Triple

T17227150
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Naylor Prize and Lectureship in Applied Mathematics E418143 entity
Predicate notableRecipient P108 FINISHED
Object John Ball
John Ball is a prominent British mathematician known for his influential work in nonlinear elasticity and the calculus of variations.
 E1257335 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 Ball | Statement: [Naylor Prize and Lectureship in Applied Mathematics, notableRecipient, John Ball]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: John Ball
Context triple: [Naylor Prize and Lectureship in Applied Mathematics, notableRecipient, John Ball]
  • A. John Ball
    John Ball was an American novelist best known for creating the character Virgil Tibbs in his crime novel "In the Heat of the Night," which was adapted into the acclaimed 1967 film.
  • B. John Ball
    John Ball was a prominent 19th-century Grand Rapids businessman and landowner whose donated property became the site of the John Ball Zoo.
  • C. John Ball
    John Ball was a radical English priest and social agitator known for his influential role in inspiring and leading the Peasants' Revolt of 1381.
  • D. John Ball Jr.
    John Ball Jr. is a fictional character appearing in the film "Easy Living."
  • E. Andrew Gower
    Andrew Gower is a British actor known for his roles in television series such as "Carnival Row," "Outlander," and "Being Human."
  • 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 Ball
Triple: [Naylor Prize and Lectureship in Applied Mathematics, notableRecipient, John Ball]
Generated description
John Ball is a prominent British mathematician known for his influential work in nonlinear elasticity and the calculus of variations.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: John Ball
Target entity description: John Ball is a prominent British mathematician known for his influential work in nonlinear elasticity and the calculus of variations.
  • A. John Ball
    John Ball was a prominent 19th-century Grand Rapids businessman and landowner whose donated property became the site of the John Ball Zoo.
  • B. John Ball
    John Ball was an American novelist best known for creating the character Virgil Tibbs in his crime novel "In the Heat of the Night," which was adapted into the acclaimed 1967 film.
  • C. John Ball
    John Ball was a radical English priest and social agitator known for his influential role in inspiring and leading the Peasants' Revolt of 1381.
  • D. John Ball Jr.
    John Ball Jr. is a fictional character appearing in the film "Easy Living."
  • E. Andrew Gower
    Andrew Gower is a British actor known for his roles in television series such as "Carnival Row," "Outlander," and "Being Human."
  • 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_69d886d8e96081909870bff6c3d0bf09 completed April 10, 2026, 5:12 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e42de239a08190936a1d635b0b1b87 completed April 19, 2026, 1:20 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a01675eae08819093427b4dc1ffee5f completed May 11, 2026, 5:21 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a016a1f6eac8190951ae30f37144d2a completed May 11, 2026, 5:33 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a016a92af248190aaed36040486bf40 completed May 11, 2026, 5:35 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:39 a.m.