Triple

T403370
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Wolf Prize in Mathematics E9331 entity
Predicate hasLaureate P1618 FINISHED
Object John Milnor
John Milnor is an American mathematician renowned for his groundbreaking work in differential topology, K-theory, and dynamical systems, and is one of the most influential figures in modern mathematics.
E52357 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: John Milnor | Statement: [Wolf Prize in Mathematics, hasLaureate, John Milnor]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Milnor
Context triple: [Wolf Prize in Mathematics, hasLaureate, John Milnor]
  • A. Isadore Singer
    Isadore Singer was an American mathematician renowned for co-formulating the Atiyah–Singer Index Theorem, a foundational result linking analysis, topology, and geometry.
  • B. Michael Atiyah
    Michael Atiyah was a renowned British-Lebanese mathematician celebrated for his fundamental contributions to topology and geometry, including the development of K-theory and the Atiyah–Singer Index Theorem.
  • C. Shiing-Shen Chern
    Shiing-Shen Chern was a Chinese-American mathematician renowned for his foundational contributions to differential geometry and the development of Chern classes in topology.
  • D. Jean-Pierre Serre
    Jean-Pierre Serre is a French mathematician renowned for his foundational contributions to algebraic topology, algebraic geometry, and number theory, and is considered one of the most influential mathematicians of the 20th century.
  • E. André Weil
    André Weil was a prominent 20th-century French mathematician known for foundational contributions to number theory, algebraic geometry, and the development of the Weil conjectures.
  • 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: John Milnor
Triple: [Wolf Prize in Mathematics, hasLaureate, John Milnor]
Generated description
John Milnor is an American mathematician renowned for his groundbreaking work in differential topology, K-theory, and dynamical systems, and is one of the most influential figures in modern mathematics.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Milnor
Target entity description: John Milnor is an American mathematician renowned for his groundbreaking work in differential topology, K-theory, and dynamical systems, and is one of the most influential figures in modern mathematics.
  • A. Isadore Singer
    Isadore Singer was an American mathematician renowned for co-formulating the Atiyah–Singer Index Theorem, a foundational result linking analysis, topology, and geometry.
  • B. Michael Atiyah
    Michael Atiyah was a renowned British-Lebanese mathematician celebrated for his fundamental contributions to topology and geometry, including the development of K-theory and the Atiyah–Singer Index Theorem.
  • C. Shiing-Shen Chern
    Shiing-Shen Chern was a Chinese-American mathematician renowned for his foundational contributions to differential geometry and the development of Chern classes in topology.
  • D. Jean-Pierre Serre
    Jean-Pierre Serre is a French mathematician renowned for his foundational contributions to algebraic topology, algebraic geometry, and number theory, and is considered one of the most influential mathematicians of the 20th century.
  • E. André Weil
    André Weil was a prominent 20th-century French mathematician known for foundational contributions to number theory, algebraic geometry, and the development of the Weil conjectures.
  • 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_69a2e8004cb88190b92ed1add6abf41a completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:05 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a2eca226fc81909d6ccc38a637daa6 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:24 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a41b4695288190b4a7e67b6a112ca6 completed March 1, 2026, 10:56 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a41ef33c3c81909c8c9ce2964748ee completed March 1, 2026, 11:11 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a4206a7ef8819086cf8c02f098551e completed March 1, 2026, 11:18 a.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:08 p.m.