Triple

T1060261
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject G. H. Hardy E22889 entity
Predicate coAuthor P398 FINISHED
Object John Edensor Littlewood
John Edensor Littlewood was a prominent 20th-century British mathematician known for his influential work in analysis, number theory, and the theory of functions, as well as his long and celebrated collaboration with G. H. Hardy.
 E126367 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: John Edensor Littlewood | Statement: [G. H. Hardy, coAuthor, John Edensor Littlewood]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: John Edensor Littlewood
Context triple: [G. H. Hardy, coAuthor, John Edensor Littlewood]
  • A. G. H. Hardy
    G. H. Hardy was a prominent British mathematician renowned for his work in number theory and mathematical analysis, as well as for his influential book "A Mathematician's Apology."
  • B. Harold Davenport
    Harold Davenport was a prominent 20th-century British mathematician renowned for his contributions to number theory and his influential role as a doctoral advisor to many leading mathematicians.
  • C. John Charles Fields
    John Charles Fields was a Canadian mathematician best known for founding and endowing the Fields Medal, one of the most prestigious awards in mathematics.
  • D. Horace Lamb
    Horace Lamb was a British applied mathematician renowned for his foundational work in hydrodynamics and the theory of sound.
  • E. Augustus De Morgan
    Augustus De Morgan was a 19th-century British mathematician and logician known for formulating De Morgan's laws and contributing foundational work to symbolic logic.
  • 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: John Edensor Littlewood
Triple: [G. H. Hardy, coAuthor, John Edensor Littlewood]
Generated description
John Edensor Littlewood was a prominent 20th-century British mathematician known for his influential work in analysis, number theory, and the theory of functions, as well as his long and celebrated collaboration with G. H. Hardy.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: John Edensor Littlewood
Target entity description: John Edensor Littlewood was a prominent 20th-century British mathematician known for his influential work in analysis, number theory, and the theory of functions, as well as his long and celebrated collaboration with G. H. Hardy.
  • A. G. H. Hardy
    G. H. Hardy was a prominent British mathematician renowned for his work in number theory and mathematical analysis, as well as for his influential book "A Mathematician's Apology."
  • B. Harold Davenport
    Harold Davenport was a prominent 20th-century British mathematician renowned for his contributions to number theory and his influential role as a doctoral advisor to many leading mathematicians.
  • C. John Charles Fields
    John Charles Fields was a Canadian mathematician best known for founding and endowing the Fields Medal, one of the most prestigious awards in mathematics.
  • D. Horace Lamb
    Horace Lamb was a British applied mathematician renowned for his foundational work in hydrodynamics and the theory of sound.
  • E. Augustus De Morgan
    Augustus De Morgan was a 19th-century British mathematician and logician known for formulating De Morgan's laws and contributing foundational work to symbolic logic.
  • 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_69a493dada0481909c43649f9843ea91 completed March 1, 2026, 7:30 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4b8f3f98c819096338198d9f30491 completed March 1, 2026, 10:08 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ac4c1d82c88190b418e2e2f050b563 completed March 7, 2026, 4:02 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ac4e109c3c8190abcbc66aef59c52f completed March 7, 2026, 4:10 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ac4e646698819083403336eb07b7ff completed March 7, 2026, 4:12 p.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:42 p.m.