Triple
T1835510
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Gregory Benford |
E41056
|
entity |
| Predicate | familyName |
P18
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Benford |
E167726
|
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: Benford | Statement: [Gregory Benford, familyName, Benford]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Benford Context triple: [Gregory Benford, familyName, Benford]
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A.
Newcomb–Benford law
chosen
The Newcomb–Benford law is a statistical principle stating that in many naturally occurring datasets, the leading digits are distributed logarithmically, with smaller digits (especially 1) appearing as the first digit more frequently than larger ones.
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B.
Bernoulli
Bernoulli is the surname of a prominent Swiss family of mathematicians and scientists, including figures such as Jakob, Johann, and Daniel Bernoulli, who made foundational contributions to calculus, probability, and fluid dynamics.
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C.
Gumbel
Gumbel is a surname most notably associated with American sportscaster Greg Gumbel.
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D.
Kempner
Kempner is a surname most notably associated with Karen Kempner Zuckerberg, the mother of Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg.
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E.
Aitken
Aitken is a Scottish-origin surname notably borne by Max Aitken, 1st Baron Beaverbrook, a prominent Canadian-British newspaper magnate and politician.
- 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_69a88647f9388190909bc36e795bdaec |
completed | March 4, 2026, 7:21 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69abb026aa7c8190bc988d3ee0fd9f41 |
completed | March 7, 2026, 4:57 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69adc9b4b4f08190a0e5ad50de5c0ba8 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 7:10 p.m. |
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:33 p.m.