Triple

T13132257
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Al-Sufi's Book of Fixed Stars E311990 entity
Predicate uses P98 FINISHED
Object Ptolemaic magnitude scale
The Ptolemaic magnitude scale is an ancient astronomical system, originating with Claudius Ptolemy, that ranks stars by their apparent brightness in six broad classes from first (brightest) to sixth (faintest) magnitude.
E1022097 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: Ptolemaic magnitude scale | Statement: [Al-Sufi's Book of Fixed Stars, uses, Ptolemaic magnitude scale]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ptolemaic magnitude scale
Context triple: [Al-Sufi's Book of Fixed Stars, uses, Ptolemaic magnitude scale]
  • A. Ptolemaic system
    The Ptolemaic system is an ancient geocentric cosmological model that places Earth at the center of the universe with the Sun, Moon, and planets moving around it in complex circular paths.
  • B. Kardashev scale
    The Kardashev scale is a theoretical framework that classifies civilizations by the amount of energy they can harness and use, ranging from planetary to galactic levels.
  • C. On the Sizes and Distances of the Sun and Moon
    On the Sizes and Distances of the Sun and Moon is an ancient Greek astronomical treatise that presents one of the earliest known geometric attempts to quantify the relative sizes and distances of the Sun and Moon from Earth.
  • D. Titius–Bode law
    The Titius–Bode law is an 18th-century empirical rule that approximates the distances of planets from the Sun using a simple numerical sequence, historically noted for roughly predicting the positions of several known planets and the asteroid belt.
  • E. Tychonic system
    The Tychonic system is a historical hybrid model of the cosmos in which Earth is stationary at the center while the Sun orbits Earth and the other planets orbit the Sun, proposed as a compromise between geocentric and heliocentric theories.
  • 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: Ptolemaic magnitude scale
Triple: [Al-Sufi's Book of Fixed Stars, uses, Ptolemaic magnitude scale]
Generated description
The Ptolemaic magnitude scale is an ancient astronomical system, originating with Claudius Ptolemy, that ranks stars by their apparent brightness in six broad classes from first (brightest) to sixth (faintest) magnitude.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ptolemaic magnitude scale
Target entity description: The Ptolemaic magnitude scale is an ancient astronomical system, originating with Claudius Ptolemy, that ranks stars by their apparent brightness in six broad classes from first (brightest) to sixth (faintest) magnitude.
  • A. Ptolemaic system
    The Ptolemaic system is an ancient geocentric cosmological model that places Earth at the center of the universe with the Sun, Moon, and planets moving around it in complex circular paths.
  • B. Kardashev scale
    The Kardashev scale is a theoretical framework that classifies civilizations by the amount of energy they can harness and use, ranging from planetary to galactic levels.
  • C. On the Sizes and Distances of the Sun and Moon
    On the Sizes and Distances of the Sun and Moon is an ancient Greek astronomical treatise that presents one of the earliest known geometric attempts to quantify the relative sizes and distances of the Sun and Moon from Earth.
  • D. Titius–Bode law
    The Titius–Bode law is an 18th-century empirical rule that approximates the distances of planets from the Sun using a simple numerical sequence, historically noted for roughly predicting the positions of several known planets and the asteroid belt.
  • E. Tychonic system
    The Tychonic system is a historical hybrid model of the cosmos in which Earth is stationary at the center while the Sun orbits Earth and the other planets orbit the Sun, proposed as a compromise between geocentric and heliocentric theories.
  • 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_69f6e290c308819090ee4436c199b57c completed May 3, 2026, 5:52 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f6e397df5c8190a470fc5c226b027b completed May 3, 2026, 5:56 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f6e454f95c8190b023c5d141999dd8 completed May 3, 2026, 5:59 a.m.
Created at: April 9, 2026, 9:08 p.m.