Triple

T9748123
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Shmuel Sambursky E236368 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object Physics of the Stoics
Physics of the Stoics is a scholarly work by historian of science Shmuel Sambursky that analyzes and interprets the physical theories and natural philosophy of the ancient Stoic school.
E817650 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: Physics of the Stoics | Statement: [Shmuel Sambursky, notableWork, Physics of the Stoics]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Physics of the Stoics
Context triple: [Shmuel Sambursky, notableWork, Physics of the Stoics]
  • A. Commentary on Aristotle's Physics
    Commentary on Aristotle's Physics is an influential late antique philosophical work in which Simplicius of Cilicia analyzes and explains Aristotle’s treatise on nature, motion, and the principles of the physical world.
  • B. Physiologia Stoicorum
    Physiologia Stoicorum is a late 16th-century scholarly treatise by Justus Lipsius that systematically reconstructs and interprets ancient Stoic philosophy, especially its physics and theology, for early modern readers.
  • C. Manuductio ad Stoicam Philosophiam
    Manuductio ad Stoicam Philosophiam is a late 16th-century Latin treatise by Justus Lipsius that systematically revives and adapts ancient Stoic philosophy for early modern European readers.
  • D. Aristotle’s On the Heavens
    Aristotle’s On the Heavens is an influential ancient Greek treatise that presents Aristotle’s cosmology and theories about the structure and motions of the universe.
  • E. Commentary on Plato's Timaeus
    Commentary on Plato's Timaeus is a late antique Neoplatonic philosophical work by Proclus that offers an extensive exegesis of Plato’s cosmological dialogue, the Timaeus.
  • 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: Physics of the Stoics
Triple: [Shmuel Sambursky, notableWork, Physics of the Stoics]
Generated description
Physics of the Stoics is a scholarly work by historian of science Shmuel Sambursky that analyzes and interprets the physical theories and natural philosophy of the ancient Stoic school.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Physics of the Stoics
Target entity description: Physics of the Stoics is a scholarly work by historian of science Shmuel Sambursky that analyzes and interprets the physical theories and natural philosophy of the ancient Stoic school.
  • A. Commentary on Aristotle's Physics
    Commentary on Aristotle's Physics is an influential late antique philosophical work in which Simplicius of Cilicia analyzes and explains Aristotle’s treatise on nature, motion, and the principles of the physical world.
  • B. Physiologia Stoicorum
    Physiologia Stoicorum is a late 16th-century scholarly treatise by Justus Lipsius that systematically reconstructs and interprets ancient Stoic philosophy, especially its physics and theology, for early modern readers.
  • C. Manuductio ad Stoicam Philosophiam
    Manuductio ad Stoicam Philosophiam is a late 16th-century Latin treatise by Justus Lipsius that systematically revives and adapts ancient Stoic philosophy for early modern European readers.
  • D. Aristotle’s On the Heavens
    Aristotle’s On the Heavens is an influential ancient Greek treatise that presents Aristotle’s cosmology and theories about the structure and motions of the universe.
  • E. Commentary on Plato's Timaeus
    Commentary on Plato's Timaeus is a late antique Neoplatonic philosophical work by Proclus that offers an extensive exegesis of Plato’s cosmological dialogue, the Timaeus.
  • 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_69ca84d3e24481908a476e2231123cf9 completed March 30, 2026, 2:12 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cd9f68f8b88190b44babf5ae17dfef completed April 1, 2026, 10:42 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69d1b00d76488190af68cba694dc329c completed April 5, 2026, 12:42 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69d1b0f8eacc81909643c6f74e049faa completed April 5, 2026, 12:46 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69d1b153fec481909a289b14789f0a40 completed April 5, 2026, 12:48 a.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 8:23 p.m.