Triple

T21142614
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject John Playfair E520969 entity
Predicate notableFor P22 FINISHED
Object Playfair’s axiom in geometry 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: Playfair’s axiom in geometry | Statement: [John Playfair, notableFor, Playfair’s axiom in geometry]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Playfair’s axiom in geometry
Context triple: [John Playfair, notableFor, Playfair’s axiom in geometry]
  • A. Playfair's axiom chosen
    Playfair's axiom is a reformulation of Euclid’s parallel postulate stating that through a point not on a given line there is exactly one line parallel to the given line, fundamental to Euclidean geometry.
  • B. On the Principles of Geometry
    "On the Principles of Geometry" is Nikolai Lobachevsky’s foundational work that introduced non-Euclidean (hyperbolic) geometry, challenging the universality of Euclid’s parallel postulate.
  • C. The Foundations of Geometry
    The Foundations of Geometry is a seminal mathematical text by Oswald Veblen that rigorously develops the axiomatic basis of geometry in a modern, logical framework.
  • D. Commentary on the Difficulties of Certain Postulates of Euclid
    Commentary on the Difficulties of Certain Postulates of Euclid is a mathematical treatise by Omar Khayyam in which he critically examines and attempts to resolve issues in Euclid’s postulates, especially the parallel postulate, laying early groundwork for later developments in geometry.
  • E. Inventional Geometry
    Inventional Geometry is an educational work by William George Spencer that introduces geometric concepts through intuitive, discovery-based learning rather than formal proofs.
  • 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_69e0b50c6a848190a4e525a77a319b8a completed April 16, 2026, 10:08 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e723fad02c8190a8e9fb82f0491642 completed April 21, 2026, 7:15 a.m.
Created at: April 16, 2026, 2:57 p.m.