Hypsicles
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Hypsicles was an ancient Hellenistic Greek astronomer and mathematician known for his work on the division of the zodiac and for contributions sometimes associated with the Book XIV of Euclid’s Elements.
All labels observed (1)
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How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T15725573 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Hypsicles Context triple: [Hellenistic astronomy, hasNotableAstronomer, Hypsicles]
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A.
Geminus of Rhodes
Geminus of Rhodes was a 1st-century BCE Greek astronomer and mathematician known for his influential introductory treatise on astronomy, the "Introduction to the Phenomena."
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B.
Theodotus of Chios
Theodotus of Chios was a Greek rhetorician and tutor to Ptolemy XIII who became notorious for advising the execution of the exiled Roman general Pompey the Great in Egypt.
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C.
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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D.
Eutocius of Ascalon
Eutocius of Ascalon was a 6th-century Greek mathematician best known for his commentaries on the works of Archimedes and Apollonius, which helped preserve and transmit classical Greek mathematics.
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E.
Strato of Lampsacus
Strato of Lampsacus was an ancient Greek philosopher of the Peripatetic school, known for his naturalistic explanations of the world and for succeeding Theophrastus as head of Aristotle’s Lyceum.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Hypsicles Target entity description: Hypsicles was an ancient Hellenistic Greek astronomer and mathematician known for his work on the division of the zodiac and for contributions sometimes associated with the Book XIV of Euclid’s Elements.
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A.
Geminus of Rhodes
Geminus of Rhodes was a 1st-century BCE Greek astronomer and mathematician known for his influential introductory treatise on astronomy, the "Introduction to the Phenomena."
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B.
Theodotus of Chios
Theodotus of Chios was a Greek rhetorician and tutor to Ptolemy XIII who became notorious for advising the execution of the exiled Roman general Pompey the Great in Egypt.
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C.
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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D.
Eutocius of Ascalon
Eutocius of Ascalon was a 6th-century Greek mathematician best known for his commentaries on the works of Archimedes and Apollonius, which helped preserve and transmit classical Greek mathematics.
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E.
Strato of Lampsacus
Strato of Lampsacus was an ancient Greek philosopher of the Peripatetic school, known for his naturalistic explanations of the world and for succeeding Theophrastus as head of Aristotle’s Lyceum.
- F. None of above. chosen
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.