Triple

T13132217
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Al-Sufi's Book of Fixed Stars E311990 entity
Predicate author P4 FINISHED
Object Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi
Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi was a 10th-century Persian astronomer renowned for his detailed star catalogues and early descriptions of celestial objects in the Islamic Golden Age.
E1034996 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: Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi | Statement: [Al-Sufi's Book of Fixed Stars, author, Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi
Context triple: [Al-Sufi's Book of Fixed Stars, author, Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi]
  • A. Al-Bulqini
    Al-Bulqini was a prominent medieval Islamic scholar and jurist who held the prestigious title of Shaykh al-Islam.
  • B. Ibn al-Shatir
    Ibn al-Shatir was a 14th-century Syrian astronomer and timekeeper whose innovative planetary models anticipated key features of the later Copernican system.
  • C. Al-Zarqali
    Al-Zarqali was an influential 11th-century Andalusian astronomer and instrument maker whose precise observations and innovations, including improved astrolabes and solar tables, significantly shaped Islamic and later European astronomy.
  • D. Al-Battani
    Al-Battani was a renowned medieval Arab astronomer and mathematician whose precise observations and calculations significantly refined Ptolemaic astronomy and influenced later European science.
  • E. Al-Qushji
    Al-Qushji was a 15th-century Persian astronomer, mathematician, and theologian known for his influential work in observational astronomy and for challenging aspects of Aristotelian cosmology within the Islamic scientific tradition.
  • 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: Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi
Triple: [Al-Sufi's Book of Fixed Stars, author, Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi]
Generated description
Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi was a 10th-century Persian astronomer renowned for his detailed star catalogues and early descriptions of celestial objects in the Islamic Golden Age.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi
Target entity description: Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi was a 10th-century Persian astronomer renowned for his detailed star catalogues and early descriptions of celestial objects in the Islamic Golden Age.
  • A. Al-Bulqini
    Al-Bulqini was a prominent medieval Islamic scholar and jurist who held the prestigious title of Shaykh al-Islam.
  • B. Ibn al-Shatir
    Ibn al-Shatir was a 14th-century Syrian astronomer and timekeeper whose innovative planetary models anticipated key features of the later Copernican system.
  • C. Al-Zarqali
    Al-Zarqali was an influential 11th-century Andalusian astronomer and instrument maker whose precise observations and innovations, including improved astrolabes and solar tables, significantly shaped Islamic and later European astronomy.
  • D. Al-Battani
    Al-Battani was a renowned medieval Arab astronomer and mathematician whose precise observations and calculations significantly refined Ptolemaic astronomy and influenced later European science.
  • E. Al-Qushji
    Al-Qushji was a 15th-century Persian astronomer, mathematician, and theologian known for his influential work in observational astronomy and for challenging aspects of Aristotelian cosmology within the Islamic scientific tradition.
  • 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_69f71f0ff20081909f277d9c8dc8b043 completed May 3, 2026, 10:10 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f720f84c7c8190b0f8de684dd67b42 completed May 3, 2026, 10:18 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f721baaf34819081113c586fae013f completed May 3, 2026, 10:21 a.m.
Created at: April 9, 2026, 9:08 p.m.