Triple

T16991986
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Branko Grünbaum E412213 entity
Predicate notableStudent P4838 FINISHED
Object Günter M. Ziegler
Günter M. Ziegler is a German mathematician renowned for his work in discrete geometry and the popularization of mathematics, and for serving as president of the Free University of Berlin.
E1244438 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: Günter M. Ziegler | Statement: [Branko Grünbaum, notableStudent, Günter M. Ziegler]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Günter M. Ziegler
Context triple: [Branko Grünbaum, notableStudent, Günter M. Ziegler]
  • A. Martin Aigner
    Martin Aigner was a German mathematician known for his work in combinatorics and number theory, as well as for authoring accessible and elegant mathematical texts.
  • B. Erich Klein
    Erich Klein was the son of influential psychoanalyst Melanie Klein, about whom relatively little is documented beyond his familial connection.
  • C. Gil Kalai
    Gil Kalai is an Israeli mathematician and computer scientist known for his influential work in combinatorics, convexity, and the study of the foundations and limitations of quantum computing.
  • D. Emo Welzl
    Emo Welzl is a Swiss computer scientist known for his contributions to computational geometry, randomized algorithms, and discrete mathematics.
  • E. Herbert Edelsbrunner
    Herbert Edelsbrunner is a computer scientist renowned for his foundational contributions to computational geometry and topological data analysis.
  • 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: Günter M. Ziegler
Triple: [Branko Grünbaum, notableStudent, Günter M. Ziegler]
Generated description
Günter M. Ziegler is a German mathematician renowned for his work in discrete geometry and the popularization of mathematics, and for serving as president of the Free University of Berlin.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Günter M. Ziegler
Target entity description: Günter M. Ziegler is a German mathematician renowned for his work in discrete geometry and the popularization of mathematics, and for serving as president of the Free University of Berlin.
  • A. Martin Aigner
    Martin Aigner was a German mathematician known for his work in combinatorics and number theory, as well as for authoring accessible and elegant mathematical texts.
  • B. Erich Klein
    Erich Klein was the son of influential psychoanalyst Melanie Klein, about whom relatively little is documented beyond his familial connection.
  • C. Gil Kalai
    Gil Kalai is an Israeli mathematician and computer scientist known for his influential work in combinatorics, convexity, and the study of the foundations and limitations of quantum computing.
  • D. Emo Welzl
    Emo Welzl is a Swiss computer scientist known for his contributions to computational geometry, randomized algorithms, and discrete mathematics.
  • E. Herbert Edelsbrunner
    Herbert Edelsbrunner is a computer scientist renowned for his foundational contributions to computational geometry and topological data analysis.
  • 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_69d886cb581c8190ab05f4b429c9cd85 completed April 10, 2026, 5:12 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e3d283d2388190a78bf8d179e83fdc completed April 18, 2026, 6:50 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a00dc14d5688190945f7ae72f724922 completed May 10, 2026, 7:27 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a0114d5aeb0819086f1a5d279ac0d0f completed May 10, 2026, 11:29 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a0115c583608190bf07ac205399f253 completed May 10, 2026, 11:33 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:32 a.m.