Triple

T11219447
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Milnor–Wood inequality E265520 entity
Predicate namedAfter P63 FINISHED
Object John W. Wood
John W. Wood was an American mathematician known for his contributions to topology and geometry, particularly in connection with the Milnor–Wood inequality.
 E1218538 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 W. Wood | Statement: [Milnor–Wood inequality, namedAfter, John W. Wood]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: John W. Wood
Context triple: [Milnor–Wood inequality, namedAfter, John W. Wood]
  • A. Charles W. Woodward
    Charles W. Woodward was a prominent figure significant enough in his community or field to have a high school named in his honor.
  • B. Donald C. Wood
    Donald C. Wood is a business executive best known for leading Federal Realty Investment Trust, a major U.S. real estate investment trust specializing in retail and mixed-use properties.
  • C. Richard T. Wetherald
    Richard T. Wetherald was an atmospheric scientist known for his pioneering work with Syukuro Manabe on early climate modeling and the greenhouse effect.
  • D. George W. Edmonds
    George W. Edmonds was one of the original founders of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Incorporated, a historically African American collegiate Greek-letter organization.
  • E. Harold A. Wheeler
    Harold A. Wheeler was an influential American electrical engineer and inventor known for his pioneering contributions to radio and radar technology.
  • 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 W. Wood
Triple: [Milnor–Wood inequality, namedAfter, John W. Wood]
Generated description
John W. Wood was an American mathematician known for his contributions to topology and geometry, particularly in connection with the Milnor–Wood inequality.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: John W. Wood
Target entity description: John W. Wood was an American mathematician known for his contributions to topology and geometry, particularly in connection with the Milnor–Wood inequality.
  • A. Charles W. Woodward
    Charles W. Woodward was a prominent figure significant enough in his community or field to have a high school named in his honor.
  • B. Donald C. Wood
    Donald C. Wood is a business executive best known for leading Federal Realty Investment Trust, a major U.S. real estate investment trust specializing in retail and mixed-use properties.
  • C. Richard T. Wetherald
    Richard T. Wetherald was an atmospheric scientist known for his pioneering work with Syukuro Manabe on early climate modeling and the greenhouse effect.
  • D. George W. Edmonds
    George W. Edmonds was one of the original founders of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Incorporated, a historically African American collegiate Greek-letter organization.
  • E. Harold A. Wheeler
    Harold A. Wheeler was an influential American electrical engineer and inventor known for his pioneering contributions to radio and radar technology.
  • 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_69d6aac59460819089b9848b27f57848 completed April 8, 2026, 7:21 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d7e8eb84c48190b4f3bede254afde2 completed April 9, 2026, 5:59 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a006065741c8190ad4ceb6bd3d60f9f completed May 10, 2026, 10:39 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a00620e66788190acccf2c8fce00943 completed May 10, 2026, 10:46 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a0062665d908190b8127b21edcad30e completed May 10, 2026, 10:48 a.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:30 p.m.