Triple

T6208767
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject George Sarton Medal E138813 entity
Predicate notableRecipient P108 FINISHED
Object Otto Neugebauer
Otto Neugebauer was a prominent historian of ancient mathematics and astronomy, renowned for his pioneering studies of Babylonian, Egyptian, and Greek scientific texts.
E575320 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: Otto Neugebauer | Statement: [George Sarton Medal, notableRecipient, Otto Neugebauer]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Otto Neugebauer
Context triple: [George Sarton Medal, notableRecipient, Otto Neugebauer]
  • A. Alexandre Koyré
    Alexandre Koyré was a 20th-century historian and philosopher of science known for his influential studies on the Scientific Revolution and the development of modern scientific thought.
  • B. Andreas Speiser
    Andreas Speiser was a Swiss mathematician known for his work in group theory, algebra, and the history and philosophy of mathematics.
  • C. Harry Rapf
    Harry Rapf was an American film producer and studio executive best known for his prolific work at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer during the early to mid-20th century.
  • D. Owen Gingerich
    Owen Gingerich was an American astronomer and historian of science known for his influential research on Copernicus and the history of early modern astronomy.
  • E. Hermann Diels
    Hermann Diels was a German classical philologist best known for pioneering the systematic collection and editing of the fragments of the early Greek philosophers.
  • 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: Otto Neugebauer
Triple: [George Sarton Medal, notableRecipient, Otto Neugebauer]
Generated description
Otto Neugebauer was a prominent historian of ancient mathematics and astronomy, renowned for his pioneering studies of Babylonian, Egyptian, and Greek scientific texts.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Otto Neugebauer
Target entity description: Otto Neugebauer was a prominent historian of ancient mathematics and astronomy, renowned for his pioneering studies of Babylonian, Egyptian, and Greek scientific texts.
  • A. Alexandre Koyré
    Alexandre Koyré was a 20th-century historian and philosopher of science known for his influential studies on the Scientific Revolution and the development of modern scientific thought.
  • B. Andreas Speiser
    Andreas Speiser was a Swiss mathematician known for his work in group theory, algebra, and the history and philosophy of mathematics.
  • C. Harry Rapf
    Harry Rapf was an American film producer and studio executive best known for his prolific work at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer during the early to mid-20th century.
  • D. Owen Gingerich
    Owen Gingerich was an American astronomer and historian of science known for his influential research on Copernicus and the history of early modern astronomy.
  • E. Hermann Diels
    Hermann Diels was a German classical philologist best known for pioneering the systematic collection and editing of the fragments of the early Greek philosophers.
  • 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_69c008ada364819096c9e92c74d639b5 completed March 22, 2026, 3:20 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c062870d5881909b8d4e33ff31a907 completed March 22, 2026, 9:43 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c16f52829c81909bdd422cbb1eabf4 completed March 23, 2026, 4:50 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c1d2bc0c448190b1ae105212f5c933 completed March 23, 2026, 11:54 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c1d33e93e48190a0962f69e7601160 completed March 23, 2026, 11:56 p.m.
Created at: March 22, 2026, 4:21 p.m.