Triple
T5622852
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Willebrord Snellius |
E147648
|
entity |
| Predicate | alsoKnownAs |
P39
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Willebrord Snell |
E147648
|
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: Willebrord Snell | Statement: [Willebrord Snellius, alsoKnownAs, Willebrord Snell]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Willebrord Snell Context triple: [Willebrord Snellius, alsoKnownAs, Willebrord Snell]
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A.
Willebrord Snellius
chosen
Willebrord Snellius was a Dutch mathematician and astronomer best known for formulating the law that describes how light bends when passing between different media.
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B.
Christiaan Huygens
Christiaan Huygens was a 17th-century Dutch mathematician, physicist, and astronomer known for his work on the wave theory of light, the invention of the pendulum clock, and the discovery of Saturn’s moon Titan.
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C.
Ibn al-Haytham (Alhazen)
Ibn al-Haytham (Alhazen) was an influential medieval polymath best known for his foundational work in optics, mathematics, and scientific methodology, which earned him recognition as a pioneer of the modern scientific method.
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D.
Lodewijk Huygens
Lodewijk Huygens was a 17th-century Dutch diplomat and art collector from the prominent Huygens family, known for his cultural and political activities in the Dutch Republic.
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E.
Johannes Hevelius
Johannes Hevelius was a 17th-century Polish astronomer and brewer renowned for his detailed lunar maps, star catalogues, and the introduction of several new constellations.
- 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_69c00906f2a88190a992c66b13d606d4 |
completed | March 22, 2026, 3:21 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c02214b4948190b71a9f59499092f6 |
completed | March 22, 2026, 5:08 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c097d0234881908f6716979a2ade3a |
completed | March 23, 2026, 1:30 a.m. |
Created at: March 22, 2026, 3:40 p.m.