Triple
T6389509
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Ian Stewart |
E143784
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entity |
| Predicate | notableWork |
P4
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FINISHED |
| Object |
Nature’s Numbers
Nature’s Numbers is a popular science book by mathematician Ian Stewart that explores how mathematical patterns and principles underlie structures and phenomena in the natural world.
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E589558
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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: Nature’s Numbers | Statement: [Ian Stewart, notableWork, Nature’s Numbers]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Nature’s Numbers Context triple: [Ian Stewart, notableWork, Nature’s Numbers]
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A.
Kunstformen der Natur
Kunstformen der Natur is a famous illustrated book by Ernst Haeckel that presents highly detailed and artistic depictions of diverse organisms, blending scientific accuracy with aesthetic design.
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B.
On Nature
On Nature is a lost philosophical treatise by the pre-Socratic thinker Anaximander, in which he is believed to have explored early cosmology, metaphysics, and the principles underlying the natural world.
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C.
On Nature
On Nature is a lost philosophical treatise by the pre-Socratic thinker Anaxagoras that outlined his cosmology, including the role of Mind (Nous) in ordering the universe.
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D.
On Nature
On Nature is a lost philosophical treatise by the ancient Greek sophist Gorgias, known primarily through reports and fragments that present a radical skeptical argument about existence, knowledge, and communication.
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E.
On Nature
On Nature is a lost philosophical poem by Xenophanes of Colophon that critiqued traditional Greek religion and advanced early ideas about a single, rational god and the nature of reality.
- 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: Nature’s Numbers Triple: [Ian Stewart, notableWork, Nature’s Numbers]
Generated description
Nature’s Numbers is a popular science book by mathematician Ian Stewart that explores how mathematical patterns and principles underlie structures and phenomena in the natural world.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Nature’s Numbers Target entity description: Nature’s Numbers is a popular science book by mathematician Ian Stewart that explores how mathematical patterns and principles underlie structures and phenomena in the natural world.
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A.
Kunstformen der Natur
Kunstformen der Natur is a famous illustrated book by Ernst Haeckel that presents highly detailed and artistic depictions of diverse organisms, blending scientific accuracy with aesthetic design.
-
B.
On Nature
On Nature is a lost philosophical treatise by the pre-Socratic thinker Anaximander, in which he is believed to have explored early cosmology, metaphysics, and the principles underlying the natural world.
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C.
On Nature
On Nature is a lost philosophical treatise by the pre-Socratic thinker Anaxagoras that outlined his cosmology, including the role of Mind (Nous) in ordering the universe.
-
D.
On Nature
On Nature is a lost philosophical treatise by the ancient Greek sophist Gorgias, known primarily through reports and fragments that present a radical skeptical argument about existence, knowledge, and communication.
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E.
On Nature
On Nature is a lost philosophical poem by Xenophanes of Colophon that critiqued traditional Greek religion and advanced early ideas about a single, rational god and the nature of reality.
- 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_69c008db906c819096f3597d55d95432 |
completed | March 22, 2026, 3:20 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c0686cc6d481909c62a29a84a4ce8e |
completed | March 22, 2026, 10:08 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c638868d4481908611530d0bc8e286 |
completed | March 27, 2026, 7:57 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69c639320a608190bc1123fe00ac1f9a |
completed | March 27, 2026, 8 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69c639f9916c8190a1a9f0284198aebd |
completed | March 27, 2026, 8:04 a.m. |
Created at: March 22, 2026, 4:34 p.m.