Triple

T15725581
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Hellenistic astronomy E381209 entity
Predicate hasNotableAstronomer P602 FINISHED
Object Timocharis of Alexandria
Timocharis of Alexandria was an early Hellenistic Greek astronomer known for his precise star catalogues and observations that later helped Hipparchus discover the precession of the equinoxes.
E1174957 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: Timocharis of Alexandria | Statement: [Hellenistic astronomy, hasNotableAstronomer, Timocharis of Alexandria]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Timocharis of Alexandria
Context triple: [Hellenistic astronomy, hasNotableAstronomer, Timocharis of Alexandria]
  • A. Heraclas of Alexandria
    Heraclas of Alexandria was a 3rd-century Christian scholar and bishop of Alexandria, known for succeeding Origen as head of the Catechetical School and later serving as patriarch of the Alexandrian church.
  • B. Philoxenus of Mabbug
    Philoxenus of Mabbug was a prominent 5th–6th century Syriac Christian bishop and theologian known for his influential Miaphysite writings and biblical commentaries.
  • C. Thrasyllus of Mendes
    Thrasyllus of Mendes was a 1st-century CE Egyptian astrologer and scholar who served as Tiberius’s court astrologer and famously arranged Plato’s dialogues into the influential Thrasyllan tetralogies.
  • D. Apollonis of Cyzicus
    Apollonis of Cyzicus was a Hellenistic queen of Pergamon, renowned in antiquity as the virtuous and influential wife of King Attalus I and mother of his royal successors.
  • E. Pionius of Smyrna
    Pionius of Smyrna was a 3rd-century Christian presbyter and martyr renowned for his steadfast refusal to renounce his faith during the Decian persecution.
  • 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: Timocharis of Alexandria
Triple: [Hellenistic astronomy, hasNotableAstronomer, Timocharis of Alexandria]
Generated description
Timocharis of Alexandria was an early Hellenistic Greek astronomer known for his precise star catalogues and observations that later helped Hipparchus discover the precession of the equinoxes.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Timocharis of Alexandria
Target entity description: Timocharis of Alexandria was an early Hellenistic Greek astronomer known for his precise star catalogues and observations that later helped Hipparchus discover the precession of the equinoxes.
  • A. Heraclas of Alexandria
    Heraclas of Alexandria was a 3rd-century Christian scholar and bishop of Alexandria, known for succeeding Origen as head of the Catechetical School and later serving as patriarch of the Alexandrian church.
  • B. Philoxenus of Mabbug
    Philoxenus of Mabbug was a prominent 5th–6th century Syriac Christian bishop and theologian known for his influential Miaphysite writings and biblical commentaries.
  • C. Thrasyllus of Mendes
    Thrasyllus of Mendes was a 1st-century CE Egyptian astrologer and scholar who served as Tiberius’s court astrologer and famously arranged Plato’s dialogues into the influential Thrasyllan tetralogies.
  • D. Apollonis of Cyzicus
    Apollonis of Cyzicus was a Hellenistic queen of Pergamon, renowned in antiquity as the virtuous and influential wife of King Attalus I and mother of his royal successors.
  • E. Pionius of Smyrna
    Pionius of Smyrna was a 3rd-century Christian presbyter and martyr renowned for his steadfast refusal to renounce his faith during the Decian persecution.
  • 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_69ff876759288190b263cbea00fdaba4 completed May 9, 2026, 7:13 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ff881731ac8190baa3cea2c9b7975b completed May 9, 2026, 7:16 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ff88cfbe388190b20c426b4c745f92 completed May 9, 2026, 7:19 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 4:46 a.m.