Triple

T15575278
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Siege of Babylon (331 BC) E374350 entity
Predicate recordedIn P4490 FINISHED
Object Babylonian astronomical diaries
The Babylonian astronomical diaries are a series of cuneiform records that systematically document celestial phenomena alongside political, economic, and historical events in ancient Mesopotamia.
E1164591 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: Babylonian astronomical diaries | Statement: [Siege of Babylon (331 BC), recordedIn, Babylonian astronomical diaries]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Babylonian astronomical diaries
Context triple: [Siege of Babylon (331 BC), recordedIn, Babylonian astronomical diaries]
  • A. Babylonian chronicles
    The Babylonian Chronicles are a series of ancient cuneiform tablets that record key political and military events in Babylonian history, providing one of the most important primary sources for the chronology of the ancient Near East.
  • B. 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.
  • C. Al-Battani's Zij al-Sabi
    Al-Battani's Zij al-Sabi is a seminal medieval astronomical handbook that refined Ptolemaic models and provided highly accurate planetary and solar tables widely used in the Islamic world and later in Europe.
  • D. 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.
  • E. Babylonian calendar
    The Babylonian calendar was an ancient lunisolar timekeeping system used in Mesopotamia, structured around lunar months and intercalary months to align with the solar year and influential on later Near Eastern and Jewish calendars.
  • 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: Babylonian astronomical diaries
Triple: [Siege of Babylon (331 BC), recordedIn, Babylonian astronomical diaries]
Generated description
The Babylonian astronomical diaries are a series of cuneiform records that systematically document celestial phenomena alongside political, economic, and historical events in ancient Mesopotamia.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Babylonian astronomical diaries
Target entity description: The Babylonian astronomical diaries are a series of cuneiform records that systematically document celestial phenomena alongside political, economic, and historical events in ancient Mesopotamia.
  • A. Babylonian chronicles
    The Babylonian Chronicles are a series of ancient cuneiform tablets that record key political and military events in Babylonian history, providing one of the most important primary sources for the chronology of the ancient Near East.
  • B. 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.
  • C. Al-Battani's Zij al-Sabi
    Al-Battani's Zij al-Sabi is a seminal medieval astronomical handbook that refined Ptolemaic models and provided highly accurate planetary and solar tables widely used in the Islamic world and later in Europe.
  • D. 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.
  • E. Babylonian calendar
    The Babylonian calendar was an ancient lunisolar timekeeping system used in Mesopotamia, structured around lunar months and intercalary months to align with the solar year and influential on later Near Eastern and Jewish calendars.
  • 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_69d85ccd575081908909b71a3f3e3a61 completed April 10, 2026, 2:13 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e04e2140388190a8df7b835eaa72ce completed April 16, 2026, 2:49 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ff4c4978ec8190a57de5d9a2ec6653 completed May 9, 2026, 3:01 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ff4d0678648190b61fbe79a60da8ec completed May 9, 2026, 3:04 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ff4d9258148190b21201bb09e16999 completed May 9, 2026, 3:06 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 4:10 a.m.