Triple

T515592
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject École Polytechnique E10698 entity
Predicate hasAlumnus P51 FINISHED
Object Jean-Louis Verdier
Jean-Louis Verdier was a French mathematician known for his foundational work in sheaf theory and derived categories, notably through his influential thesis under Alexandre Grothendieck.
E64257 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: Jean-Louis Verdier | Statement: [École Polytechnique, hasAlumnus, Jean-Louis Verdier]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Jean-Louis Verdier
Context triple: [École Polytechnique, hasAlumnus, Jean-Louis Verdier]
  • A. Alexander Grothendieck
    Alexander Grothendieck was a revolutionary 20th-century mathematician whose work in algebraic geometry and homological algebra profoundly reshaped modern mathematics.
  • B. 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.
  • C. Pierre Deligne
    Pierre Deligne is a Belgian mathematician renowned for his groundbreaking work in algebraic geometry and number theory, including his proof of the Weil conjectures.
  • D. Gérard Huet
    Gérard Huet is a French computer scientist known for his influential work in formal methods, type theory, and the development of the Coq proof assistant.
  • E. Jean-Paul Agon
    Jean-Paul Agon is a French business executive best known for serving as the longtime CEO and later chairman of global cosmetics giant L'Oréal.
  • 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: Jean-Louis Verdier
Triple: [École Polytechnique, hasAlumnus, Jean-Louis Verdier]
Generated description
Jean-Louis Verdier was a French mathematician known for his foundational work in sheaf theory and derived categories, notably through his influential thesis under Alexandre Grothendieck.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Jean-Louis Verdier
Target entity description: Jean-Louis Verdier was a French mathematician known for his foundational work in sheaf theory and derived categories, notably through his influential thesis under Alexandre Grothendieck.
  • A. Alexander Grothendieck
    Alexander Grothendieck was a revolutionary 20th-century mathematician whose work in algebraic geometry and homological algebra profoundly reshaped modern mathematics.
  • B. 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.
  • C. Pierre Deligne
    Pierre Deligne is a Belgian mathematician renowned for his groundbreaking work in algebraic geometry and number theory, including his proof of the Weil conjectures.
  • D. Gérard Huet
    Gérard Huet is a French computer scientist known for his influential work in formal methods, type theory, and the development of the Coq proof assistant.
  • E. Jean-Paul Agon
    Jean-Paul Agon is a French business executive best known for serving as the longtime CEO and later chairman of global cosmetics giant L'Oréal.
  • 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_69a2e84a0d08819087e01863fcd9abf1 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:06 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a2f1836b688190a60cc901a8724159 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:45 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a4a1508e7c8190983dfe0b87c6c7ca completed March 1, 2026, 8:28 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a4a222e4008190990842b744945f88 completed March 1, 2026, 8:31 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a4a27f91ec81909cb25a8e004632ef completed March 1, 2026, 8:33 p.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:12 p.m.