Triple

T6801942
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject On the Sphere and Cylinder E156206 entity
Predicate contains P35 FINISHED
Object Book II
Book II is the second part of Archimedes’ treatise "On the Sphere and Cylinder," in which he further develops his geometric analysis of spheres, cylinders, and related solids.
 E620681 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: Book II | Statement: [On the Sphere and Cylinder, contains, Book II]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Book II
Context triple: [On the Sphere and Cylinder, contains, Book II]
  • A. Book II
    Book II is the section of John Locke’s "An Essay Concerning Human Understanding" in which he develops his influential theory that all human ideas originate from experience, particularly through sensation and reflection.
  • B. Book II
    Book II is the second major section of Hugo Grotius’s foundational work "De iure belli ac pacis," in which he systematically develops his theory of natural law and its application to war and peace.
  • C. Book II
    Book II is a section of Aristotle’s zoological treatise "History of Animals" that continues his systematic examination of the characteristics and classification of living creatures.
  • D. Book II
    Book II is a section of Washington Irving’s satirical work *A History of New York*, continuing its humorous, mock-historical narrative of early New York.
  • E. Book II
    Book II is a section of Nicolaus Copernicus’s seminal work *De revolutionibus orbium coelestium* that develops the mathematical foundations and geometric methods underlying his heliocentric model.
  • 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: Book II
Triple: [On the Sphere and Cylinder, contains, Book II]
Generated description
Book II is the second part of Archimedes’ treatise "On the Sphere and Cylinder," in which he further develops his geometric analysis of spheres, cylinders, and related solids.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Book II
Target entity description: Book II is the second part of Archimedes’ treatise "On the Sphere and Cylinder," in which he further develops his geometric analysis of spheres, cylinders, and related solids.
  • A. Book II
    Book II is a section of Nicolaus Copernicus’s seminal work *De revolutionibus orbium coelestium* that develops the mathematical foundations and geometric methods underlying his heliocentric model.
  • B. Book II
    Book II is the second part of Aristotle’s *Posterior Analytics*, focusing on the nature of scientific explanation, demonstration, and the structure of knowledge.
  • C. Book II
    Book II is a section of Aristotle’s zoological treatise "History of Animals" that continues his systematic examination of the characteristics and classification of living creatures.
  • D. Book II
    Book II is the second book of Herodotus' *Histories*, focusing largely on Egypt’s geography, customs, and history.
  • E. Book II
    Book II is the section of Newton’s *Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica* that develops the mechanics of motion in resisting media, laying groundwork for fluid dynamics and the study of drag and resistance.
  • 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_69c68826e6a48190a3d220b541e639de completed March 27, 2026, 1:37 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c6d2e714d4819084c8109c4de7de72 completed March 27, 2026, 6:56 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c71a9b0cc48190819380aeaf0228e7 completed March 28, 2026, 12:02 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c71d64c2fc8190abda8b5a0f57291b completed March 28, 2026, 12:14 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c71f3d4b8081908768c79642266431 completed March 28, 2026, 12:22 a.m.
Created at: March 27, 2026, 2:16 p.m.