Triple
T1121858
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Hermann Minkowski |
E24628
|
entity |
| Predicate | knownFor |
P22
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Minkowski sum |
E14947
|
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: Minkowski sum | Statement: [Hermann Minkowski, knownFor, Minkowski sum]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Minkowski sum Context triple: [Hermann Minkowski, knownFor, Minkowski sum]
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A.
Minkowski sum
chosen
The Minkowski sum is a fundamental operation in geometry and convex analysis that combines two sets by adding every vector in one set to every vector in the other, widely used in areas such as optimization, robotics, and computational geometry.
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B.
Minkowski functional
The Minkowski functional is a mathematical tool in functional analysis that assigns a nonnegative real number to each vector in a vector space based on its position relative to a given convex, balanced, absorbing set, generalizing the notion of a norm.
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C.
Carathéodory’s theorem in convex geometry
Carathéodory’s theorem in convex geometry is a fundamental result stating that any point in the convex hull of a set in ℝⁿ can be expressed as a convex combination of at most n+1 points from that set.
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D.
Minkowski inequality
The Minkowski inequality is a fundamental result in functional analysis and measure theory that generalizes the triangle inequality to L^p spaces, providing a key tool for studying norms and integrable functions.
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E.
Steinmetz solid
The Steinmetz solid is a three-dimensional geometric shape formed by the intersection of two or more cylinders at right angles, often studied in calculus and solid geometry for its interesting volume and symmetry properties.
- 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_69a4940712c88190aa244f3fc6070a65 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:31 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a4bbbf71188190b82c8fff9d5ac01a |
completed | March 1, 2026, 10:20 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ac539d51848190a9eb9ddaa7e4c6a8 |
completed | March 7, 2026, 4:34 p.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:44 p.m.