Triple

T8411618
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Iamblichus of Chalcis E198636 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object On the Pythagorean Life
On the Pythagorean Life is a Neoplatonic biographical and philosophical treatise that portrays the life, teachings, and communal practices of Pythagoras and his followers.
E731539 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 Pythagorean Life | Statement: [Iamblichus of Chalcis, notableWork, On the Pythagorean Life]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: On the Pythagorean Life
Context triple: [Iamblichus of Chalcis, notableWork, On the Pythagorean Life]
  • A. On Pythagorean Numbers
    On Pythagorean Numbers is a lost philosophical work by the ancient Greek philosopher Speusippus that explored numerical doctrines associated with Pythagorean thought.
  • B. Pythagorean harmony of the spheres
    The Pythagorean harmony of the spheres is an ancient philosophical and cosmological concept proposing that the movements of celestial bodies produce a hidden, mathematically ordered music reflecting the harmony of the universe.
  • C. The Pisa Lectures
    The Pisa Lectures are a series of influential talks by Noam Chomsky that laid out the core ideas of his Government and Binding theory in generative grammar.
  • D. Pythagoreio
    Pythagoreio is a historic coastal town and popular tourist resort on the Greek island of Samos, known for its ancient harbor and archaeological sites.
  • E. Pythagorean table of opposites
    The Pythagorean table of opposites is an ancient philosophical schema that arranges reality into paired contrasting principles (such as limited/unlimited and odd/even) to explain the structure and harmony of the cosmos.
  • 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 Pythagorean Life
Triple: [Iamblichus of Chalcis, notableWork, On the Pythagorean Life]
Generated description
On the Pythagorean Life is a Neoplatonic biographical and philosophical treatise that portrays the life, teachings, and communal practices of Pythagoras and his followers.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: On the Pythagorean Life
Target entity description: On the Pythagorean Life is a Neoplatonic biographical and philosophical treatise that portrays the life, teachings, and communal practices of Pythagoras and his followers.
  • A. On Pythagorean Numbers
    On Pythagorean Numbers is a lost philosophical work by the ancient Greek philosopher Speusippus that explored numerical doctrines associated with Pythagorean thought.
  • B. Pythagorean harmony of the spheres
    The Pythagorean harmony of the spheres is an ancient philosophical and cosmological concept proposing that the movements of celestial bodies produce a hidden, mathematically ordered music reflecting the harmony of the universe.
  • C. The Pisa Lectures
    The Pisa Lectures are a series of influential talks by Noam Chomsky that laid out the core ideas of his Government and Binding theory in generative grammar.
  • D. Pythagoreio
    Pythagoreio is a historic coastal town and popular tourist resort on the Greek island of Samos, known for its ancient harbor and archaeological sites.
  • E. Pythagorean table of opposites
    The Pythagorean table of opposites is an ancient philosophical schema that arranges reality into paired contrasting principles (such as limited/unlimited and odd/even) to explain the structure and harmony of the cosmos.
  • 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_69ca831201b481909e137936ef99ff11 completed March 30, 2026, 2:05 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cb83e0341c819080506e696131671e completed March 31, 2026, 8:20 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ce0317cb188190b207bcaffb629a75 completed April 2, 2026, 5:48 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ce07808098819087e896b87320aefd completed April 2, 2026, 6:06 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ce08759e1c81909c96caf3b571e1ca completed April 2, 2026, 6:11 a.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 6:05 p.m.