Triple
T209758
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Lucasian Professor of Mathematics |
E4688
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasHolder |
P1911
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Charles Babbage
Charles Babbage was a 19th-century English mathematician, inventor, and mechanical engineer best known for designing early programmable computing machines such as the Difference Engine and Analytical Engine.
|
E26833
|
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: Charles Babbage | Statement: [Lucasian Professor of Mathematics, hasHolder, Charles Babbage]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Charles Babbage Context triple: [Lucasian Professor of Mathematics, hasHolder, Charles Babbage]
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A.
Alan Turing
Alan Turing was a pioneering British mathematician and logician whose foundational work in computing and codebreaking established him as one of the principal founders of computer science and artificial intelligence.
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B.
Ada Lovelace
Ada Lovelace was a 19th-century English mathematician and writer widely regarded as the first computer programmer for her pioneering work on Charles Babbage’s Analytical Engine.
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C.
George Boole
George Boole was a 19th-century English mathematician and logician whose development of Boolean algebra laid the foundations for modern symbolic logic and digital computer circuits.
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D.
Claude Shannon
Claude Shannon was an American mathematician and electrical engineer known as the "father of information theory" for founding the mathematical framework underlying digital communication and data compression.
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E.
James Watt
James Watt was an 18th-century Scottish engineer and inventor whose improvements to the steam engine were crucial in driving the Industrial Revolution.
- 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: Charles Babbage Triple: [Lucasian Professor of Mathematics, hasHolder, Charles Babbage]
Generated description
Charles Babbage was a 19th-century English mathematician, inventor, and mechanical engineer best known for designing early programmable computing machines such as the Difference Engine and Analytical Engine.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Charles Babbage Target entity description: Charles Babbage was a 19th-century English mathematician, inventor, and mechanical engineer best known for designing early programmable computing machines such as the Difference Engine and Analytical Engine.
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A.
Alan Turing
Alan Turing was a pioneering British mathematician and logician whose foundational work in computing and codebreaking established him as one of the principal founders of computer science and artificial intelligence.
-
B.
Ada Lovelace
Ada Lovelace was a 19th-century English mathematician and writer widely regarded as the first computer programmer for her pioneering work on Charles Babbage’s Analytical Engine.
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C.
George Boole
George Boole was a 19th-century English mathematician and logician whose development of Boolean algebra laid the foundations for modern symbolic logic and digital computer circuits.
-
D.
Claude Shannon
Claude Shannon was an American mathematician and electrical engineer known as the "father of information theory" for founding the mathematical framework underlying digital communication and data compression.
-
E.
James Watt
James Watt was an 18th-century Scottish engineer and inventor whose improvements to the steam engine were crucial in driving the Industrial Revolution.
- 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_69a25737567c81908f9c505300239181 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 2:47 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a260c178ac819085eb94ccaf64b780 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 3:28 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69a332c9e99081909026bf5bfeb6c86c |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 6:24 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69a33326c71c81908c02320901915ce3 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 6:25 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69a3338948808190b6fd60524c721fd5 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 6:27 p.m. |
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 2:51 a.m.