Triple

T10547760
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Qusta ibn Luqa E248865 entity
Predicate workAuthored P12692 FINISHED
Object On the Use of the Astrolabe
"On the Use of the Astrolabe" is a medieval scientific treatise explaining the construction and practical application of the astrolabe, written by the Arab Christian philosopher and translator Qusta ibn Luqa.
E870099 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 Use of the Astrolabe | Statement: [Qusta ibn Luqa, workAuthored, On the Use of the Astrolabe]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: On the Use of the Astrolabe
Context triple: [Qusta ibn Luqa, workAuthored, On the Use of the Astrolabe]
  • A. A Compendium of Spherical Astronomy
    A Compendium of Spherical Astronomy is a foundational 19th-century textbook by Simon Newcomb that systematically presents the mathematical and theoretical principles underlying positional astronomy and celestial mechanics.
  • B. Al-Farghani's Elements of Astronomy
    Al-Farghani's Elements of Astronomy is a foundational 9th-century Arabic treatise that systematically summarizes and explains Ptolemaic astronomy and became highly influential in both the Islamic world and medieval Europe.
  • C. Al-Zarqali's Toledan Tables
    Al-Zarqali's Toledan Tables are a highly influential set of medieval astronomical tables, compiled in Toledo, that provided precise planetary positions and were widely used across the Islamic world and later in Europe.
  • D. Institutio astronomica
    Institutio astronomica is a 17th-century introductory astronomy textbook by Pierre Gassendi that helped popularize and systematize contemporary astronomical knowledge in a humanist, educational format.
  • E. Treatise on Astronomy
    Treatise on Astronomy is a 19th-century textbook by American mathematician and astronomer Elias Loomis that systematically presents the fundamental principles and observations of astronomy for students and general readers.
  • 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 Use of the Astrolabe
Triple: [Qusta ibn Luqa, workAuthored, On the Use of the Astrolabe]
Generated description
"On the Use of the Astrolabe" is a medieval scientific treatise explaining the construction and practical application of the astrolabe, written by the Arab Christian philosopher and translator Qusta ibn Luqa.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: On the Use of the Astrolabe
Target entity description: "On the Use of the Astrolabe" is a medieval scientific treatise explaining the construction and practical application of the astrolabe, written by the Arab Christian philosopher and translator Qusta ibn Luqa.
  • A. A Compendium of Spherical Astronomy
    A Compendium of Spherical Astronomy is a foundational 19th-century textbook by Simon Newcomb that systematically presents the mathematical and theoretical principles underlying positional astronomy and celestial mechanics.
  • B. Al-Farghani's Elements of Astronomy
    Al-Farghani's Elements of Astronomy is a foundational 9th-century Arabic treatise that systematically summarizes and explains Ptolemaic astronomy and became highly influential in both the Islamic world and medieval Europe.
  • C. Al-Zarqali's Toledan Tables
    Al-Zarqali's Toledan Tables are a highly influential set of medieval astronomical tables, compiled in Toledo, that provided precise planetary positions and were widely used across the Islamic world and later in Europe.
  • D. Institutio astronomica
    Institutio astronomica is a 17th-century introductory astronomy textbook by Pierre Gassendi that helped popularize and systematize contemporary astronomical knowledge in a humanist, educational format.
  • E. Treatise on Astronomy
    Treatise on Astronomy is a 19th-century textbook by American mathematician and astronomer Elias Loomis that systematically presents the fundamental principles and observations of astronomy for students and general readers.
  • 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_69d381c733c08190ab1dd6239f5f34ae completed April 6, 2026, 9:49 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d526d20ef48190ab9f70d4ce5f2a11 completed April 7, 2026, 3:46 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69d93457af7c819090f576ae606c5849 completed April 10, 2026, 5:33 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69d938c8b25c8190bb048053d8668e5c completed April 10, 2026, 5:52 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69d939b1844881908c8fbcb9488863f6 completed April 10, 2026, 5:56 p.m.
Created at: April 6, 2026, 12:33 p.m.