Triple
T8998080
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | M. C. Escher |
E214968
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableWork |
P4
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Hand with Reflecting Sphere |
E636107
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: Hand with Reflecting Sphere | Statement: [M. C. Escher, notableWork, Hand with Reflecting Sphere]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Hand with Reflecting Sphere Context triple: [M. C. Escher, notableWork, Hand with Reflecting Sphere]
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A.
Dioptrique
Dioptrique is a scientific treatise by René Descartes that lays out his pioneering theories on light and optics, including the law of refraction.
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B.
Catoptrics
Catoptrics is an ancient Greek mathematical treatise, traditionally attributed to Euclid, that studies the geometry of reflection in mirrors and the formation of images.
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C.
Done with Mirrors
"Done with Mirrors" is a 1985 hard rock album by Aerosmith that marked the band's reunion with guitarist Joe Perry and a transitional period before their major late-1980s comeback.
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D.
Self-portrait in a Convex Mirror
chosen
Self-portrait in a Convex Mirror is a renowned early 16th-century Mannerist painting by Parmigianino that strikingly depicts the artist’s distorted reflection as seen in a convex mirror.
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E.
Lambertian reflectance law in optics
The Lambertian reflectance law in optics describes an ideal diffuse surface that appears equally bright from all viewing angles because its apparent brightness is proportional to the cosine of the angle between the incident light and the surface normal.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69ca83a05c608190bdfdbdb25e994b39 |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:07 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cc68e23734819083a98f4ff0942479 |
completed | April 1, 2026, 12:37 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69cfd0d586c881909090b424f6fd036f |
completed | April 3, 2026, 2:38 p.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 7:05 p.m.