Triple

T13132138
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Islamic optics E311988 entity
Predicate majorFigure P1183 FINISHED
Object Ibn Sahl
Ibn Sahl was a 10th-century Persian mathematician and physicist renowned for formulating the law of refraction centuries before Snell, making him a foundational figure in the development of optical science in the Islamic Golden Age.
E1023556 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: Ibn Sahl | Statement: [Islamic optics, majorFigure, Ibn Sahl]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ibn Sahl
Context triple: [Islamic optics, majorFigure, Ibn Sahl]
  • A. Ibn al-Haytham (Alhazen)
    Ibn al-Haytham (Alhazen) was an influential medieval polymath best known for his foundational work in optics, mathematics, and scientific methodology, which earned him recognition as a pioneer of the modern scientific method.
  • B. Imru' al-Qais al-Kindi
    Imru' al-Qais al-Kindi was a pre-Islamic Arab poet and prince, renowned as one of the greatest authors of the Mu'allaqat and a foundational figure in classical Arabic poetry.
  • C. Ibn al-Jazzar
    Ibn al-Jazzar was a 10th-century Tunisian physician and medical writer renowned for his influential works on practical medicine, pediatrics, and travel health that shaped Islamic and later European medical traditions.
  • D. Al-Samaw'al
    Al-Samaw'al was a 12th-century Muslim mathematician best known for his early work on algebraic symbolism and the systematic use of negative numbers.
  • E. al-Hasan ibn Sahl
    al-Hasan ibn Sahl was an influential Abbasid statesman and governor who played a prominent political and administrative role during the civil war between al-Amin and al-Ma'mun.
  • 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: Ibn Sahl
Triple: [Islamic optics, majorFigure, Ibn Sahl]
Generated description
Ibn Sahl was a 10th-century Persian mathematician and physicist renowned for formulating the law of refraction centuries before Snell, making him a foundational figure in the development of optical science in the Islamic Golden Age.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ibn Sahl
Target entity description: Ibn Sahl was a 10th-century Persian mathematician and physicist renowned for formulating the law of refraction centuries before Snell, making him a foundational figure in the development of optical science in the Islamic Golden Age.
  • A. Ibn al-Haytham (Alhazen)
    Ibn al-Haytham (Alhazen) was an influential medieval polymath best known for his foundational work in optics, mathematics, and scientific methodology, which earned him recognition as a pioneer of the modern scientific method.
  • B. Imru' al-Qais al-Kindi
    Imru' al-Qais al-Kindi was a pre-Islamic Arab poet and prince, renowned as one of the greatest authors of the Mu'allaqat and a foundational figure in classical Arabic poetry.
  • C. Ibn al-Jazzar
    Ibn al-Jazzar was a 10th-century Tunisian physician and medical writer renowned for his influential works on practical medicine, pediatrics, and travel health that shaped Islamic and later European medical traditions.
  • D. Al-Samaw'al
    Al-Samaw'al was a 12th-century Muslim mathematician best known for his early work on algebraic symbolism and the systematic use of negative numbers.
  • E. al-Hasan ibn Sahl
    al-Hasan ibn Sahl was an influential Abbasid statesman and governor who played a prominent political and administrative role during the civil war between al-Amin and al-Ma'mun.
  • 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_69d806a9fe888190b081e2d9ea665d6c completed April 9, 2026, 8:06 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d981b27a8c81909a92ab7be5d3a7e9 completed April 10, 2026, 11:03 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f6eae08a148190af391d173f25b714 completed May 3, 2026, 6:27 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f6ed831e008190a4bab67ea94cbf22 completed May 3, 2026, 6:38 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f6ede044788190bdac73cdde57044b completed May 3, 2026, 6:40 a.m.
Created at: April 9, 2026, 9:08 p.m.