Triple

T23075634
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Marshall Clagett E575321 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object The Science of Mechanics in the Middle Ages
The Science of Mechanics in the Middle Ages is a landmark scholarly study that examines the development of mechanical theory and concepts of motion in medieval European science.
E1569663 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 Science of Mechanics in the Middle Ages | Statement: [Marshall Clagett, notableWork, The Science of Mechanics in the Middle Ages]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Science of Mechanics in the Middle Ages
Context triple: [Marshall Clagett, notableWork, The Science of Mechanics in the Middle Ages]
  • A. Essays in the History of Mechanics
    Essays in the History of Mechanics is a scholarly collection by Clifford Truesdell that explores the historical development and foundational ideas of classical mechanics through critical essays and translations of key works.
  • B. The Science of Mechanics
    The Science of Mechanics is Ernst Mach’s influential treatise that critically examines the foundations of classical mechanics and helped shape the development of modern physics and the philosophy of science.
  • C. 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.
  • D. History of the Inductive Sciences
    History of the Inductive Sciences is William Whewell’s comprehensive 19th-century survey of the development of scientific knowledge and methods from antiquity to his own time.
  • E. 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.
  • 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 Science of Mechanics in the Middle Ages
Triple: [Marshall Clagett, notableWork, The Science of Mechanics in the Middle Ages]
Generated description
The Science of Mechanics in the Middle Ages is a landmark scholarly study that examines the development of mechanical theory and concepts of motion in medieval European science.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Science of Mechanics in the Middle Ages
Target entity description: The Science of Mechanics in the Middle Ages is a landmark scholarly study that examines the development of mechanical theory and concepts of motion in medieval European science.
  • A. Essays in the History of Mechanics
    Essays in the History of Mechanics is a scholarly collection by Clifford Truesdell that explores the historical development and foundational ideas of classical mechanics through critical essays and translations of key works.
  • B. The Science of Mechanics
    The Science of Mechanics is Ernst Mach’s influential treatise that critically examines the foundations of classical mechanics and helped shape the development of modern physics and the philosophy of science.
  • C. 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.
  • D. History of the Inductive Sciences
    History of the Inductive Sciences is William Whewell’s comprehensive 19th-century survey of the development of scientific knowledge and methods from antiquity to his own time.
  • E. 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.
  • 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_69e245be28d48190ad1348d5a73db37d completed April 17, 2026, 2:37 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69f18c62c200819099c92654493288ad completed April 29, 2026, 4:43 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a0c15acfcb48190a4131dc8c6c76f02 completed May 19, 2026, 7:47 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a0c16bea8b881908bc202005408f806 completed May 19, 2026, 7:52 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a0c17da6a108190b37d1e69e6f24e00 completed May 19, 2026, 7:57 a.m.
Created at: April 17, 2026, 3:56 p.m.