Triple
T15478838
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Noel Joseph Terence Montgomery Needham |
E376858
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableWork |
P4
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Science and Civilisation in China, Volume 2 |
E376860
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: Science and Civilisation in China, Volume 2 | Statement: [Noel Joseph Terence Montgomery Needham, notableWork, Science and Civilisation in China, Volume 2]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Science and Civilisation in China, Volume 2 Context triple: [Noel Joseph Terence Montgomery Needham, notableWork, Science and Civilisation in China, Volume 2]
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A.
Science and Civilisation in China
chosen
Science and Civilisation in China is a monumental multi-volume work that systematically documents and analyzes the history of Chinese science, technology, and civilization and their global significance.
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B.
Volume 3: Mathematics and the Sciences of the Heavens and the Earth
Volume 3: Mathematics and the Sciences of the Heavens and the Earth is a scholarly volume that examines the historical development of mathematics, astronomy, and related natural sciences in Chinese civilization.
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C.
Designs of Chinese Buildings, Furniture, Dresses, Machines, and Utensils
Designs of Chinese Buildings, Furniture, Dresses, Machines, and Utensils is an 18th-century illustrated work by architect Sir William Chambers that introduced and popularized Chinese-inspired design elements in European art and architecture.
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D.
Yongle Encyclopedia
The Yongle Encyclopedia is a vast 15th-century Chinese imperial compendium that sought to collect and preserve the entirety of known knowledge, literature, and scholarship of its time.
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E.
China Illustrata
China Illustrata is a 17th-century work by Jesuit scholar Athanasius Kircher that compiles and interprets contemporary European knowledge and reports about China’s geography, culture, history, and natural wonders.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69d85cd21dcc81908646251b1c26ea00 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 2:13 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e03f8a77a081909f12f13660452f4a |
completed | April 16, 2026, 1:46 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ff3d4661088190bb53161247effcc4 |
completed | May 9, 2026, 1:57 p.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 3:34 a.m.