Triple

T11961666
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Joseph L. Doob E284682 entity
Predicate doctoralAdvisor P167 FINISHED
Object Joseph L. Walsh
Joseph L. Walsh was an American mathematician known for his influential work in approximation theory and complex analysis, particularly Walsh functions and polynomial approximation.
E1073980 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: Joseph L. Walsh | Statement: [Joseph L. Doob, doctoralAdvisor, Joseph L. Walsh]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Joseph L. Walsh
Context triple: [Joseph L. Doob, doctoralAdvisor, Joseph L. Walsh]
  • A. Thomas J. Walsh
    Thomas J. Walsh was a prominent figure associated with Seton Hall University, honored for his leadership and contributions by having Walsh Gymnasium named after him.
  • B. Frank J. Walsh
    Frank J. Walsh was an American jurist and reformer after whom New Jersey’s landmark municipal reform legislation, the Walsh Act, was named.
  • C. Joseph B. Keenan
    Joseph B. Keenan was an American lawyer and U.S. Assistant Attorney General who served as the chief prosecutor in the post–World War II Tokyo war crimes trials.
  • D. Walter J. Donnelly
    Walter J. Donnelly was an American diplomat who served in senior postwar administrative roles in Germany following World War II.
  • E. Edward P. Doherty
    Edward P. Doherty was a U.S. Army officer best known for leading the detachment that captured and killed President Abraham Lincoln’s assassin, John Wilkes Booth, at a farm near Port Royal, Virginia.
  • 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: Joseph L. Walsh
Triple: [Joseph L. Doob, doctoralAdvisor, Joseph L. Walsh]
Generated description
Joseph L. Walsh was an American mathematician known for his influential work in approximation theory and complex analysis, particularly Walsh functions and polynomial approximation.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Joseph L. Walsh
Target entity description: Joseph L. Walsh was an American mathematician known for his influential work in approximation theory and complex analysis, particularly Walsh functions and polynomial approximation.
  • A. Thomas J. Walsh
    Thomas J. Walsh was a prominent figure associated with Seton Hall University, honored for his leadership and contributions by having Walsh Gymnasium named after him.
  • B. Frank J. Walsh
    Frank J. Walsh was an American jurist and reformer after whom New Jersey’s landmark municipal reform legislation, the Walsh Act, was named.
  • C. Joseph B. Keenan
    Joseph B. Keenan was an American lawyer and U.S. Assistant Attorney General who served as the chief prosecutor in the post–World War II Tokyo war crimes trials.
  • D. Walter J. Donnelly
    Walter J. Donnelly was an American diplomat who served in senior postwar administrative roles in Germany following World War II.
  • E. Edward P. Doherty
    Edward P. Doherty was a U.S. Army officer best known for leading the detachment that captured and killed President Abraham Lincoln’s assassin, John Wilkes Booth, at a farm near Port Royal, Virginia.
  • 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_69d6ab2eaeb881909f7914758f859413 completed April 8, 2026, 7:23 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d9037848f481908276716675464464 completed April 10, 2026, 2:04 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69fbac706dc4819093f06b368f03fe02 completed May 6, 2026, 9:02 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69fbadb3dca08190a88376278c434fbf completed May 6, 2026, 9:08 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69fbaf91632c8190a956aa40c4ba335d completed May 6, 2026, 9:16 p.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:45 p.m.