Triple

T8411617
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Iamblichus of Chalcis E198636 entity
Predicate philosophicalSchool P3629 FINISHED
Object Syrian school of Neoplatonism
The Syrian school of Neoplatonism was a late antique philosophical movement, centered in Syria and associated especially with Iamblichus, that emphasized theurgy, religious ritual, and a more elaborate metaphysical hierarchy than earlier Neoplatonism.
E731538 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: Syrian school of Neoplatonism | Statement: [Iamblichus of Chalcis, philosophicalSchool, Syrian school of Neoplatonism]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Syrian school of Neoplatonism
Context triple: [Iamblichus of Chalcis, philosophicalSchool, Syrian school of Neoplatonism]
  • A. Middle Platonism
    Middle Platonism was a philosophical movement in the Hellenistic and early Roman periods that revived and systematized Plato’s ideas, blending them with elements of Aristotelianism and Stoicism and laying groundwork for later Neoplatonism.
  • B. Neoplatonism
    Neoplatonism is a philosophical system developed in the Roman Empire that reinterprets and extends Plato’s ideas into a metaphysical framework centered on a single transcendent source from which all reality emanates.
  • C. Athenian Neoplatonic school
    The Athenian Neoplatonic school was a late antique center of pagan philosophical learning in Athens that developed and taught an advanced form of Neoplatonism, integrating Plato, Aristotle, and religious theology.
  • D. Theban philosophical circle
    The Theban philosophical circle was an ancient Greek intellectual group based in Thebes, known for producing Socratic disciples such as Cebes who engaged in ethical and metaphysical discussions.
  • E. Catechetical School of Alexandria
    The Catechetical School of Alexandria was an influential early Christian educational center in Roman Egypt, renowned for its theological scholarship and biblical exegesis.
  • 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: Syrian school of Neoplatonism
Triple: [Iamblichus of Chalcis, philosophicalSchool, Syrian school of Neoplatonism]
Generated description
The Syrian school of Neoplatonism was a late antique philosophical movement, centered in Syria and associated especially with Iamblichus, that emphasized theurgy, religious ritual, and a more elaborate metaphysical hierarchy than earlier Neoplatonism.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Syrian school of Neoplatonism
Target entity description: The Syrian school of Neoplatonism was a late antique philosophical movement, centered in Syria and associated especially with Iamblichus, that emphasized theurgy, religious ritual, and a more elaborate metaphysical hierarchy than earlier Neoplatonism.
  • A. Middle Platonism
    Middle Platonism was a philosophical movement in the Hellenistic and early Roman periods that revived and systematized Plato’s ideas, blending them with elements of Aristotelianism and Stoicism and laying groundwork for later Neoplatonism.
  • B. Neoplatonism
    Neoplatonism is a philosophical system developed in the Roman Empire that reinterprets and extends Plato’s ideas into a metaphysical framework centered on a single transcendent source from which all reality emanates.
  • C. Athenian Neoplatonic school
    The Athenian Neoplatonic school was a late antique center of pagan philosophical learning in Athens that developed and taught an advanced form of Neoplatonism, integrating Plato, Aristotle, and religious theology.
  • D. Theban philosophical circle
    The Theban philosophical circle was an ancient Greek intellectual group based in Thebes, known for producing Socratic disciples such as Cebes who engaged in ethical and metaphysical discussions.
  • E. Catechetical School of Alexandria
    The Catechetical School of Alexandria was an influential early Christian educational center in Roman Egypt, renowned for its theological scholarship and biblical exegesis.
  • 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_69ca831201b481909e137936ef99ff11 completed March 30, 2026, 2:05 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cb83e0341c819080506e696131671e completed March 31, 2026, 8:20 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ce0317cb188190b207bcaffb629a75 completed April 2, 2026, 5:48 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ce07808098819087e896b87320aefd completed April 2, 2026, 6:06 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ce08759e1c81909c96caf3b571e1ca completed April 2, 2026, 6:11 a.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 6:05 p.m.