Triple
T6802229
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Siege of Syracuse |
E156212
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableTechnology |
P22
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Archimedes’ claw
Archimedes’ claw was an ancient defensive war machine, attributed to the Greek mathematician Archimedes, designed to lift and capsize attacking ships during naval assaults on Syracuse.
|
E620691
|
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: Archimedes’ claw | Statement: [Siege of Syracuse, notableTechnology, Archimedes’ claw]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Archimedes’ claw Context triple: [Siege of Syracuse, notableTechnology, Archimedes’ claw]
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A.
Archimedean screw
The Archimedean screw is an ancient mechanical device, traditionally attributed to Archimedes, used to lift water or other granular materials by rotating a helical surface inside a cylinder or open trough.
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B.
Antikythera
Antikythera is a small, sparsely populated Greek island in the Aegean Sea, historically significant for the discovery of the ancient Antikythera mechanism.
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C.
Astrolabe
Astrolabe was a French naval exploration ship of the late 18th century, notably used in Pacific voyages of discovery.
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D.
Alcimede
Alcimede is a figure in Greek mythology known primarily as the mother of the hero Jason, leader of the Argonauts.
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E.
bow of Heracles
The bow of Heracles is the legendary weapon in Greek mythology whose possession is crucial for the Greeks’ victory in the Trojan War and which becomes the central object of contention in Sophocles’ tragedy "Philoctetes."
- 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: Archimedes’ claw Triple: [Siege of Syracuse, notableTechnology, Archimedes’ claw]
Generated description
Archimedes’ claw was an ancient defensive war machine, attributed to the Greek mathematician Archimedes, designed to lift and capsize attacking ships during naval assaults on Syracuse.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Archimedes’ claw Target entity description: Archimedes’ claw was an ancient defensive war machine, attributed to the Greek mathematician Archimedes, designed to lift and capsize attacking ships during naval assaults on Syracuse.
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A.
Archimedean screw
The Archimedean screw is an ancient mechanical device, traditionally attributed to Archimedes, used to lift water or other granular materials by rotating a helical surface inside a cylinder or open trough.
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B.
Antikythera
Antikythera is a small, sparsely populated Greek island in the Aegean Sea, historically significant for the discovery of the ancient Antikythera mechanism.
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C.
Astrolabe
Astrolabe was a French naval exploration ship of the late 18th century, notably used in Pacific voyages of discovery.
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D.
Alcimede
Alcimede is a figure in Greek mythology known primarily as the mother of the hero Jason, leader of the Argonauts.
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E.
bow of Heracles
The bow of Heracles is the legendary weapon in Greek mythology whose possession is crucial for the Greeks’ victory in the Trojan War and which becomes the central object of contention in Sophocles’ tragedy "Philoctetes."
- 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.