Triple

T11961693
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Joseph L. Doob E284682 entity
Predicate notableStudent P4838 FINISHED
Object Donald Burkholder
Donald Burkholder was an influential American mathematician known for his fundamental contributions to probability theory and martingale inequalities.
E956293 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: Donald Burkholder | Statement: [Joseph L. Doob, notableStudent, Donald Burkholder]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Donald Burkholder
Context triple: [Joseph L. Doob, notableStudent, Donald Burkholder]
  • A. Max Burkholder
    Max Burkholder is an American actor best known for playing Max Braverman on the television series "Parenthood."
  • B. Gary McKendry
    Gary McKendry is an Irish film director and screenwriter best known for helming the action thriller "Killer Elite" starring Jason Statham, Clive Owen, and Robert De Niro.
  • C. Donald Holder
    Donald Holder is a renowned American lighting designer best known for his work on major Broadway productions and multiple Tony Award–winning designs.
  • D. Merv Jackson
    Merv Jackson was a professional basketball guard best known for his key role with the Utah Stars in the American Basketball Association (ABA) during the early 1970s.
  • E. Wayne Swinny
    Wayne Swinny was an American guitarist best known as a founding and longtime member of the hard rock band Saliva.
  • 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: Donald Burkholder
Triple: [Joseph L. Doob, notableStudent, Donald Burkholder]
Generated description
Donald Burkholder was an influential American mathematician known for his fundamental contributions to probability theory and martingale inequalities.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Donald Burkholder
Target entity description: Donald Burkholder was an influential American mathematician known for his fundamental contributions to probability theory and martingale inequalities.
  • A. Max Burkholder
    Max Burkholder is an American actor best known for playing Max Braverman on the television series "Parenthood."
  • B. Gary McKendry
    Gary McKendry is an Irish film director and screenwriter best known for helming the action thriller "Killer Elite" starring Jason Statham, Clive Owen, and Robert De Niro.
  • C. Donald Holder
    Donald Holder is a renowned American lighting designer best known for his work on major Broadway productions and multiple Tony Award–winning designs.
  • D. Merv Jackson
    Merv Jackson was a professional basketball guard best known for his key role with the Utah Stars in the American Basketball Association (ABA) during the early 1970s.
  • E. Wayne Swinny
    Wayne Swinny was an American guitarist best known as a founding and longtime member of the hard rock band Saliva.
  • 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_69f4592fa9a48190a0450e3d0c57c4d3 completed May 1, 2026, 7:41 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f4645ef63881909b46937f73d637a3 completed May 1, 2026, 8:29 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f465be4db08190882898a17d077019 completed May 1, 2026, 8:35 a.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:45 p.m.