Triple
T308287
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Martin Gardner |
E6349
|
entity |
| Predicate | influenced |
P9
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Persi Diaconis
Persi Diaconis is an American mathematician and former professional magician renowned for his work on probability, randomness, and the mathematics of card shuffling and magic tricks.
|
E39629
|
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: Persi Diaconis | Statement: [Martin Gardner, influenced, Persi Diaconis]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Persi Diaconis Context triple: [Martin Gardner, influenced, Persi Diaconis]
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A.
Richard K. Guy
Richard K. Guy was a British-Canadian mathematician renowned for his work in number theory, combinatorics, and recreational mathematics, and for coauthoring influential books that popularized mathematical games and puzzles.
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B.
Elwyn R. Berlekamp
Elwyn R. Berlekamp was an American mathematician and engineer known for his influential work in coding theory, combinatorial game theory, and algorithms.
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C.
Mark Kac
Mark Kac was a Polish-American mathematician renowned for his work in probability theory and mathematical physics, particularly for linking stochastic processes with partial differential equations.
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D.
John H. Conway
John H. Conway was a British mathematician renowned for his work in group theory, number theory, and recreational mathematics, including the invention of the cellular automaton "Game of Life."
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E.
Manuel Blum
Manuel Blum is a Venezuelan-American computer scientist and Turing Award laureate renowned for his foundational contributions to computational complexity theory and cryptography.
- 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: Persi Diaconis Triple: [Martin Gardner, influenced, Persi Diaconis]
Generated description
Persi Diaconis is an American mathematician and former professional magician renowned for his work on probability, randomness, and the mathematics of card shuffling and magic tricks.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Persi Diaconis Target entity description: Persi Diaconis is an American mathematician and former professional magician renowned for his work on probability, randomness, and the mathematics of card shuffling and magic tricks.
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A.
Richard K. Guy
Richard K. Guy was a British-Canadian mathematician renowned for his work in number theory, combinatorics, and recreational mathematics, and for coauthoring influential books that popularized mathematical games and puzzles.
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B.
Elwyn R. Berlekamp
Elwyn R. Berlekamp was an American mathematician and engineer known for his influential work in coding theory, combinatorial game theory, and algorithms.
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C.
Mark Kac
Mark Kac was a Polish-American mathematician renowned for his work in probability theory and mathematical physics, particularly for linking stochastic processes with partial differential equations.
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D.
John H. Conway
John H. Conway was a British mathematician renowned for his work in group theory, number theory, and recreational mathematics, including the invention of the cellular automaton "Game of Life."
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E.
Manuel Blum
Manuel Blum is a Venezuelan-American computer scientist and Turing Award laureate renowned for his foundational contributions to computational complexity theory and cryptography.
- 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.