Triple

T6389513
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Ian Stewart E143784 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object What Shape is a Snowflake?
"What Shape is a Snowflake?" is a popular mathematics book by Ian Stewart that explores the surprising geometry and patterns underlying natural forms and everyday phenomena.
E589562 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: What Shape is a Snowflake? | Statement: [Ian Stewart, notableWork, What Shape is a Snowflake?]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: What Shape is a Snowflake?
Context triple: [Ian Stewart, notableWork, What Shape is a Snowflake?]
  • A. Snowflake
    Snowflake is a cloud-based data warehousing platform known for its scalable, high-performance analytics and separation of storage and compute.
  • B. Snowflake
    Snowflake is a censorship-circumvention system that helps users access the Tor network by routing their traffic through volunteer-run proxy nodes embedded in ordinary web browsers.
  • C. Snow
    "Snow" is a political and philosophical novel by Turkish Nobel laureate Orhan Pamuk that explores identity, secularism, and Islamism in contemporary Turkey.
  • D. Snow
    Snow is a white color variant of the iMac G3, known for its clean, minimalist appearance among the line’s iconic translucent and colorful designs.
  • E. Snow
    "Snow" is a notable abstract painting by British artist Howard Hodgkin, recognized for its expressive brushwork and evocative use of color to suggest memory and atmosphere.
  • 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: What Shape is a Snowflake?
Triple: [Ian Stewart, notableWork, What Shape is a Snowflake?]
Generated description
"What Shape is a Snowflake?" is a popular mathematics book by Ian Stewart that explores the surprising geometry and patterns underlying natural forms and everyday phenomena.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: What Shape is a Snowflake?
Target entity description: "What Shape is a Snowflake?" is a popular mathematics book by Ian Stewart that explores the surprising geometry and patterns underlying natural forms and everyday phenomena.
  • A. Snowflake
    Snowflake is a cloud-based data warehousing platform known for its scalable, high-performance analytics and separation of storage and compute.
  • B. Snowflake
    Snowflake is a censorship-circumvention system that helps users access the Tor network by routing their traffic through volunteer-run proxy nodes embedded in ordinary web browsers.
  • C. Snow
    "Snow" is a political and philosophical novel by Turkish Nobel laureate Orhan Pamuk that explores identity, secularism, and Islamism in contemporary Turkey.
  • D. Snow
    "Snow" is a notable abstract painting by British artist Howard Hodgkin, recognized for its expressive brushwork and evocative use of color to suggest memory and atmosphere.
  • E. Snow
    Snow is a white color variant of the iMac G3, known for its clean, minimalist appearance among the line’s iconic translucent and colorful designs.
  • 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.