Triple

T6355602
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject John Wallis E142981 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object Mechanica sive De Motu
Mechanica sive De Motu is a 17th-century treatise on mechanics and motion that helped formalize mathematical approaches to physical dynamics.
E587241 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (4 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: Mechanica sive De Motu | Statement: [John Wallis, notableWork, Mechanica sive De Motu]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mechanica sive De Motu
Context triple: [John Wallis, notableWork, Mechanica sive De Motu]
  • A. Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica
    Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica is Isaac Newton’s foundational work that formulated the laws of motion and universal gravitation, becoming a cornerstone of classical physics and the Scientific Revolution.
  • B. Two New Sciences
    Two New Sciences is Galileo Galilei’s foundational 1638 work that laid the groundwork for classical mechanics by analyzing motion, kinematics, and the strength of materials.
  • C. The Mechanism of the Heavens
    The Mechanism of the Heavens is Mary Somerville’s influential 1831 mathematical exposition of celestial mechanics that helped popularize and clarify Laplace’s work for a broader scientific audience.
  • D. De revolutionibus orbium coelestium
    De revolutionibus orbium coelestium is Nicolaus Copernicus’s seminal 1543 work that introduced the heliocentric model of the universe, fundamentally transforming astronomy and natural philosophy.
  • E. Commentary on Newton's Principia
    Commentary on Newton's Principia is Émilie du Châtelet’s influential French translation and elucidation of Isaac Newton’s Principia, which helped popularize and clarify Newtonian physics in the 18th century.
  • F. None of above. chosen
  • G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NEDg Description generation gpt-5.1
Instruction
Generate a one-sentence description of the target entity. 
You are given a context triple in the form (subject, predicate, object), where the object is the target entity. 
# Instructions
Use the triple to infer relevant information about the entity. Describe the entity based on what is most defining, well-known. 
Avoid repeating the information from the triple, unless really essential.
# Response Format
Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the target entity]"
Input
Entity: Mechanica sive De Motu
Triple: [John Wallis, notableWork, Mechanica sive De Motu]
Generated description
Mechanica sive De Motu is a 17th-century treatise on mechanics and motion that helped formalize mathematical approaches to physical dynamics.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mechanica sive De Motu
Target entity description: Mechanica sive De Motu is a 17th-century treatise on mechanics and motion that helped formalize mathematical approaches to physical dynamics.
  • A. Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica
    Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica is Isaac Newton’s foundational work that formulated the laws of motion and universal gravitation, becoming a cornerstone of classical physics and the Scientific Revolution.
  • B. Two New Sciences
    Two New Sciences is Galileo Galilei’s foundational 1638 work that laid the groundwork for classical mechanics by analyzing motion, kinematics, and the strength of materials.
  • C. The Mechanism of the Heavens
    The Mechanism of the Heavens is Mary Somerville’s influential 1831 mathematical exposition of celestial mechanics that helped popularize and clarify Laplace’s work for a broader scientific audience.
  • D. De revolutionibus orbium coelestium
    De revolutionibus orbium coelestium is Nicolaus Copernicus’s seminal 1543 work that introduced the heliocentric model of the universe, fundamentally transforming astronomy and natural philosophy.
  • E. Commentary on Newton's Principia
    Commentary on Newton's Principia is Émilie du Châtelet’s influential French translation and elucidation of Isaac Newton’s Principia, which helped popularize and clarify Newtonian physics in the 18th century.
  • F. None of above. chosen

Provenance (5 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_69c008d7a9c4819098d647ec47776917 completed March 22, 2026, 3:20 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c067e22c00819089bc68efb85bc2c8 completed March 22, 2026, 10:06 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c6045e03e88190a8607e5d73c812bc completed March 27, 2026, 4:15 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c6057466ec8190afe96107862bb40a completed March 27, 2026, 4:20 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c6060a113881909b424d0c47c2107e completed March 27, 2026, 4:22 a.m.
Created at: March 22, 2026, 4:31 p.m.