Triple

T2332459
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Richard Courant E44231 entity
Predicate notableStudent P4838 FINISHED
Object Peter Lax
Peter Lax is a Hungarian-American mathematician renowned for his fundamental contributions to partial differential equations, numerical analysis, and fluid dynamics.
 E256920 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: Peter Lax | Statement: [Richard Courant, notableStudent, Peter Lax]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Peter Lax
Context triple: [Richard Courant, notableStudent, Peter Lax]
  • A. Ken Rudin
    Ken Rudin is a technology executive and entrepreneur best known for his leadership role in founding the enterprise software company Siebel Systems.
  • B. Charles Fefferman
    Charles Fefferman is an American mathematician renowned for his groundbreaking work in harmonic analysis, partial differential equations, and several complex variables, and is a Fields Medalist and long-time professor at Princeton University.
  • C. Curt Courant
    Curt Courant was a German-born cinematographer known for his influential work in European cinema during the early 20th century, particularly in expressionist and British films.
  • D. Richard Courant
    Richard Courant was a German-American mathematician known for his influential work in analysis and partial differential equations and for co-founding the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences at New York University.
  • E. Louis Nirenberg
    Louis Nirenberg was a Canadian-American mathematician renowned for his fundamental contributions to partial differential equations and geometric analysis.
  • 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: Peter Lax
Triple: [Richard Courant, notableStudent, Peter Lax]
Generated description
Peter Lax is a Hungarian-American mathematician renowned for his fundamental contributions to partial differential equations, numerical analysis, and fluid dynamics.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Peter Lax
Target entity description: Peter Lax is a Hungarian-American mathematician renowned for his fundamental contributions to partial differential equations, numerical analysis, and fluid dynamics.
  • A. Ken Rudin
    Ken Rudin is a technology executive and entrepreneur best known for his leadership role in founding the enterprise software company Siebel Systems.
  • B. Charles Fefferman
    Charles Fefferman is an American mathematician renowned for his groundbreaking work in harmonic analysis, partial differential equations, and several complex variables, and is a Fields Medalist and long-time professor at Princeton University.
  • C. Curt Courant
    Curt Courant was a German-born cinematographer known for his influential work in European cinema during the early 20th century, particularly in expressionist and British films.
  • D. Richard Courant
    Richard Courant was a German-American mathematician known for his influential work in analysis and partial differential equations and for co-founding the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences at New York University.
  • E. Louis Nirenberg
    Louis Nirenberg was a Canadian-American mathematician renowned for his fundamental contributions to partial differential equations and geometric analysis.
  • 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_69a889132b488190bbb43ad4780ddd92 completed March 4, 2026, 7:33 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abc66bd0f08190aad5f640cfa1c372 completed March 7, 2026, 6:32 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ae89773c88819087a294d7c0f90f73 completed March 9, 2026, 8:48 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ae8ae2ab7481909d265e56369f68e2 completed March 9, 2026, 8:54 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ae8b6c553481908b2b7b1f880b814d completed March 9, 2026, 8:57 a.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:51 p.m.