Triple

T11411849
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Steklov Institute of Mathematics E270388 entity
Predicate employerOf P7 FINISHED
Object Andrey Tikhonov
Andrey Tikhonov was a prominent Soviet mathematician best known for his foundational work in functional analysis and the theory of ill-posed problems, including Tikhonov regularization.
 E1053257 NE FINISHED

Named-entity recognition

Before disambiguation, gpt-5-mini classified whether the object phrase is a named entity — the step behind the object's NE type shown above.

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: Andrey Tikhonov | Statement: [Steklov Institute of Mathematics, employerOf, Andrey Tikhonov]

Disambiguation candidates (2 decisions)

The exact options the model was shown at each disambiguation step, with the option it chose highlighted — the evidence behind this triple's disambiguated ids.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Andrey Tikhonov
Context triple: [Steklov Institute of Mathematics, employerOf, Andrey Tikhonov]
  • A. Nikolai Andrianov
    Nikolai Andrianov was a Soviet artistic gymnast and one of the most decorated male Olympic gymnasts in history, renowned for his multiple gold medals in the 1970s and early 1980s.
  • B. Alexey Bardukov
    Alexey Bardukov is a Russian film and television actor known for his roles in contemporary Russian cinema and TV series.
  • C. Mikhail Kuznetsov
    Mikhail Kuznetsov was a Soviet film and theater actor best known for his role in Sergei Eisenstein’s historical epic "Ivan the Terrible, Part II."
  • D. Andrei Voronkov
    Andrei Voronkov is a computer scientist known for his influential work in automated reasoning and theorem proving.
  • E. Vyacheslav Kozlov
    Vyacheslav Kozlov is a Russian former professional ice hockey winger known for his scoring ability and long NHL career, including key roles with the Detroit Red Wings and Atlanta Thrashers.
  • F. None of above. chosen
  • G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Andrey Tikhonov
Target entity description: Andrey Tikhonov was a prominent Soviet mathematician best known for his foundational work in functional analysis and the theory of ill-posed problems, including Tikhonov regularization.
  • A. Nikolai Andrianov
    Nikolai Andrianov was a Soviet artistic gymnast and one of the most decorated male Olympic gymnasts in history, renowned for his multiple gold medals in the 1970s and early 1980s.
  • B. Alexey Bardukov
    Alexey Bardukov is a Russian film and television actor known for his roles in contemporary Russian cinema and TV series.
  • C. Mikhail Kuznetsov
    Mikhail Kuznetsov was a Soviet film and theater actor best known for his role in Sergei Eisenstein’s historical epic "Ivan the Terrible, Part II."
  • D. Andrei Voronkov
    Andrei Voronkov is a computer scientist known for his influential work in automated reasoning and theorem proving.
  • E. Vyacheslav Kozlov
    Vyacheslav Kozlov is a Russian former professional ice hockey winger known for his scoring ability and long NHL career, including key roles with the Detroit Red Wings and Atlanta Thrashers.
  • F. None of above. chosen

How the object was described

The object's one-sentence description was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the object name and this triple as context.

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: Andrey Tikhonov
Triple: [Steklov Institute of Mathematics, employerOf, Andrey Tikhonov]
Generated description
Andrey Tikhonov was a prominent Soviet mathematician best known for his foundational work in functional analysis and the theory of ill-posed problems, including Tikhonov regularization.

Provenance (5 batches)

Stage Batch ID Job type Status
creating batch_69d6aaddeaa8819088b30ef7b50598c9 elicitation completed
NER batch_69d8015017d08190b4020c76545556d6 ner completed
NED1 batch_69f78ac420788190b12167aef7436c64 ned_source_triple completed
NED2 batch_69f78e00007c81909007a751fd4625c2 ned_description completed
NEDg batch_69f78cdf1a74819087b0370060ddfa99 nedg completed
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:34 p.m.