Triple

T308262
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Martin Gardner E6349 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object Mathematical Games
"Mathematical Games" is a long-running Scientific American column by Martin Gardner that popularized recreational mathematics and puzzles for a broad audience.
E39621 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: Mathematical Games | Statement: [Martin Gardner, notableWork, Mathematical Games]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mathematical Games
Context triple: [Martin Gardner, notableWork, Mathematical Games]
  • A. Winning Ways for your Mathematical Plays
    Winning Ways for your Mathematical Plays is a multi-volume book on combinatorial game theory that popularizes and systematically explores mathematical games and their underlying structures.
  • B. Conway’s Game of Sprouts
    Conway’s Game of Sprouts is a pencil-and-paper topological game in which players alternately connect dots with lines under simple rules, leading to rich combinatorial and mathematical analysis.
  • C. De ratiociniis in ludo aleae
    De ratiociniis in ludo aleae is a pioneering 17th-century treatise on probability theory, particularly as applied to games of chance.
  • D. On Numbers and Games
    On Numbers and Games is a mathematical book by John H. Conway that introduces surreal numbers and explores combinatorial game theory in a rigorous yet playful style.
  • E. The Gamester
    The Gamester is a Caroline-era tragicomedy play by English dramatist James Shirley, centered on themes of gambling, honor, and social intrigue.
  • 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: Mathematical Games
Triple: [Martin Gardner, notableWork, Mathematical Games]
Generated description
"Mathematical Games" is a long-running Scientific American column by Martin Gardner that popularized recreational mathematics and puzzles for a broad audience.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mathematical Games
Target entity description: "Mathematical Games" is a long-running Scientific American column by Martin Gardner that popularized recreational mathematics and puzzles for a broad audience.
  • A. Winning Ways for your Mathematical Plays
    Winning Ways for your Mathematical Plays is a multi-volume book on combinatorial game theory that popularizes and systematically explores mathematical games and their underlying structures.
  • B. Conway’s Game of Sprouts
    Conway’s Game of Sprouts is a pencil-and-paper topological game in which players alternately connect dots with lines under simple rules, leading to rich combinatorial and mathematical analysis.
  • C. De ratiociniis in ludo aleae
    De ratiociniis in ludo aleae is a pioneering 17th-century treatise on probability theory, particularly as applied to games of chance.
  • D. On Numbers and Games
    On Numbers and Games is a mathematical book by John H. Conway that introduces surreal numbers and explores combinatorial game theory in a rigorous yet playful style.
  • E. The Gamester
    The Gamester is a Caroline-era tragicomedy play by English dramatist James Shirley, centered on themes of gambling, honor, and social intrigue.
  • 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_69a2e79230508190b912ecb555aae17e completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:03 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a2ea3289608190a36c20a47761c6e4 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:14 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a3b4744d188190a38831b251ca4901 completed March 1, 2026, 3:37 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a3b544d6b081908b11d83449f40e67 completed March 1, 2026, 3:40 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a3b5b7c9a48190afea4c39ab702fb9 completed March 1, 2026, 3:42 a.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:06 p.m.