Triple

T209778
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Lucasian Professor of Mathematics E4688 entity
Predicate hasHolder P1911 FINISHED
Object Michael Cates
Michael Cates is a British physicist renowned for his work in soft condensed matter and statistical mechanics, and for holding one of the most prestigious mathematics chairs at the University of Cambridge.
E30500 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 Cates | Statement: [Lucasian Professor of Mathematics, hasHolder, Michael Cates]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Michael Cates
Context triple: [Lucasian Professor of Mathematics, hasHolder, Michael Cates]
  • A. David C. Acheson
    David C. Acheson is an American lawyer and former government official who served on the Rogers Commission investigating the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster.
  • B. Jared C. Nicholson
    Jared C. Nicholson is an American politician and attorney who serves as the mayor of Lynn, Massachusetts.
  • C. John Hudson
    John Hudson was one of the sons of the English explorer Henry Hudson, who is believed to have accompanied his father on his final, ill-fated voyage in search of a Northwest Passage.
  • 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. Richard Price
    Richard Price was an 18th-century Welsh moral philosopher, dissenting minister, and political radical known for his influential writings on population, economics, and civil liberties.
  • 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 Cates
Triple: [Lucasian Professor of Mathematics, hasHolder, Michael Cates]
Generated description
Michael Cates is a British physicist renowned for his work in soft condensed matter and statistical mechanics, and for holding one of the most prestigious mathematics chairs at the University of Cambridge.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Michael Cates
Target entity description: Michael Cates is a British physicist renowned for his work in soft condensed matter and statistical mechanics, and for holding one of the most prestigious mathematics chairs at the University of Cambridge.
  • A. David C. Acheson
    David C. Acheson is an American lawyer and former government official who served on the Rogers Commission investigating the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster.
  • B. Jared C. Nicholson
    Jared C. Nicholson is an American politician and attorney who serves as the mayor of Lynn, Massachusetts.
  • C. John Hudson
    John Hudson was one of the sons of the English explorer Henry Hudson, who is believed to have accompanied his father on his final, ill-fated voyage in search of a Northwest Passage.
  • 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. Richard Price
    Richard Price was an 18th-century Welsh moral philosopher, dissenting minister, and political radical known for his influential writings on population, economics, and civil liberties.
  • 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_69a3672e822c8190be0d6c0714034ff7 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 10:07 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a367bc6cb48190b5bc588db0833474 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 10:10 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a3681d99a881908ea8d2632ba2aab1 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 10:11 p.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 2:51 a.m.