Triple
T1056875
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Princeton University Department of Mathematics |
E22814
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasNotableAlumnus |
P51
|
FINISHED |
| Object | William Thurston |
E121348
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: William Thurston | Statement: [Princeton University Department of Mathematics, hasNotableAlumnus, William Thurston]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Thurston Context triple: [Princeton University Department of Mathematics, hasNotableAlumnus, William Thurston]
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A.
William Thurston
chosen
William Thurston was a pioneering American mathematician renowned for his revolutionary contributions to low-dimensional topology and geometry, including the geometrization conjecture for 3-manifolds.
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B.
John Milnor
John Milnor is an American mathematician renowned for his groundbreaking work in differential topology, K-theory, and dynamical systems, and is one of the most influential figures in modern mathematics.
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C.
Stephen Smale
Stephen Smale is an American mathematician renowned for his work in topology, dynamical systems, and mathematical economics, and as a recipient of the Fields Medal.
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D.
Michael Atiyah
Michael Atiyah was a renowned British-Lebanese mathematician celebrated for his fundamental contributions to topology and geometry, including the development of K-theory and the Atiyah–Singer Index Theorem.
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E.
Isadore Singer
Isadore Singer was an American mathematician renowned for co-formulating the Atiyah–Singer Index Theorem, a foundational result linking analysis, topology, and geometry.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69a493dada0481909c43649f9843ea91 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:30 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a4b8da80dc8190b79beaf509910725 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 10:08 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ac429f0580819082d5a2cc6129cb1e |
completed | March 7, 2026, 3:22 p.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:42 p.m.