Triple
T18271644
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | European scholastic optics |
E437628
|
entity |
| Predicate | influencedByWork |
P1994
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FINISHED |
| Object | Ptolemy's Optics |
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NE NERFINISHED |
How this triple was built (3 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: Ptolemy's Optics | Statement: [European scholastic optics, influencedByWork, Ptolemy's Optics]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ptolemy's Optics Context triple: [European scholastic optics, influencedByWork, Ptolemy's Optics]
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A.
Euclid's Optics
Euclid's Optics is an ancient Greek treatise that systematically analyzes visual perception and perspective using geometric principles, laying foundational ideas for later optical theory.
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B.
Book of Optics
The Book of Optics is a foundational 11th-century scientific work that revolutionized the understanding of vision, light, and optics, laying key groundwork for the modern science of optics.
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C.
Theodoric of Freiberg's De iride et radialibus impressionibus
Theodoric of Freiberg's *De iride et radialibus impressionibus* is a seminal medieval treatise that offers one of the first correct scientific explanations of the rainbow through geometric and optical analysis.
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D.
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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E.
Liber de perspectivis
Liber de perspectivis is a Renaissance treatise on perspective and geometrical optics by the Italian mathematician and scientist Guidobaldo del Monte.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ptolemy's Optics Target entity description: Ptolemy's Optics is an influential ancient Greek treatise on vision, light, and visual perception that significantly shaped later theories of optics, including those of the European scholastic tradition.
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A.
Euclid's Optics
Euclid's Optics is an ancient Greek treatise that systematically analyzes visual perception and perspective using geometric principles, laying foundational ideas for later optical theory.
-
B.
Book of Optics
The Book of Optics is a foundational 11th-century scientific work that revolutionized the understanding of vision, light, and optics, laying key groundwork for the modern science of optics.
-
C.
Theodoric of Freiberg's De iride et radialibus impressionibus
Theodoric of Freiberg's *De iride et radialibus impressionibus* is a seminal medieval treatise that offers one of the first correct scientific explanations of the rainbow through geometric and optical analysis.
-
D.
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.
-
E.
Liber de perspectivis
Liber de perspectivis is a Renaissance treatise on perspective and geometrical optics by the Italian mathematician and scientist Guidobaldo del Monte.
- F. None of above. chosen
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.