Triple

T7854055
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Peter Barlow E182126 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object Barlow's Tables of Squares, Cubes, Square Roots, Cube Roots, Reciprocals, and Logarithms
Barlow's Tables of Squares, Cubes, Square Roots, Cube Roots, Reciprocals, and Logarithms is a classic 19th-century mathematical reference work providing extensive numerical tables used for calculation before the advent of electronic computers.
E705634 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: Barlow's Tables of Squares, Cubes, Square Roots, Cube Roots, Reciprocals, and Logarithms | Statement: [Peter Barlow, notableWork, Barlow's Tables of Squares, Cubes, Square Roots, Cube Roots, Reciprocals, and Logarithms]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Barlow's Tables of Squares, Cubes, Square Roots, Cube Roots, Reciprocals, and Logarithms
Context triple: [Peter Barlow, notableWork, Barlow's Tables of Squares, Cubes, Square Roots, Cube Roots, Reciprocals, and Logarithms]
  • A. 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.
  • B. 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astronomical tables based on Copernican heliocentric theory, used for predicting planetary positions before being superseded by more accurate works like the Rudolphine Tables.
  • C. Mirifici Logarithmorum Canonis Descriptio
    Mirifici Logarithmorum Canonis Descriptio is John Napier’s seminal early 17th-century treatise that introduced and systematically described logarithms, revolutionizing mathematical computation.
  • D. Napier's bones
    Napier's bones are a manually operated calculating device using numbered rods to simplify and speed up multiplication and division.
  • E. Sir Joseph Williamson's Mathematical School
    Sir Joseph Williamson's Mathematical School is a historic selective grammar school in Rochester, Kent, known for its strong academic tradition and emphasis on mathematics and sciences.
  • 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: Barlow's Tables of Squares, Cubes, Square Roots, Cube Roots, Reciprocals, and Logarithms
Triple: [Peter Barlow, notableWork, Barlow's Tables of Squares, Cubes, Square Roots, Cube Roots, Reciprocals, and Logarithms]
Generated description
Barlow's Tables of Squares, Cubes, Square Roots, Cube Roots, Reciprocals, and Logarithms is a classic 19th-century mathematical reference work providing extensive numerical tables used for calculation before the advent of electronic computers.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Barlow's Tables of Squares, Cubes, Square Roots, Cube Roots, Reciprocals, and Logarithms
Target entity description: Barlow's Tables of Squares, Cubes, Square Roots, Cube Roots, Reciprocals, and Logarithms is a classic 19th-century mathematical reference work providing extensive numerical tables used for calculation before the advent of electronic computers.
  • A. 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.
  • B. 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.
  • C. Mirifici Logarithmorum Canonis Descriptio
    Mirifici Logarithmorum Canonis Descriptio is John Napier’s seminal early 17th-century treatise that introduced and systematically described logarithms, revolutionizing mathematical computation.
  • D. Napier's bones
    Napier's bones are a manually operated calculating device using numbered rods to simplify and speed up multiplication and division.
  • E. Sir Joseph Williamson's Mathematical School
    Sir Joseph Williamson's Mathematical School is a historic selective grammar school in Rochester, Kent, known for its strong academic tradition and emphasis on mathematics and sciences.
  • 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_69ca82869ee08190b8f9040dbc2c0467 completed March 30, 2026, 2:02 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cb1a72cfdc8190a3186c4c2894f571 completed March 31, 2026, 12:50 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69cbdf21add88190bc07d3164e940116 completed March 31, 2026, 2:50 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69cc46bca04481908852425c214a4e34 completed March 31, 2026, 10:12 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69cc49129e188190aaebd6a1188788d9 completed March 31, 2026, 10:22 p.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 4:51 p.m.