Triple

T2314448
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Oswald Veblen E51030 entity
Predicate doctoralStudent P167 FINISHED
Object J. H. C. Whitehead
J. H. C. Whitehead was a British mathematician renowned for his foundational contributions to algebraic topology, particularly homotopy theory and CW-complexes.
E255572 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: J. H. C. Whitehead | Statement: [Oswald Veblen, doctoralStudent, J. H. C. Whitehead]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: J. H. C. Whitehead
Context triple: [Oswald Veblen, doctoralStudent, J. H. C. Whitehead]
  • A. W. W. Hodkinson
    W. W. Hodkinson was an early American film industry pioneer known as the “Father of Film Distribution” for creating the first nationwide movie distribution system and helping establish Paramount Pictures.
  • B. H. A. Prichard
    H. A. Prichard was a 20th-century British moral philosopher known for his influential work in intuitionist ethics and his critique of consequentialist moral theories.
  • C. Seybourn H. Lynne
    Seybourn H. Lynne was a United States federal judge known for his role in significant civil rights-era cases, including those challenging racial segregation.
  • D. Arthur Whitten Brown
    Arthur Whitten Brown was a British aviator best known as the navigator on the first non-stop transatlantic flight in 1919 alongside pilot John Alcock.
  • E. Raymond Priestley
    Raymond Priestley was a British geologist and Antarctic explorer who later became a prominent academic and university administrator.
  • 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: J. H. C. Whitehead
Triple: [Oswald Veblen, doctoralStudent, J. H. C. Whitehead]
Generated description
J. H. C. Whitehead was a British mathematician renowned for his foundational contributions to algebraic topology, particularly homotopy theory and CW-complexes.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: J. H. C. Whitehead
Target entity description: J. H. C. Whitehead was a British mathematician renowned for his foundational contributions to algebraic topology, particularly homotopy theory and CW-complexes.
  • A. W. W. Hodkinson
    W. W. Hodkinson was an early American film industry pioneer known as the “Father of Film Distribution” for creating the first nationwide movie distribution system and helping establish Paramount Pictures.
  • B. H. A. Prichard
    H. A. Prichard was a 20th-century British moral philosopher known for his influential work in intuitionist ethics and his critique of consequentialist moral theories.
  • C. Seybourn H. Lynne
    Seybourn H. Lynne was a United States federal judge known for his role in significant civil rights-era cases, including those challenging racial segregation.
  • D. Arthur Whitten Brown
    Arthur Whitten Brown was a British aviator best known as the navigator on the first non-stop transatlantic flight in 1919 alongside pilot John Alcock.
  • E. Raymond Priestley
    Raymond Priestley was a British geologist and Antarctic explorer who later became a prominent academic and university administrator.
  • 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_69a88b074b908190ae983dbca7757d88 completed March 4, 2026, 7:41 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abc61d41f88190983f8947667b4c7a completed March 7, 2026, 6:30 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ae895f5420819087b403e9772dce9a completed March 9, 2026, 8:48 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ae8af65eb88190b17d74e7411967cc completed March 9, 2026, 8:55 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ae8ba02cec8190917c0e17d3fedb0e completed March 9, 2026, 8:58 a.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:49 p.m.