Triple

T1483901
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Conway’s Game of Sprouts E29420 entity
Predicate inventor P632 FINISHED
Object Michael S. Paterson
Michael S. Paterson is a British computer scientist and mathematician known for his contributions to theoretical computer science and combinatorial game theory.
 E178836 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: Michael S. Paterson | Statement: [Conway’s Game of Sprouts, inventor, Michael S. Paterson]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Michael S. Paterson
Context triple: [Conway’s Game of Sprouts, inventor, Michael S. Paterson]
  • A. Nigel Shadbolt
    Nigel Shadbolt is a British computer scientist and artificial intelligence researcher known for his leading role in promoting open data and digital governance.
  • B. Geoffrey Smith
    Geoffrey Smith is an Australian Anglican archbishop who serves as the national leader (Primate) of the Anglican Church of Australia.
  • C. Ian Foster
    Ian Foster is a New Zealand rugby union coach best known for serving as head coach of the All Blacks national team.
  • D. Donald Davies
    Donald Davies was a British computer scientist who pioneered the concept of packet switching, a foundational technology for modern computer networks and the internet.
  • E. Peter Johnstone
    Peter Johnstone is a British mathematician renowned for his influential work in category theory and topos theory.
  • 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: Michael S. Paterson
Triple: [Conway’s Game of Sprouts, inventor, Michael S. Paterson]
Generated description
Michael S. Paterson is a British computer scientist and mathematician known for his contributions to theoretical computer science and combinatorial game theory.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Michael S. Paterson
Target entity description: Michael S. Paterson is a British computer scientist and mathematician known for his contributions to theoretical computer science and combinatorial game theory.
  • A. Nigel Shadbolt
    Nigel Shadbolt is a British computer scientist and artificial intelligence researcher known for his leading role in promoting open data and digital governance.
  • B. Geoffrey Smith
    Geoffrey Smith is an Australian Anglican archbishop who serves as the national leader (Primate) of the Anglican Church of Australia.
  • C. Ian Foster
    Ian Foster is a New Zealand rugby union coach best known for serving as head coach of the All Blacks national team.
  • D. Donald Davies
    Donald Davies was a British computer scientist who pioneered the concept of packet switching, a foundational technology for modern computer networks and the internet.
  • E. Peter Johnstone
    Peter Johnstone is a British mathematician renowned for his influential work in category theory and topos theory.
  • 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_69a498da82e08190ba833330d05f380f completed March 1, 2026, 7:51 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4c679714c8190ac53630fb49e19c5 completed March 1, 2026, 11:06 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ad40136c448190836426aa203590a8 completed March 8, 2026, 9:23 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ad40f485e481909e801cdd3da3c27b completed March 8, 2026, 9:27 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ad415932f4819083639af0e0836345 completed March 8, 2026, 9:28 a.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 8:12 p.m.