Triple
T6054507
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Philo of Byzantium |
E134874
|
entity |
| Predicate | influenced |
P9
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Hero of Alexandria
Hero of Alexandria was an ancient Greek engineer and mathematician known for his pioneering work in mechanics, pneumatics, and early steam-powered devices.
|
E568160
|
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: Hero of Alexandria | Statement: [Philo of Byzantium, influenced, Hero of Alexandria]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Hero of Alexandria Context triple: [Philo of Byzantium, influenced, Hero of Alexandria]
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A.
Appian of Alexandria
Appian of Alexandria was a 2nd-century AD Greek historian and Roman official best known for his multi-volume work "Roman History," which chronicles Rome’s rise and its civil wars.
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B.
Ctesibius
Ctesibius was an ancient Greek engineer and inventor, often regarded as the father of pneumatics for his pioneering work on devices using air and water pressure.
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C.
Alexander of Alexandria
Alexander of Alexandria was a 4th-century Patriarch of Alexandria best known for his staunch defense of Nicene orthodoxy and his early opposition to the teachings of Arius.
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D.
Archimedes
Archimedes was an ancient Greek mathematician, physicist, and engineer renowned for foundational contributions to geometry, hydrostatics, and mechanics that shaped later scientific thought.
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E.
Heraclas of Alexandria
Heraclas of Alexandria was a 3rd-century Christian scholar and bishop of Alexandria, known for succeeding Origen as head of the Catechetical School and later serving as patriarch of the Alexandrian church.
- 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: Hero of Alexandria Triple: [Philo of Byzantium, influenced, Hero of Alexandria]
Generated description
Hero of Alexandria was an ancient Greek engineer and mathematician known for his pioneering work in mechanics, pneumatics, and early steam-powered devices.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Hero of Alexandria Target entity description: Hero of Alexandria was an ancient Greek engineer and mathematician known for his pioneering work in mechanics, pneumatics, and early steam-powered devices.
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A.
Appian of Alexandria
Appian of Alexandria was a 2nd-century AD Greek historian and Roman official best known for his multi-volume work "Roman History," which chronicles Rome’s rise and its civil wars.
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B.
Ctesibius
Ctesibius was an ancient Greek engineer and inventor, often regarded as the father of pneumatics for his pioneering work on devices using air and water pressure.
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C.
Alexander of Alexandria
Alexander of Alexandria was a 4th-century Patriarch of Alexandria best known for his staunch defense of Nicene orthodoxy and his early opposition to the teachings of Arius.
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D.
Archimedes
Archimedes was an ancient Greek mathematician, physicist, and engineer renowned for foundational contributions to geometry, hydrostatics, and mechanics that shaped later scientific thought.
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E.
Heraclas of Alexandria
Heraclas of Alexandria was a 3rd-century Christian scholar and bishop of Alexandria, known for succeeding Origen as head of the Catechetical School and later serving as patriarch of the Alexandrian church.
- 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_69c00877b6d4819096b0e163728b73a3 |
completed | March 22, 2026, 3:19 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c05708fda48190ad3d1860969ebb6a |
completed | March 22, 2026, 8:54 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c1251d9bbc8190b9544e93dc268787 |
completed | March 23, 2026, 11:33 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69c1267679e0819085dd655ea85cecbd |
completed | March 23, 2026, 11:39 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69c127061d948190b1e27fae3f8b4604 |
completed | March 23, 2026, 11:41 a.m. |
Created at: March 22, 2026, 4:09 p.m.