Triple

T3081114
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Cédric Villani E64256 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object Birth of a Theorem
Birth of a Theorem is a memoir-style mathematical narrative by Fields Medalist Cédric Villani that chronicles the creative and personal journey behind one of his major research breakthroughs.
E324663 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: Birth of a Theorem | Statement: [Cédric Villani, notableWork, Birth of a Theorem]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Birth of a Theorem
Context triple: [Cédric Villani, notableWork, Birth of a Theorem]
  • A. A Mathematician's Apology
    A Mathematician's Apology is G. H. Hardy’s classic reflective essay that defends the aesthetic value of pure mathematics and offers a candid, personal account of the mathematician’s life and creative process.
  • B. The Matheny Manifesto
    The Matheny Manifesto is a book by former MLB catcher and manager Mike Matheny that lays out his philosophy on youth sports, leadership, and character development.
  • C. The Pisa Lectures
    The Pisa Lectures are a series of influential talks by Noam Chomsky that laid out the core ideas of his Government and Binding theory in generative grammar.
  • D. Everything and More: A Compact History of Infinity
    "Everything and More: A Compact History of Infinity" is a non-fiction book by David Foster Wallace that explores the mathematical concept of infinity through a blend of rigorous exposition, historical narrative, and the author’s distinctive literary style.
  • E. Prince of Mathematicians
    Prince of Mathematicians is the honorific title given to Carl Friedrich Gauss, reflecting his status as one of the greatest and most influential mathematicians in history.
  • 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: Birth of a Theorem
Triple: [Cédric Villani, notableWork, Birth of a Theorem]
Generated description
Birth of a Theorem is a memoir-style mathematical narrative by Fields Medalist Cédric Villani that chronicles the creative and personal journey behind one of his major research breakthroughs.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Birth of a Theorem
Target entity description: Birth of a Theorem is a memoir-style mathematical narrative by Fields Medalist Cédric Villani that chronicles the creative and personal journey behind one of his major research breakthroughs.
  • A. A Mathematician's Apology
    A Mathematician's Apology is G. H. Hardy’s classic reflective essay that defends the aesthetic value of pure mathematics and offers a candid, personal account of the mathematician’s life and creative process.
  • B. The Matheny Manifesto
    The Matheny Manifesto is a book by former MLB catcher and manager Mike Matheny that lays out his philosophy on youth sports, leadership, and character development.
  • C. The Pisa Lectures
    The Pisa Lectures are a series of influential talks by Noam Chomsky that laid out the core ideas of his Government and Binding theory in generative grammar.
  • D. Everything and More: A Compact History of Infinity
    "Everything and More: A Compact History of Infinity" is a non-fiction book by David Foster Wallace that explores the mathematical concept of infinity through a blend of rigorous exposition, historical narrative, and the author’s distinctive literary style.
  • E. Prince of Mathematicians
    Prince of Mathematicians is the honorific title given to Carl Friedrich Gauss, reflecting his status as one of the greatest and most influential mathematicians in history.
  • 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.