sampling temperature

• CURIE: gmeow:samplingTemperature
• IRI: https://blackcatinformatics.ca/gmeow/samplingTemperature
• Category: property
• Defined by: gmeow:slices/ai
• Box roles: RBox role (What is this?)

The temperature parameter of this invocation. Sampling parameters are claim provenance: the same prompt at temperature 0 and 1.2 are different epistemic acts.

Structure

Property shape: datatype property; gmeow:ModelInvocation -> xsd:decimal

Practical Pattern

Use gmeow:samplingTemperature from gmeow:ModelInvocation to xsd:decimal when the relationship itself belongs in the native GMEOW graph.

Example Snippets

These snippets are generated from canonical slice examples and trimmed to the Turtle blocks where this term appears.

Grounded Claim

• Source: slices/core/ai/examples/grounded-claim.ttl
• Examples catalog: open in catalog#example-slices-core-ai-examples-grounded-claim

ex:invocation-19 a gmeow:ModelInvocation ;
    gmeow:usedModel ex:assistant ;
    gmeow:hasPrompt ex:prompt-extract ;
    gmeow:samplingTemperature 0.0 ;
    gmeow:atTime "2026-05-15T10:00:00Z"^^xsd:dateTime ;
    gmeow:eventTemporalFrame gmeow:temporalFrameUTCGregorian .

Agent Trajectory

• Source: slices/extensions/agentic/examples/agent-trajectory.ttl
• Examples catalog: open in catalog#example-slices-extensions-agentic-examples-agent-trajectory

@prefix gmeow: <https://blackcatinformatics.ca/gmeow/> .
@prefix ex:    <https://blackcatinformatics.ca/gmeow/examples/> .
@prefix rdfs:  <http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#> .
@prefix xsd:   <http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#> .



ex:invocation-7 a gmeow:ModelInvocation ;
    rdfs:label "turn 7 model invocation"@en ;
    gmeow:usedModel ex:assistant ;
    gmeow:samplingTemperature "0.2"^^xsd:decimal ;
    gmeow:atTime "2026-06-12T17:03:10Z"^^xsd:dateTime ;
    gmeow:eventTemporalFrame gmeow:temporalFrameUTCGregorian .

Common Companion Terms

gmeow:ModelInvocation

Usage Advice

Use when

• Use to record the temperature of a gmeow:ModelInvocation as part of its provenance — the same prompt at temperature 0 versus 1.2 is a different epistemic act.

Avoid when

• Avoid placing it on the model agent or card (it is per-invocation, not per-model) and avoid treating it as an output quality score; it is an input setting, claim provenance.

How to use

• Assert gmeow:samplingTemperature as a decimal on the gmeow:ModelInvocation alongside gmeow:samplingTopP and gmeow:samplingMaxTokens so the sampling regime is fully recoverable.

Examples

• ex:inv1 gmeow:samplingTemperature 0.7.