Triple

T3081075
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Cédric Villani E64256 entity
Predicate familyName P18 FINISHED
Object Villani
Villani is the surname of Cédric Villani, a renowned French mathematician and Fields Medal laureate known for his work in partial differential equations and mathematical physics.
 E324653 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: Villani | Statement: [Cédric Villani, familyName, Villani]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Villani
Context triple: [Cédric Villani, familyName, Villani]
  • A. Altiero
    Altiero is an Italian given name most notably borne by the influential federalist politician Altiero Spinelli, a founding figure of the European integration movement.
  • B. Malatesta
    Malatesta is an Italian surname most famously associated with Errico Malatesta, a prominent anarchist thinker and activist of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
  • C. Montardo
    Montardo is a prominent mountain peak in the central Pyrenees, known for its panoramic views over the Val d’Aran in Catalonia, Spain.
  • D. Vincenzo
    Vincenzo is the Italian given name equivalent to Vincent, commonly used in Italy and among Italian-speaking communities.
  • E. Luchesi
    Luchesi is a minor but pivotal offstage character in Edgar Allan Poe's short story "The Cask of Amontillado," used by Montresor to provoke Fortunato's pride and lure him to his doom.
  • 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: Villani
Triple: [Cédric Villani, familyName, Villani]
Generated description
Villani is the surname of Cédric Villani, a renowned French mathematician and Fields Medal laureate known for his work in partial differential equations and mathematical physics.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Villani
Target entity description: Villani is the surname of Cédric Villani, a renowned French mathematician and Fields Medal laureate known for his work in partial differential equations and mathematical physics.
  • A. Altiero
    Altiero is an Italian given name most notably borne by the influential federalist politician Altiero Spinelli, a founding figure of the European integration movement.
  • B. Malatesta
    Malatesta is an Italian surname most famously associated with Errico Malatesta, a prominent anarchist thinker and activist of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
  • C. Montardo
    Montardo is a prominent mountain peak in the central Pyrenees, known for its panoramic views over the Val d’Aran in Catalonia, Spain.
  • D. Vincenzo
    Vincenzo is the Italian given name equivalent to Vincent, commonly used in Italy and among Italian-speaking communities.
  • E. Luchesi
    Luchesi is a minor but pivotal offstage character in Edgar Allan Poe's short story "The Cask of Amontillado," used by Montresor to provoke Fortunato's pride and lure him to his doom.
  • 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_69ad857bb4c88190a4cf27893fcabed8 completed March 8, 2026, 2:19 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69ada1aaf6d48190af4f9106965589b0 completed March 8, 2026, 4:19 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b1f89443a4819091dafc560b45cc26 completed March 11, 2026, 11:19 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b1f93d5b208190835093f453fd33ab completed March 11, 2026, 11:22 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b1f9ea9b908190a86e2b79a89e0283 completed March 11, 2026, 11:25 p.m.
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:03 p.m.