Triple

T6689880
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject François Viète E152596 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object Canon mathematicus
Canon mathematicus is a major mathematical work by François Viète that contributed to the development of early modern algebra and trigonometry.
E611205 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: Canon mathematicus | Statement: [François Viète, notableWork, Canon mathematicus]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Canon mathematicus
Context triple: [François Viète, notableWork, Canon mathematicus]
  • A. John Wallis
    John Wallis was a 17th-century English mathematician and clergyman known for his contributions to calculus, analytic geometry, and the introduction of the infinity symbol (∞).
  • B. Imperial Mathematician
    Imperial Mathematician was a prestigious scientific office in the Holy Roman Empire, responsible for conducting astronomical research, advising the emperor, and producing official astronomical and calendrical works.
  • C. Augustus De Morgan
    Augustus De Morgan was a 19th-century British mathematician and logician known for formulating De Morgan's laws and contributing foundational work to symbolic logic.
  • D. Henry Briggs
    Henry Briggs was an English mathematician best known for pioneering the widespread use of common (base-10) logarithms, greatly simplifying complex calculations in the early 17th century.
  • E. John Napier
    John Napier was a Scottish mathematician best known for inventing logarithms and popularizing the use of the decimal point in arithmetic.
  • 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: Canon mathematicus
Triple: [François Viète, notableWork, Canon mathematicus]
Generated description
Canon mathematicus is a major mathematical work by François Viète that contributed to the development of early modern algebra and trigonometry.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Canon mathematicus
Target entity description: Canon mathematicus is a major mathematical work by François Viète that contributed to the development of early modern algebra and trigonometry.
  • A. John Wallis
    John Wallis was a 17th-century English mathematician and clergyman known for his contributions to calculus, analytic geometry, and the introduction of the infinity symbol (∞).
  • B. Imperial Mathematician
    Imperial Mathematician was a prestigious scientific office in the Holy Roman Empire, responsible for conducting astronomical research, advising the emperor, and producing official astronomical and calendrical works.
  • C. Augustus De Morgan
    Augustus De Morgan was a 19th-century British mathematician and logician known for formulating De Morgan's laws and contributing foundational work to symbolic logic.
  • D. Henry Briggs
    Henry Briggs was an English mathematician best known for pioneering the widespread use of common (base-10) logarithms, greatly simplifying complex calculations in the early 17th century.
  • E. John Napier
    John Napier is a renowned British theatre designer celebrated for his innovative and visually striking stage and costume designs for major West End and Broadway productions.
  • 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_69c6880687b08190805278b504d1c92c completed March 27, 2026, 1:37 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c6b15149408190ac679d037d87cba7 completed March 27, 2026, 4:33 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c6f7b519148190a810d0eee7cda734 completed March 27, 2026, 9:33 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c6f9b3513481909d6e0856f887d3fa completed March 27, 2026, 9:42 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c6fa1cb9e881908e030cb70c608a3c completed March 27, 2026, 9:43 p.m.
Created at: March 27, 2026, 2:04 p.m.