Triple
T15725575
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Hellenistic astronomy |
E381209
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entity |
| Predicate | hasNotableAstronomer |
P602
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Theon of Alexandria
Theon of Alexandria was a 4th-century Greek mathematician and astronomer best known as the last recorded scholar of the Library of Alexandria and for his influential commentaries on Ptolemy’s Almagest and Euclid’s Elements.
|
E1181221
|
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: Theon of Alexandria | Statement: [Hellenistic astronomy, hasNotableAstronomer, Theon of Alexandria]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Theon of Alexandria Context triple: [Hellenistic astronomy, hasNotableAstronomer, Theon of Alexandria]
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A.
Appian of Alexandria
Appian of Alexandria was a 2nd-century AD Greek historian and Roman official best known for his multi-volume work "Roman History," which chronicles Rome’s rise and its civil wars.
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B.
Alexander of Alexandria
Alexander of Alexandria was a 4th-century Patriarch of Alexandria best known for his staunch defense of Nicene orthodoxy and his early opposition to the teachings of Arius.
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C.
Geminus of Rhodes
Geminus of Rhodes was a 1st-century BCE Greek astronomer and mathematician known for his influential introductory treatise on astronomy, the "Introduction to the Phenomena."
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D.
Theodotus of Chios
Theodotus of Chios was a Greek rhetorician and tutor to Ptolemy XIII who became notorious for advising the execution of the exiled Roman general Pompey the Great in Egypt.
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E.
Dioscorus of Alexandria
Dioscorus of Alexandria was a 5th-century Coptic patriarch of Alexandria whose controversial leadership and Christological views played a central role in the theological conflicts surrounding the Council of Chalcedon.
- 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: Theon of Alexandria Triple: [Hellenistic astronomy, hasNotableAstronomer, Theon of Alexandria]
Generated description
Theon of Alexandria was a 4th-century Greek mathematician and astronomer best known as the last recorded scholar of the Library of Alexandria and for his influential commentaries on Ptolemy’s Almagest and Euclid’s Elements.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Theon of Alexandria Target entity description: Theon of Alexandria was a 4th-century Greek mathematician and astronomer best known as the last recorded scholar of the Library of Alexandria and for his influential commentaries on Ptolemy’s Almagest and Euclid’s Elements.
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A.
Appian of Alexandria
Appian of Alexandria was a 2nd-century AD Greek historian and Roman official best known for his multi-volume work "Roman History," which chronicles Rome’s rise and its civil wars.
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B.
Alexander of Alexandria
Alexander of Alexandria was a 4th-century Patriarch of Alexandria best known for his staunch defense of Nicene orthodoxy and his early opposition to the teachings of Arius.
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C.
Geminus of Rhodes
Geminus of Rhodes was a 1st-century BCE Greek astronomer and mathematician known for his influential introductory treatise on astronomy, the "Introduction to the Phenomena."
-
D.
Theodotus of Chios
Theodotus of Chios was a Greek rhetorician and tutor to Ptolemy XIII who became notorious for advising the execution of the exiled Roman general Pompey the Great in Egypt.
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E.
Dioscorus of Alexandria
Dioscorus of Alexandria was a 5th-century Coptic patriarch of Alexandria whose controversial leadership and Christological views played a central role in the theological conflicts surrounding the Council of Chalcedon.
- 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_69d86d9cdb648190bf3171be0bd7d872 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 3:25 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e04fb357a88190a92641c8a8c20573 |
completed | April 16, 2026, 2:55 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ffa9341a0c81909057dc338f218b85 |
completed | May 9, 2026, 9:37 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69ffaa3903408190b7beaa6b461bd2bd |
completed | May 9, 2026, 9:42 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69ffab0c79d4819085f0ed6a4edcb7fb |
completed | May 9, 2026, 9:45 p.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 4:46 a.m.