Triple

T8722
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Fourier analysis E173 entity
Predicate historicalFigure P643 FINISHED
Object Jean-Baptiste Joseph Fourier
Jean-Baptiste Joseph Fourier was a French mathematician and physicist best known for pioneering the theory of heat conduction and developing Fourier series, which laid the foundations of modern Fourier analysis.
E1007 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (5 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-Baptiste Joseph Fourier | Statement: [Fourier analysis, historicalFigure, Jean-Baptiste Joseph Fourier]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Jean-Baptiste Joseph Fourier
Context triple: [Fourier analysis, historicalFigure, Jean-Baptiste Joseph Fourier]
  • A. Newton
    Newton is a suburban city in Massachusetts known for its residential neighborhoods, strong public schools, and proximity to Boston.
  • B. William Barton Rogers
    William Barton Rogers was a 19th-century American geologist and educator best known for establishing the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and shaping its practical, science-focused educational philosophy.
  • C. Albert Einstein
    Albert Einstein was a theoretical physicist best known for developing the theory of relativity and fundamentally reshaping modern physics.
  • D. Detlev W. Bronk
    Detlev W. Bronk was an influential American scientist and educator known as a pioneer of biophysics and a prominent leader in national science policy.
  • E. J. Robert Oppenheimer
    J. Robert Oppenheimer was an American theoretical physicist best known as the scientific director of the Manhattan Project, which developed the first nuclear weapons during World War II.
  • 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-Baptiste Joseph Fourier
Triple: [Fourier analysis, historicalFigure, Jean-Baptiste Joseph Fourier]
Generated description
Jean-Baptiste Joseph Fourier was a French mathematician and physicist best known for pioneering the theory of heat conduction and developing Fourier series, which laid the foundations of modern Fourier analysis.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Jean-Baptiste Joseph Fourier
Target entity description: Jean-Baptiste Joseph Fourier was a French mathematician and physicist best known for pioneering the theory of heat conduction and developing Fourier series, which laid the foundations of modern Fourier analysis.
  • A. Newton
    Newton is a suburban city in Massachusetts known for its residential neighborhoods, strong public schools, and proximity to Boston.
  • B. William Barton Rogers
    William Barton Rogers was a 19th-century American geologist and educator best known for establishing the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and shaping its practical, science-focused educational philosophy.
  • C. Albert Einstein
    Albert Einstein was a theoretical physicist best known for developing the theory of relativity and fundamentally reshaping modern physics.
  • D. Detlev W. Bronk
    Detlev W. Bronk was an influential American scientist and educator known as a pioneer of biophysics and a prominent leader in national science policy.
  • E. J. Robert Oppenheimer
    J. Robert Oppenheimer was an American theoretical physicist best known as the scientific director of the Manhattan Project, which developed the first nuclear weapons during World War II.
  • F. None of above. chosen
PD Predicate disambiguation gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: historicalFigure
Context triple: [Fourier analysis, historicalFigure, Jean-Baptiste Joseph Fourier]
  • A. discoveredBy
    Indicates that something was found, identified, or brought to light through the efforts or actions of a particular agent.
  • B. notableFor
    Indicates that an entity is especially recognized or distinguished for a particular quality, achievement, characteristic, or role.
  • C. designedBy
    Indicates that one entity is the creator, planner, or architect responsible for the form or structure of another entity.
  • D. commemoratedBy
    Indicates that something is honored, remembered, or celebrated through a particular action, event, object, or representation.
  • E. firstInOfficeTo
    Indicates that one entity was the earliest or first to hold a particular office or position in relation to another entity or context.
  • F. None of above. chosen

Provenance (7 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_69a23bb612708190b09f25385e4b63d1 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 12:49 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a2407916ac8190b76d2e6690efaef3 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:10 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a243c87d988190a9d0649c4a04c7b7 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:24 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a2464617148190ae1b5e316dd37efe completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:35 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a246bff58481908eebdbcb88e1ff78 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:37 a.m.
PD Predicate disambiguation batch_69a23fe3a87881909ab95bb3a0b474ec completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:07 a.m.
PDg Predicate description generation batch_69a240782e108190b6b60c26b84ae179 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:10 a.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 12:54 a.m.