Triple

T10550221
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Robert Langlands E248927 entity
Predicate doctoralAdvisor P167 FINISHED
Object Nathan Jacobson
Nathan Jacobson was a prominent American mathematician best known for his influential work in abstract algebra and his widely used graduate-level textbooks.
E870217 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: Nathan Jacobson | Statement: [Robert Langlands, doctoralAdvisor, Nathan Jacobson]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Nathan Jacobson
Context triple: [Robert Langlands, doctoralAdvisor, Nathan Jacobson]
  • A. Irving Tennenbaum
    Irving Tennenbaum, better known by his pen name Irving Stone, was an American writer famed for his meticulously researched biographical novels about historical and artistic figures.
  • B. Harold M. Edwards
    Harold M. Edwards is an American mathematician and historian of mathematics known for his influential expository works, particularly on number theory and the history of mathematical ideas.
  • C. George W. Mackey
    George W. Mackey was an American mathematician known for his influential work in representation theory, ergodic theory, and the foundations of quantum mechanics.
  • D. Reuben Hersh
    Reuben Hersh was an American mathematician and philosopher of mathematics known for his humanistic and sociocultural views on the nature of mathematical practice.
  • E. Isadore Soifer
    Isadore Soifer, better known as Alex North, was an influential American composer renowned for his groundbreaking film scores, including those for "A Streetcar Named Desire" and "Spartacus."
  • 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: Nathan Jacobson
Triple: [Robert Langlands, doctoralAdvisor, Nathan Jacobson]
Generated description
Nathan Jacobson was a prominent American mathematician best known for his influential work in abstract algebra and his widely used graduate-level textbooks.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Nathan Jacobson
Target entity description: Nathan Jacobson was a prominent American mathematician best known for his influential work in abstract algebra and his widely used graduate-level textbooks.
  • A. Irving Tennenbaum
    Irving Tennenbaum, better known by his pen name Irving Stone, was an American writer famed for his meticulously researched biographical novels about historical and artistic figures.
  • B. Harold M. Edwards
    Harold M. Edwards is an American mathematician and historian of mathematics known for his influential expository works, particularly on number theory and the history of mathematical ideas.
  • C. George W. Mackey
    George W. Mackey was an American mathematician known for his influential work in representation theory, ergodic theory, and the foundations of quantum mechanics.
  • D. Reuben Hersh
    Reuben Hersh was an American mathematician and philosopher of mathematics known for his humanistic and sociocultural views on the nature of mathematical practice.
  • E. Isadore Soifer
    Isadore Soifer, better known as Alex North, was an influential American composer renowned for his groundbreaking film scores, including those for "A Streetcar Named Desire" and "Spartacus."
  • 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_69d381c733c08190ab1dd6239f5f34ae completed April 6, 2026, 9:49 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d526d3e45c819099b360f9cfd3dd50 completed April 7, 2026, 3:46 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69d934639b3481908204db41101132c3 completed April 10, 2026, 5:33 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69d938c8b25c8190bb048053d8668e5c completed April 10, 2026, 5:52 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69d939b1844881908c8fbcb9488863f6 completed April 10, 2026, 5:56 p.m.
Created at: April 6, 2026, 12:34 p.m.