Triple

T3945864
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Veblen Prize in Geometry E92144 entity
Predicate notableRecipient P108 FINISHED
Object Curtis T. McMullen
Curtis T. McMullen is an American mathematician renowned for his work in complex dynamics, hyperbolic geometry, and Teichmüller theory, and a recipient of the Fields Medal.
 E403182 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: Curtis T. McMullen | Statement: [Veblen Prize in Geometry, notableRecipient, Curtis T. McMullen]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Curtis T. McMullen
Context triple: [Veblen Prize in Geometry, notableRecipient, Curtis T. McMullen]
  • A. Dennis Sullivan
    Dennis Sullivan is an influential American mathematician renowned for his groundbreaking work in topology, dynamical systems, and geometry.
  • B. William Thurston
    William Thurston was a pioneering American mathematician renowned for his revolutionary contributions to low-dimensional topology and geometry, including the geometrization conjecture for 3-manifolds.
  • C. Richard Schoen
    Richard Schoen is an American mathematician renowned for his influential work in differential geometry and geometric analysis.
  • D. Joan S. Birman
    Joan S. Birman is an American mathematician renowned for her influential work in low-dimensional topology and braid theory.
  • E. Sasson Gabai
    Sasson Gabai is an Israeli actor best known internationally for his roles in films such as "The Band's Visit" and numerous Israeli television and theater productions.
  • 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: Curtis T. McMullen
Triple: [Veblen Prize in Geometry, notableRecipient, Curtis T. McMullen]
Generated description
Curtis T. McMullen is an American mathematician renowned for his work in complex dynamics, hyperbolic geometry, and Teichmüller theory, and a recipient of the Fields Medal.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Curtis T. McMullen
Target entity description: Curtis T. McMullen is an American mathematician renowned for his work in complex dynamics, hyperbolic geometry, and Teichmüller theory, and a recipient of the Fields Medal.
  • A. Dennis Sullivan
    Dennis Sullivan is an influential American mathematician renowned for his groundbreaking work in topology, dynamical systems, and geometry.
  • B. William Thurston
    William Thurston was a pioneering American mathematician renowned for his revolutionary contributions to low-dimensional topology and geometry, including the geometrization conjecture for 3-manifolds.
  • C. Richard Schoen
    Richard Schoen is an American mathematician renowned for his influential work in differential geometry and geometric analysis.
  • D. Joan S. Birman
    Joan S. Birman is an American mathematician renowned for her influential work in low-dimensional topology and braid theory.
  • E. Sasson Gabai
    Sasson Gabai is an Israeli actor best known internationally for his roles in films such as "The Band's Visit" and numerous Israeli television and theater productions.
  • 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_69aed965502c8190904ebad1203a4ae8 completed March 9, 2026, 2:29 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69aef0da13688190aab505c36513e4ab completed March 9, 2026, 4:10 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b53ff967a88190b0100dbedb580e4d completed March 14, 2026, 11:01 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b541404c2c8190aa23c6326fea626e completed March 14, 2026, 11:06 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b54193105c81909e2a4e368aae36e8 completed March 14, 2026, 11:08 a.m.
Created at: March 9, 2026, 3:24 p.m.