Triple

T7251441
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject The Method of Mechanical Theorems E157610 entity
Predicate title P38 FINISHED
Object The Method of Mechanical Theorems E157610 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: The Method of Mechanical Theorems | Statement: [The Method of Mechanical Theorems, title, The Method of Mechanical Theorems]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: The Method of Mechanical Theorems
Context triple: [The Method of Mechanical Theorems, title, The Method of Mechanical Theorems]
  • A. The Method of Mechanical Theorems chosen
    The Method of Mechanical Theorems is a treatise by Archimedes in which he uses heuristic mechanical arguments, involving balances and centers of mass, to discover and justify results in geometry and calculus-like area and volume calculations.
  • B. On the Sphere and Cylinder
    On the Sphere and Cylinder is a foundational mathematical treatise by Archimedes in which he develops key results in geometry, including the relationships between the surface areas and volumes of spheres and cylinders.
  • C. Quadrature of the Parabola
    Quadrature of the Parabola is a treatise by Archimedes in which he determines the area of a parabolic segment using an early form of infinite series and geometric summation.
  • D. On Conoids and Spheroids
    "On Conoids and Spheroids" is a mathematical treatise by Archimedes in which he investigates the geometry, volumes, and surface areas of solids generated by rotating conic sections.
  • E. The Sand Reckoner
    The Sand Reckoner is a treatise by Archimedes in which he develops a system for expressing extremely large numbers to estimate the quantity of sand that could fit in the universe.
  • 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_69c6882d81d4819085f7ff862951ee4f completed March 27, 2026, 1:37 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c6ea7ae0e48190bd80c91bad1976c6 completed March 27, 2026, 8:37 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c7d3a7502081909d2a97a60cc445ae completed March 28, 2026, 1:12 p.m.
Created at: March 27, 2026, 2:56 p.m.