Triple

T891043

Position	Surface form	Disambiguated ID	Type / Status
Subject	George Berkeley	`E19237`	entity
Predicate	notableWork	`P4`	FINISHED
Object	An Essay Towards a New Theory of Vision An Essay Towards a New Theory of Vision is a philosophical treatise by George Berkeley that explores how we perceive distance, size, and spatial properties through vision, arguing that such perceptions are learned rather than innate.	`E105890`	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: An Essay Towards a New Theory of Vision | Statement: [George Berkeley, notableWork, An Essay Towards a New Theory of Vision]

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: An Essay Towards a New Theory of Vision
Context triple: [George Berkeley, notableWork, An Essay Towards a New Theory of Vision]

A. Handbuch der physiologischen Optik
Handbuch der physiologischen Optik is a foundational 19th-century treatise on physiological optics that systematically integrated experimental physics and physiology to explain human vision.
B. An Account of Some Cases of the Production of Colours
"An Account of Some Cases of the Production of Colours" is a scientific paper by Thomas Young that presents key experimental evidence for the wave theory of light and explains color phenomena through interference.
C. Traité de la lumière
Traité de la lumière is a seminal 1690 scientific treatise that presents Christiaan Huygens’ wave theory of light, including the principle now known as Huygens’ principle.
D. Opticks
Opticks is Isaac Newton’s influential 1704 treatise that systematically explores the nature of light and color through experiments with prisms and lenses.
E. The Analysis of Sensations
The Analysis of Sensations is Ernst Mach’s influential philosophical and scientific treatise that examines perception and experience to argue for an empiricist, anti-metaphysical view of the physical world.
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: An Essay Towards a New Theory of Vision
Triple: [George Berkeley, notableWork, An Essay Towards a New Theory of Vision]

Generated description

An Essay Towards a New Theory of Vision is a philosophical treatise by George Berkeley that explores how we perceive distance, size, and spatial properties through vision, arguing that such perceptions are learned rather than innate.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: An Essay Towards a New Theory of Vision
Target entity description: An Essay Towards a New Theory of Vision is a philosophical treatise by George Berkeley that explores how we perceive distance, size, and spatial properties through vision, arguing that such perceptions are learned rather than innate.

A. Handbuch der physiologischen Optik
Handbuch der physiologischen Optik is a foundational 19th-century treatise on physiological optics that systematically integrated experimental physics and physiology to explain human vision.
B. An Account of Some Cases of the Production of Colours
"An Account of Some Cases of the Production of Colours" is a scientific paper by Thomas Young that presents key experimental evidence for the wave theory of light and explains color phenomena through interference.
C. Traité de la lumière
Traité de la lumière is a seminal 1690 scientific treatise that presents Christiaan Huygens’ wave theory of light, including the principle now known as Huygens’ principle.
D. Opticks
Opticks is Isaac Newton’s influential 1704 treatise that systematically explores the nature of light and color through experiments with prisms and lenses.
E. The Analysis of Sensations
The Analysis of Sensations is Ernst Mach’s influential philosophical and scientific treatise that examines perception and experience to argue for an empiricist, anti-metaphysical view of the physical world.
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_69a4939d37188190848be3d426ebc9ae`	completed	March 1, 2026, 7:29 p.m.
NER	Named-entity recognition	`batch_69a4ad019e448190ab991e85dc6d7708`	completed	March 1, 2026, 9:17 p.m.
NED1	Entity disambiguation (via context triple)	`batch_69a7c025464081908032939637248635`	completed	March 4, 2026, 5:16 a.m.
NEDg	Description generation	`batch_69a7c227893c8190a4ce35637365014f`	completed	March 4, 2026, 5:24 a.m.
NED2	Entity disambiguation (via description)	`batch_69a7c2f1d0508190ad47eeb8099fd9f9`	completed	March 4, 2026, 5:28 a.m.

Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:39 p.m.