Triple
T18271589
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Witelo |
E437627
|
entity |
| Predicate | influencedBy |
P9
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Islamic optics |
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NE NERFINISHED |
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: Islamic optics | Statement: [Witelo, influencedBy, Islamic optics]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Islamic optics Context triple: [Witelo, influencedBy, Islamic optics]
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A.
Islamic optics
chosen
Islamic optics is the body of scientific work developed in the medieval Islamic world that advanced the understanding of vision, light, and optical phenomena, laying key foundations for modern optics.
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B.
Islamic astronomy
Islamic astronomy is the body of astronomical knowledge and practices developed in the medieval Islamic world, notable for preserving and expanding Greek astronomy, refining observational techniques, and influencing later European science.
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C.
Ibn Sahl's treatise on burning mirrors and lenses
Ibn Sahl's treatise on burning mirrors and lenses is a foundational 10th-century work in Islamic optics that mathematically analyzes refraction and lens design, anticipating principles later formalized in Snell’s law.
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D.
European scholastic optics
European scholastic optics was the medieval Latin tradition of studying vision and light, developed by scholastic philosophers and theologians who synthesized classical and Islamic optical theories within a Christian-Aristotelian framework.
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E.
Newtonian optics
Newtonian optics is the branch of physics developed by Isaac Newton that explains light primarily as a stream of particles to account for reflection, refraction, and color phenomena.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (2 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_69d8b913351c8190932b6a426de04b41 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 8:47 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e4ff7e00548190a28916a696831336 |
completed | April 19, 2026, 4:14 p.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 10:34 a.m.