Triple

T10991425
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Simpson's rule E259761 entity
Predicate namedAfter P63 FINISHED
Object Thomas Simpson
Thomas Simpson was an 18th-century English mathematician best known for his contributions to numerical analysis and interpolation, including the development of Simpson's rule for approximating definite integrals.
E898475 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: Thomas Simpson | Statement: [Simpson's rule, namedAfter, Thomas Simpson]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thomas Simpson
Context triple: [Simpson's rule, namedAfter, Thomas Simpson]
  • A. George Green
    George Green was a 19th-century British mathematician and physicist renowned for pioneering work in potential theory and for introducing Green's functions, which became fundamental tools in mathematical physics.
  • B. George Green
    George Green was a Canadian municipal politician who served as mayor of Burnaby, British Columbia.
  • C. Colin Maclaurin
    Colin Maclaurin was an 18th-century Scottish mathematician known for his significant contributions to calculus and geometry, including the development of the Maclaurin series.
  • D. Thaddeus Rowe
    Thaddeus Rowe is the full given name of American actor and producer Thad Luckinbill, known for his role on the soap opera "The Young and the Restless."
  • E. William Cullen
    William Cullen was an 18th-century Scottish physician and chemist who became a leading medical teacher of the Scottish Enlightenment and helped shape modern clinical and chemical education.
  • 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: Thomas Simpson
Triple: [Simpson's rule, namedAfter, Thomas Simpson]
Generated description
Thomas Simpson was an 18th-century English mathematician best known for his contributions to numerical analysis and interpolation, including the development of Simpson's rule for approximating definite integrals.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thomas Simpson
Target entity description: Thomas Simpson was an 18th-century English mathematician best known for his contributions to numerical analysis and interpolation, including the development of Simpson's rule for approximating definite integrals.
  • A. George Green
    George Green was a 19th-century British mathematician and physicist renowned for pioneering work in potential theory and for introducing Green's functions, which became fundamental tools in mathematical physics.
  • B. George Green
    George Green was a Canadian municipal politician who served as mayor of Burnaby, British Columbia.
  • C. Colin Maclaurin
    Colin Maclaurin was an 18th-century Scottish mathematician known for his significant contributions to calculus and geometry, including the development of the Maclaurin series.
  • D. Thaddeus Rowe
    Thaddeus Rowe is the full given name of American actor and producer Thad Luckinbill, known for his role on the soap opera "The Young and the Restless."
  • E. William Cullen
    William Cullen was an 18th-century Scottish physician and chemist who became a leading medical teacher of the Scottish Enlightenment and helped shape modern clinical and chemical education.
  • 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_69d6aa8a6a548190a750f944ccdc8064 completed April 8, 2026, 7:20 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d795d1e918819090c71f5a077fa15a completed April 9, 2026, 12:04 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69e34504ebec8190a78e4795765b0c24 completed April 18, 2026, 8:47 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69e3556fd3548190a33f04604be947cf completed April 18, 2026, 9:57 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69e3593b0f8481909ed7a90f8bb9839d completed April 18, 2026, 10:13 a.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:24 p.m.