Triple

T308289
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Martin Gardner E6349 entity
Predicate influenced P9 FINISHED
Object Ian Stewart
Ian Stewart is a British mathematician and prolific popular science writer known for his engaging books and articles on mathematics and its applications.
E143784 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: Ian Stewart | Statement: [Martin Gardner, influenced, Ian Stewart]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ian Stewart
Context triple: [Martin Gardner, influenced, Ian Stewart]
  • A. Nigel Shadbolt
    Nigel Shadbolt is a British computer scientist and artificial intelligence researcher known for his leading role in promoting open data and digital governance.
  • B. David C. Acheson
    David C. Acheson is an American lawyer and former government official who served on the Rogers Commission investigating the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster.
  • C. David Alan Stevenson
    David Alan Stevenson was a prominent Scottish civil engineer and lighthouse designer from the famous Stevenson family, responsible for many lighthouses around the Scottish coast in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
  • D. Peter Sargeant
    Peter Sargeant was a colonial-era jurist who served as a judge on the Court of Oyer and Terminer.
  • E. Jonathan Stokes
    Jonathan Stokes was an 18th-century English physician and botanist associated with the influential Lunar Society of Birmingham.
  • 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: Ian Stewart
Triple: [Martin Gardner, influenced, Ian Stewart]
Generated description
Ian Stewart is a British mathematician and prolific popular science writer known for his engaging books and articles on mathematics and its applications.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ian Stewart
Target entity description: Ian Stewart is a British mathematician and prolific popular science writer known for his engaging books and articles on mathematics and its applications.
  • A. Nigel Shadbolt
    Nigel Shadbolt is a British computer scientist and artificial intelligence researcher known for his leading role in promoting open data and digital governance.
  • B. David C. Acheson
    David C. Acheson is an American lawyer and former government official who served on the Rogers Commission investigating the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster.
  • C. David Alan Stevenson
    David Alan Stevenson was a prominent Scottish civil engineer and lighthouse designer from the famous Stevenson family, responsible for many lighthouses around the Scottish coast in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
  • D. Peter Sargeant
    Peter Sargeant was a colonial-era jurist who served as a judge on the Court of Oyer and Terminer.
  • E. Jonathan Stokes
    Jonathan Stokes was an 18th-century English physician and botanist associated with the influential Lunar Society of Birmingham.
  • 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_69ac93942b1c819087f6fdef027f115e completed March 7, 2026, 9:07 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ac94dc45d0819098a79d9e387a838e completed March 7, 2026, 9:13 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ac95e2fd68819088f0ad4d5ed922e5 completed March 7, 2026, 9:17 p.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:06 p.m.