Triple

T10973542
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject John Tate E259307 entity
Predicate notableStudent P4838 FINISHED
Object John H. Coates
John H. Coates was a prominent British-Australian mathematician known for his influential work in number theory, particularly Iwasawa theory and the arithmetic of elliptic curves.
 E926713 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 H. Coates | Statement: [John Tate, notableStudent, John H. Coates]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: John H. Coates
Context triple: [John Tate, notableStudent, John H. Coates]
  • A. James A. Allison
    James A. Allison was an American entrepreneur and industrialist best known as one of the founders of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway and the Allison Engineering Company, a major aircraft engine manufacturer.
  • B. Neil A. Machlis
    Neil A. Machlis is a film producer best known for his work on major Hollywood comedies, including the classic road-trip film "Planes, Trains and Automobiles."
  • C. John M. Fabian
    John M. Fabian is a former NASA astronaut and U.S. Air Force officer who flew as a mission specialist on early Space Shuttle flights in the 1980s.
  • D. Philip M. Kaiser
    Philip M. Kaiser was an American diplomat and public servant who held several key ambassadorial posts during the Cold War era.
  • E. John C. Wilson
    John C. Wilson was an American theatre director and producer best known for staging major Broadway productions in the mid-20th century.
  • 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 H. Coates
Triple: [John Tate, notableStudent, John H. Coates]
Generated description
John H. Coates was a prominent British-Australian mathematician known for his influential work in number theory, particularly Iwasawa theory and the arithmetic of elliptic curves.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: John H. Coates
Target entity description: John H. Coates was a prominent British-Australian mathematician known for his influential work in number theory, particularly Iwasawa theory and the arithmetic of elliptic curves.
  • A. James A. Allison
    James A. Allison was an American entrepreneur and industrialist best known as one of the founders of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway and the Allison Engineering Company, a major aircraft engine manufacturer.
  • B. Neil A. Machlis
    Neil A. Machlis is a film producer best known for his work on major Hollywood comedies, including the classic road-trip film "Planes, Trains and Automobiles."
  • C. John M. Fabian
    John M. Fabian is a former NASA astronaut and U.S. Air Force officer who flew as a mission specialist on early Space Shuttle flights in the 1980s.
  • D. Philip M. Kaiser
    Philip M. Kaiser was an American diplomat and public servant who held several key ambassadorial posts during the Cold War era.
  • E. John C. Wilson
    John C. Wilson was an American theatre director and producer best known for staging major Broadway productions in the mid-20th century.
  • 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_69d6aa895f4c8190887a15460ef622f4 completed April 8, 2026, 7:20 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d7719c16648190ab5a87abb1c61990 completed April 9, 2026, 9:30 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69e5e890bb9c81908c316a6423e650e6 completed April 20, 2026, 8:49 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69e5eeb38d588190b51b6c299bb717dd completed April 20, 2026, 9:15 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69e5f19dd3348190b037e09c87b528e9 completed April 20, 2026, 9:27 a.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:24 p.m.