Triple

T4552294
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Sadleirian Professor of Pure Mathematics E120392 entity
Predicate hasNotableHolder P1918 FINISHED
Object W. V. D. Hodge
W. V. D. Hodge was a British mathematician renowned for his foundational work in algebraic geometry and for developing Hodge theory, which links topology, differential geometry, and complex analysis.
E451519 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: W. V. D. Hodge | Statement: [Sadleirian Professor of Pure Mathematics, hasNotableHolder, W. V. D. Hodge]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: W. V. D. Hodge
Context triple: [Sadleirian Professor of Pure Mathematics, hasNotableHolder, W. V. D. Hodge]
  • A. Solomon Lefschetz
    Solomon Lefschetz was a prominent 20th-century mathematician best known for his foundational work in algebraic topology and geometry, including the development of Lefschetz fixed-point theory.
  • B. Hassler Whitney
    Hassler Whitney was an influential American mathematician known for foundational contributions to differential topology and geometry, including work on manifolds, embeddings, and singularities.
  • C. Oscar Zariski
    Oscar Zariski was a pioneering 20th-century mathematician whose work fundamentally shaped modern algebraic geometry through his rigorous, abstract approach and influential textbooks.
  • D. Caspar Wistar Hodge Sr.
    Caspar Wistar Hodge Sr. was a 19th-century American Presbyterian theologian and professor at Princeton Theological Seminary, known for continuing his family’s influential legacy in Reformed theology.
  • E. Louis Mordell
    Louis Mordell was a prominent British mathematician known for his influential work in number theory, particularly the Mordell conjecture and the Mordell–Weil theorem.
  • 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: W. V. D. Hodge
Triple: [Sadleirian Professor of Pure Mathematics, hasNotableHolder, W. V. D. Hodge]
Generated description
W. V. D. Hodge was a British mathematician renowned for his foundational work in algebraic geometry and for developing Hodge theory, which links topology, differential geometry, and complex analysis.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: W. V. D. Hodge
Target entity description: W. V. D. Hodge was a British mathematician renowned for his foundational work in algebraic geometry and for developing Hodge theory, which links topology, differential geometry, and complex analysis.
  • A. Solomon Lefschetz
    Solomon Lefschetz was a prominent 20th-century mathematician best known for his foundational work in algebraic topology and geometry, including the development of Lefschetz fixed-point theory.
  • B. Hassler Whitney
    Hassler Whitney was an influential American mathematician known for foundational contributions to differential topology and geometry, including work on manifolds, embeddings, and singularities.
  • C. Oscar Zariski
    Oscar Zariski was a pioneering 20th-century mathematician whose work fundamentally shaped modern algebraic geometry through his rigorous, abstract approach and influential textbooks.
  • D. Caspar Wistar Hodge Sr.
    Caspar Wistar Hodge Sr. was a 19th-century American Presbyterian theologian and professor at Princeton Theological Seminary, known for continuing his family’s influential legacy in Reformed theology.
  • E. Louis Mordell
    Louis Mordell was a prominent British mathematician known for his influential work in number theory, particularly the Mordell conjecture and the Mordell–Weil theorem.
  • 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_69bd4636f1648190a701445c2fcd9c17 completed March 20, 2026, 1:05 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69bd57f7b9748190af29d02fc77b02e0 completed March 20, 2026, 2:21 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69bdb95b01b0819094a600752e41aa09 completed March 20, 2026, 9:17 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69bdbdbf73508190b64a78ff9274ee6d completed March 20, 2026, 9:35 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69bdbe1bcd8c819094adea59c91c6f5b completed March 20, 2026, 9:37 p.m.
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:09 p.m.