Triple

T1394159
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject René E30626 entity
Predicate notableBearer P458 FINISHED
Object René Thom
René Thom was a French mathematician renowned for developing catastrophe theory and making fundamental contributions to topology, for which he received the Fields Medal.
 E159495 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: René Thom | Statement: [René, notableBearer, René Thom]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: René Thom
Context triple: [René, notableBearer, René Thom]
  • A. 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.
  • B. Alexander Grothendieck
    Alexander Grothendieck was a revolutionary 20th-century mathematician whose work in algebraic geometry and homological algebra profoundly reshaped modern mathematics.
  • C. Friedrich Hirzebruch
    Friedrich Hirzebruch was a German mathematician renowned for his foundational work in topology and algebraic geometry, particularly the Hirzebruch–Riemann–Roch theorem.
  • D. Hassler Whitney
    Hassler Whitney was an influential American mathematician known for foundational contributions to differential topology and geometry, including work on manifolds, embeddings, and singularities.
  • E. 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.
  • 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: René Thom
Triple: [René, notableBearer, René Thom]
Generated description
René Thom was a French mathematician renowned for developing catastrophe theory and making fundamental contributions to topology, for which he received the Fields Medal.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: René Thom
Target entity description: René Thom was a French mathematician renowned for developing catastrophe theory and making fundamental contributions to topology, for which he received the Fields Medal.
  • A. 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.
  • B. Alexander Grothendieck
    Alexander Grothendieck was a revolutionary 20th-century mathematician whose work in algebraic geometry and homological algebra profoundly reshaped modern mathematics.
  • C. Friedrich Hirzebruch
    Friedrich Hirzebruch was a German mathematician renowned for his foundational work in topology and algebraic geometry, particularly the Hirzebruch–Riemann–Roch theorem.
  • D. Hassler Whitney
    Hassler Whitney was an influential American mathematician known for foundational contributions to differential topology and geometry, including work on manifolds, embeddings, and singularities.
  • E. 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.
  • 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_69a498fd4e408190bd73eca30ea9754c completed March 1, 2026, 7:52 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4c37cd99081908d16014e0b99992d completed March 1, 2026, 10:53 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69acde2c62ac819090179b775ea544c9 completed March 8, 2026, 2:25 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69acde870bac8190bd1c2636fca1dc74 completed March 8, 2026, 2:27 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69acdef0bd0c81908e1eeb6851a2368d completed March 8, 2026, 2:29 a.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:59 p.m.