Triple

T8449027
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Lance Fortnow E199753 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object The Golden Ticket: P, NP, and the Search for the Impossible
"The Golden Ticket: P, NP, and the Search for the Impossible" is a popular-science book that explains the P vs NP problem and its profound implications for computer science, mathematics, and everyday life in an accessible, non-technical way.
E735008 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: The Golden Ticket: P, NP, and the Search for the Impossible | Statement: [Lance Fortnow, notableWork, The Golden Ticket: P, NP, and the Search for the Impossible]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Golden Ticket: P, NP, and the Search for the Impossible
Context triple: [Lance Fortnow, notableWork, The Golden Ticket: P, NP, and the Search for the Impossible]
  • A. The Great Mathematical Problems
    The Great Mathematical Problems is a popular mathematics book by Ian Stewart that explores some of the most famous unsolved and historically significant problems in mathematics for a general audience.
  • B. P, NP, and NP-Completeness: The Basics of Complexity Theory
    "P, NP, and NP-Completeness: The Basics of Complexity Theory" is a foundational textbook by Oded Goldreich that introduces the core concepts, problems, and techniques of computational complexity theory, with a focus on the classes P, NP, and NP-complete problems.
  • C. In Pursuit of the Unknown: 17 Equations That Changed the World
    In Pursuit of the Unknown: 17 Equations That Changed the World is a popular science book by mathematician Ian Stewart that explores the history, impact, and ideas behind seventeen landmark mathematical equations that have shaped modern civilization.
  • D. P versus NP problem
    The P versus NP problem is a central unsolved question in theoretical computer science that asks whether every problem whose solution can be quickly verified by a computer can also be quickly solved by a computer.
  • E. The Man Who Loved Only Numbers
    The Man Who Loved Only Numbers is a popular biography of Hungarian mathematician Paul Erdős, portraying his eccentric life, prolific collaborations, and profound impact on 20th-century mathematics.
  • 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: The Golden Ticket: P, NP, and the Search for the Impossible
Triple: [Lance Fortnow, notableWork, The Golden Ticket: P, NP, and the Search for the Impossible]
Generated description
"The Golden Ticket: P, NP, and the Search for the Impossible" is a popular-science book that explains the P vs NP problem and its profound implications for computer science, mathematics, and everyday life in an accessible, non-technical way.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Golden Ticket: P, NP, and the Search for the Impossible
Target entity description: "The Golden Ticket: P, NP, and the Search for the Impossible" is a popular-science book that explains the P vs NP problem and its profound implications for computer science, mathematics, and everyday life in an accessible, non-technical way.
  • A. The Great Mathematical Problems
    The Great Mathematical Problems is a popular mathematics book by Ian Stewart that explores some of the most famous unsolved and historically significant problems in mathematics for a general audience.
  • B. P, NP, and NP-Completeness: The Basics of Complexity Theory
    "P, NP, and NP-Completeness: The Basics of Complexity Theory" is a foundational textbook by Oded Goldreich that introduces the core concepts, problems, and techniques of computational complexity theory, with a focus on the classes P, NP, and NP-complete problems.
  • C. In Pursuit of the Unknown: 17 Equations That Changed the World
    In Pursuit of the Unknown: 17 Equations That Changed the World is a popular science book by mathematician Ian Stewart that explores the history, impact, and ideas behind seventeen landmark mathematical equations that have shaped modern civilization.
  • D. P versus NP problem
    The P versus NP problem is a central unsolved question in theoretical computer science that asks whether every problem whose solution can be quickly verified by a computer can also be quickly solved by a computer.
  • E. The Man Who Loved Only Numbers
    The Man Who Loved Only Numbers is a popular biography of Hungarian mathematician Paul Erdős, portraying his eccentric life, prolific collaborations, and profound impact on 20th-century mathematics.
  • 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_69ca83170f9081909cd98f55614c6476 completed March 30, 2026, 2:05 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cbe445b7988190b53ae45070c70d1d completed March 31, 2026, 3:12 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ce1dc85e48819083340d022d0dba9b completed April 2, 2026, 7:42 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ce1f88d404819096c6024c0e61d1ea completed April 2, 2026, 7:49 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ce209338b48190ba8375200a5529bd completed April 2, 2026, 7:53 a.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 6:09 p.m.