Triple

T3023261
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Newman E82513 entity
Predicate hasNotableBearer P458 FINISHED
Object James R. Newman
James R. Newman was an American mathematician, lawyer, and author best known for co-authoring the popular science classic "Mathematics and the Imagination" and editing the influential anthology "The World of Mathematics."
E337109 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: James R. Newman | Statement: [Newman, hasNotableBearer, James R. Newman]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: James R. Newman
Context triple: [Newman, hasNotableBearer, James R. Newman]
  • A. James H. Newman
    James H. Newman is a NASA astronaut and physicist who flew on multiple Space Shuttle missions and helped assemble the International Space Station.
  • B. Philip J. Davis
    Philip J. Davis was an American mathematician and prolific author known for his influential works on numerical analysis, the history and philosophy of mathematics, and popular mathematical writing.
  • C. Milburn G. Apt
    Milburn G. Apt was a United States Air Force test pilot and the first person to exceed Mach 3, who died in the crash of the Bell X-2 during a record-setting flight in 1956.
  • D. Charles Misner
    Charles Misner is an American physicist known for his contributions to general relativity and cosmology, particularly as a co-author of the influential textbook "Gravitation."
  • E. H. Guyford Stever
    H. Guyford Stever was an American physicist and engineer who served as director of the National Science Foundation and played a key role in shaping U.S. science and technology policy in the mid-20th century.
  • 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: James R. Newman
Triple: [Newman, hasNotableBearer, James R. Newman]
Generated description
James R. Newman was an American mathematician, lawyer, and author best known for co-authoring the popular science classic "Mathematics and the Imagination" and editing the influential anthology "The World of Mathematics."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: James R. Newman
Target entity description: James R. Newman was an American mathematician, lawyer, and author best known for co-authoring the popular science classic "Mathematics and the Imagination" and editing the influential anthology "The World of Mathematics."
  • A. James H. Newman
    James H. Newman is a NASA astronaut and physicist who flew on multiple Space Shuttle missions and helped assemble the International Space Station.
  • B. Philip J. Davis
    Philip J. Davis was an American mathematician and prolific author known for his influential works on numerical analysis, the history and philosophy of mathematics, and popular mathematical writing.
  • C. Milburn G. Apt
    Milburn G. Apt was a United States Air Force test pilot and the first person to exceed Mach 3, who died in the crash of the Bell X-2 during a record-setting flight in 1956.
  • D. Charles Misner
    Charles Misner is an American physicist known for his contributions to general relativity and cosmology, particularly as a co-author of the influential textbook "Gravitation."
  • E. H. Guyford Stever
    H. Guyford Stever was an American physicist and engineer who served as director of the National Science Foundation and played a key role in shaping U.S. science and technology policy in the mid-20th century.
  • 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_69ad8b1fb34081908c1b873e2b7273e1 completed March 8, 2026, 2:43 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69ad9ab8e0a48190ac79e674abd181cf completed March 8, 2026, 3:50 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b261e211c0819094ef28112bcad250 completed March 12, 2026, 6:49 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b2627a27f08190a802b74b126f0e81 completed March 12, 2026, 6:51 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b264cbe2a48190baad7f335cdc37ba completed March 12, 2026, 7:01 a.m.
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3 p.m.