Triple
T3670878
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Joseph Needham |
E77874
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableWork |
P4
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Science and Civilisation in China |
E376860
|
NE FINISHED |
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: Science and Civilisation in China | Statement: [Joseph Needham, notableWork, Science and Civilisation in China]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Science and Civilisation in China Context triple: [Joseph Needham, notableWork, Science and Civilisation in China]
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A.
Science and Civilisation in China
chosen
Science and Civilisation in China is a monumental multi-volume work that systematically documents and analyzes the history of Chinese science, technology, and civilization and their global significance.
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B.
The Origins of Modern Science, 1300–1800
The Origins of Modern Science, 1300–1800 is a landmark historical study that analyzes the development of scientific thought and practice in Europe from the late Middle Ages through the Scientific Revolution.
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C.
Yongle Encyclopedia
The Yongle Encyclopedia is a vast 15th-century Chinese imperial compendium that sought to collect and preserve the entirety of known knowledge, literature, and scholarship of its time.
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D.
History of the Inductive Sciences
History of the Inductive Sciences is William Whewell’s comprehensive 19th-century survey of the development of scientific knowledge and methods from antiquity to his own time.
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E.
Science and the Modern World
Science and the Modern World is a seminal 1925 work of process philosophy in which Alfred North Whitehead analyzes the historical development and philosophical implications of modern science for our understanding of reality.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69ad85e083008190b2e1b7085fe500bd |
completed | March 8, 2026, 2:21 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69adc42c96648190abbd5d23b25d6a6b |
completed | March 8, 2026, 6:47 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b4cde628c08190adc058d8d35a5e5d |
completed | March 14, 2026, 2:54 a.m. |
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:25 p.m.