Triple

T7536619
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Jim Al-Khalili E178166 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object The House of Wisdom: How Arabic Science Saved Ancient Knowledge and Gave Us the Renaissance
"The House of Wisdom: How Arabic Science Saved Ancient Knowledge and Gave Us the Renaissance" is a popular science and history book by Jim Al-Khalili that explores how medieval Islamic scholars preserved, expanded, and transmitted classical knowledge to Europe, helping to spark the Renaissance.
E672383 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: The House of Wisdom: How Arabic Science Saved Ancient Knowledge and Gave Us the Renaissance | Statement: [Jim Al-Khalili, notableWork, The House of Wisdom: How Arabic Science Saved Ancient Knowledge and Gave Us the Renaissance]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The House of Wisdom: How Arabic Science Saved Ancient Knowledge and Gave Us the Renaissance
Context triple: [Jim Al-Khalili, notableWork, The House of Wisdom: How Arabic Science Saved Ancient Knowledge and Gave Us the Renaissance]
  • A. The Origins of Modern Science, 1300–1800
    The Origins of Modern Science, 1300–1800 is a landmark historical study that analyzes the development of scientific thought and practice in Europe from the late Middle Ages through the Scientific Revolution.
  • B. In Pursuit of the Unknown: 17 Equations That Changed the World
    In Pursuit of the Unknown: 17 Equations That Changed the World is a popular science book by mathematician Ian Stewart that explores the history, impact, and ideas behind seventeen landmark mathematical equations that have shaped modern civilization.
  • C. House of Wisdom
    The House of Wisdom was a renowned intellectual center and library in Baghdad where scholars of the Islamic Golden Age translated, preserved, and advanced knowledge in fields such as science, philosophy, and medicine.
  • D. A More Perfect Heaven: How Copernicus Revolutionized the Cosmos
    "A More Perfect Heaven: How Copernicus Revolutionized the Cosmos" is a narrative nonfiction book by science writer Dava Sobel that recounts Nicolaus Copernicus’s life and the dramatic story behind his heliocentric theory’s publication.
  • E. The Measure of Reality
    The Measure of Reality is a historical study by Alfred W. Crosby that explores how quantification and measurement transformed Western thought and culture from the Middle Ages onward.
  • 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: The House of Wisdom: How Arabic Science Saved Ancient Knowledge and Gave Us the Renaissance
Triple: [Jim Al-Khalili, notableWork, The House of Wisdom: How Arabic Science Saved Ancient Knowledge and Gave Us the Renaissance]
Generated description
"The House of Wisdom: How Arabic Science Saved Ancient Knowledge and Gave Us the Renaissance" is a popular science and history book by Jim Al-Khalili that explores how medieval Islamic scholars preserved, expanded, and transmitted classical knowledge to Europe, helping to spark the Renaissance.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The House of Wisdom: How Arabic Science Saved Ancient Knowledge and Gave Us the Renaissance
Target entity description: "The House of Wisdom: How Arabic Science Saved Ancient Knowledge and Gave Us the Renaissance" is a popular science and history book by Jim Al-Khalili that explores how medieval Islamic scholars preserved, expanded, and transmitted classical knowledge to Europe, helping to spark the Renaissance.
  • A. The Origins of Modern Science, 1300–1800
    The Origins of Modern Science, 1300–1800 is a landmark historical study that analyzes the development of scientific thought and practice in Europe from the late Middle Ages through the Scientific Revolution.
  • B. In Pursuit of the Unknown: 17 Equations That Changed the World
    In Pursuit of the Unknown: 17 Equations That Changed the World is a popular science book by mathematician Ian Stewart that explores the history, impact, and ideas behind seventeen landmark mathematical equations that have shaped modern civilization.
  • C. House of Wisdom
    The House of Wisdom was a renowned intellectual center and library in Baghdad where scholars of the Islamic Golden Age translated, preserved, and advanced knowledge in fields such as science, philosophy, and medicine.
  • D. A More Perfect Heaven: How Copernicus Revolutionized the Cosmos
    "A More Perfect Heaven: How Copernicus Revolutionized the Cosmos" is a narrative nonfiction book by science writer Dava Sobel that recounts Nicolaus Copernicus’s life and the dramatic story behind his heliocentric theory’s publication.
  • E. The Measure of Reality
    The Measure of Reality is a historical study by Alfred W. Crosby that explores how quantification and measurement transformed Western thought and culture from the Middle Ages onward.
  • 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_69c69f2acdbc8190b5a8320168c1d0ba completed March 27, 2026, 3:15 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c6f84db0c48190b2b3d8c5f802f713 completed March 27, 2026, 9:36 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c84f108aec81909b0738b6273d5bd3 completed March 28, 2026, 9:58 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c853ef32288190bcd3c53242bfba25 completed March 28, 2026, 10:19 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c85458fa7481908809f46373445156 completed March 28, 2026, 10:21 p.m.
Created at: March 27, 2026, 3:48 p.m.