Triple

T10829208
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject J. H. C. Whitehead E255572 entity
Predicate fullName P16 FINISHED
Object John Henry Constantine Whitehead
John Henry Constantine Whitehead was a British mathematician renowned for his foundational contributions to algebraic topology and homotopy theory.
E886919 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: John Henry Constantine Whitehead | Statement: [J. H. C. Whitehead, fullName, John Henry Constantine Whitehead]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Henry Constantine Whitehead
Context triple: [J. H. C. Whitehead, fullName, John Henry Constantine Whitehead]
  • A. Ennis C. Whitehead
    Ennis C. Whitehead was a U.S. Air Force general and World War II air commander known for his leadership in the Southwest Pacific theater.
  • B. Thomas North Whitehead
    Thomas North Whitehead was a British organizational theorist and researcher known for his influential studies on workplace behavior and human relations, particularly at the Hawthorne Works.
  • C. John H. White
    John H. White is an American photojournalist renowned for his powerful documentary images of urban life and social issues, particularly in Chicago.
  • D. William Augustus Hinton
    William Augustus Hinton was an American bacteriologist and public health pioneer best known for developing a widely used test for syphilis and becoming the first Black full professor at Harvard University.
  • E. Reginald Howard White
    Reginald Howard White was a legendary American football defensive end, widely regarded as one of the greatest defensive players in NFL history and nicknamed the "Minister of Defense."
  • 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: John Henry Constantine Whitehead
Triple: [J. H. C. Whitehead, fullName, John Henry Constantine Whitehead]
Generated description
John Henry Constantine Whitehead was a British mathematician renowned for his foundational contributions to algebraic topology and homotopy theory.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Henry Constantine Whitehead
Target entity description: John Henry Constantine Whitehead was a British mathematician renowned for his foundational contributions to algebraic topology and homotopy theory.
  • A. Ennis C. Whitehead
    Ennis C. Whitehead was a U.S. Air Force general and World War II air commander known for his leadership in the Southwest Pacific theater.
  • B. Thomas North Whitehead
    Thomas North Whitehead was a British organizational theorist and researcher known for his influential studies on workplace behavior and human relations, particularly at the Hawthorne Works.
  • C. John H. White
    John H. White is an American photojournalist renowned for his powerful documentary images of urban life and social issues, particularly in Chicago.
  • D. William Augustus Hinton
    William Augustus Hinton was an American bacteriologist and public health pioneer best known for developing a widely used test for syphilis and becoming the first Black full professor at Harvard University.
  • E. Reginald Howard White
    Reginald Howard White was a legendary American football defensive end, widely regarded as one of the greatest defensive players in NFL history and nicknamed the "Minister of Defense."
  • 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_69d6aa8081448190a9324184f2bd1c26 completed April 8, 2026, 7:20 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d734d3eab88190b30a3025b6b2b0bc completed April 9, 2026, 5:10 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69de85a068b08190948c3ca32cdda147 completed April 14, 2026, 6:21 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69de8956d9f081909d076c5e413c1f74 completed April 14, 2026, 6:37 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69de8e80fe80819088ac76bb5abc58f0 completed April 14, 2026, 6:59 p.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:19 p.m.