Triple
T3948304
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Mercator–Hondius atlas |
E84799
|
entity |
| Predicate | usesProjection |
P1986
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Mercator projection |
E321733
|
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: Mercator projection | Statement: [Mercator–Hondius atlas, usesProjection, Mercator projection]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mercator projection Context triple: [Mercator–Hondius atlas, usesProjection, Mercator projection]
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A.
Mercator projection
chosen
The Mercator projection is a cylindrical map projection widely used for navigation because it preserves angles and directions but greatly distorts the size of landmasses near the poles.
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B.
Lambert conformal conic projection
The Lambert conformal conic projection is a map projection that preserves local shapes and angles, commonly used for aeronautical charts and regional maps in mid-latitude areas.
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C.
Lambert azimuthal equal-area projection
The Lambert azimuthal equal-area projection is a map projection that preserves area while representing the Earth on a circular, azimuthally symmetric plane, commonly used for mapping continents and polar regions.
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D.
Mercator–Hondius atlas
The Mercator–Hondius atlas is a landmark early 17th-century world atlas that combined and expanded Gerardus Mercator’s pioneering cartographic work under the publishing direction of Jodocus Hondius, becoming one of the most influential map collections of the Dutch Golden Age.
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E.
Nova Totius Terrarum Orbis Geographica ac Hydrographica Tabula (world map)
Nova Totius Terrarum Orbis Geographica ac Hydrographica Tabula is a richly decorated 17th-century world map renowned as one of the masterpieces of Dutch Golden Age cartography.
- 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_69aed934fbfc8190847068e4546de963 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 2:29 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69aef90f97188190875165e1b5f699e0 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 4:45 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b5339feb4c8190ad96a5680cb5294e |
completed | March 14, 2026, 10:08 a.m. |
Created at: March 9, 2026, 3:30 p.m.