i created rdf file images stored in nodes matrices. when try read them cannot matrix form: example from rflib import literal mm = np.random.normal(0,1,(3,3)) l = literal(mm) it easy matrix l.value in [494]: l out[494]: rdflib.term.literal(u'[[-1.39304728 0.39093531 0.88042378]\n [ 0.22605682 0.56064787 -0.75176713]\n [ 0.57021203 0.31796492 -0.53303191]]') in [495]: l.value out[495]: array([[-1.39304728, 0.39093531, 0.88042378], [ 0.22605682, 0.56064787, -0.75176713], [ 0.57021203, 0.31796492, -0.53303191]]) however when execute sparql stored in image_nodes get: in [501]: res = [q q in image_nodes] in [502]: res[0][0] out[502]: rdflib.term.literal(u'[[ 0. 0. 0. ..., 0. 0. 0.]\n [ 0. 0. 0. ..., 0. 0. 0.]\n [ 0. 0. 0. ..., 0. 0. 0.]\n ..., \n [ 0. 0. 0. ..., 0. 0. 0.]\n [ 0. 0. 0. ..., 0. 0. 0.]\n [ 0. 0. 0. ..., 0. 0. 0.]]') in [503]: (res[0][0]).value out[503]: u'[[ 0. 0. 0. ..., 0. 0. 0.]\n [ 0...