Triple

T6149925
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject James Joseph Sylvester E137173 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object Sylvester’s theorem on partitions
Sylvester’s theorem on partitions is a result in number theory that provides a systematic way to count integer partitions subject to certain congruence or restriction conditions, forming part of the foundational work in partition theory.
E571007 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: Sylvester’s theorem on partitions | Statement: [James Joseph Sylvester, notableWork, Sylvester’s theorem on partitions]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sylvester’s theorem on partitions
Context triple: [James Joseph Sylvester, notableWork, Sylvester’s theorem on partitions]
  • A. Ramanujan partition congruences
    Ramanujan partition congruences are remarkable number-theoretic results discovered by Srinivasa Ramanujan that describe surprising modular patterns in the partition function, such as specific arithmetic progressions where the number of integer partitions of an integer is divisible by a given prime.
  • B. Ono’s partition congruences
    Ono’s partition congruences are modern number-theoretic results that extend Ramanujan’s classical congruences by proving the existence of infinitely many congruence relations for the partition function modulo various primes.
  • C. Hardy–Ramanujan asymptotic formula
    The Hardy–Ramanujan asymptotic formula is a landmark result in number theory that gives an approximate expression for the partition function p(n), describing how the number of integer partitions of n grows rapidly with n.
  • D. Minkowski’s theorem on convex sets
    Minkowski’s theorem on convex sets is a fundamental result in convex geometry that characterizes lattice points in convex bodies, underpinning much of the theory of convex polytopes and the geometry of numbers.
  • E. Fermat polygonal number theorem
    The Fermat polygonal number theorem is a result in number theory stating that every positive integer can be expressed as a sum of a fixed number of polygonal numbers of a given order.
  • 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: Sylvester’s theorem on partitions
Triple: [James Joseph Sylvester, notableWork, Sylvester’s theorem on partitions]
Generated description
Sylvester’s theorem on partitions is a result in number theory that provides a systematic way to count integer partitions subject to certain congruence or restriction conditions, forming part of the foundational work in partition theory.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sylvester’s theorem on partitions
Target entity description: Sylvester’s theorem on partitions is a result in number theory that provides a systematic way to count integer partitions subject to certain congruence or restriction conditions, forming part of the foundational work in partition theory.
  • A. Ramanujan partition congruences
    Ramanujan partition congruences are remarkable number-theoretic results discovered by Srinivasa Ramanujan that describe surprising modular patterns in the partition function, such as specific arithmetic progressions where the number of integer partitions of an integer is divisible by a given prime.
  • B. Ono’s partition congruences
    Ono’s partition congruences are modern number-theoretic results that extend Ramanujan’s classical congruences by proving the existence of infinitely many congruence relations for the partition function modulo various primes.
  • C. Hardy–Ramanujan asymptotic formula
    The Hardy–Ramanujan asymptotic formula is a landmark result in number theory that gives an approximate expression for the partition function p(n), describing how the number of integer partitions of n grows rapidly with n.
  • D. Minkowski’s theorem on convex sets
    Minkowski’s theorem on convex sets is a fundamental result in convex geometry that characterizes lattice points in convex bodies, underpinning much of the theory of convex polytopes and the geometry of numbers.
  • E. Fermat polygonal number theorem
    The Fermat polygonal number theorem is a result in number theory stating that every positive integer can be expressed as a sum of a fixed number of polygonal numbers of a given order.
  • 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_69c008a2c6308190a56519b22d55d083 completed March 22, 2026, 3:20 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c05ce329648190a03ba0233df841fa completed March 22, 2026, 9:19 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c13608944481909e22df6131a06e41 completed March 23, 2026, 12:46 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c13679dd58819099036d1119fa370b completed March 23, 2026, 12:47 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c1376db6a0819087c0d0aebc2e2b3e completed March 23, 2026, 12:51 p.m.
Created at: March 22, 2026, 4:16 p.m.