March 21, 2026, 10:16 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69bf199394e08190948f70a9884a39b6 completed March 21, 2026, 10:20 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69bf19f186bc81908e378f61100417a9 completed March 21, 2026, 10:21 p.m.
Created at: March 20, 2026, 2 p.m.