Triple
T11970327
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Karen E. Smith |
E284901
|
entity |
| Predicate | doctoralAdvisor |
P167
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Melvin Hochster
Melvin Hochster is an American mathematician renowned for his influential work in commutative algebra and its connections to algebraic geometry.
|
E956410
|
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: Melvin Hochster | Statement: [Karen E. Smith, doctoralAdvisor, Melvin Hochster]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Melvin Hochster Context triple: [Karen E. Smith, doctoralAdvisor, Melvin Hochster]
-
A.
David Eisenbud
David Eisenbud is an American mathematician known for his influential work in commutative algebra and algebraic geometry, as well as for his leadership as director of the Mathematical Sciences Research Institute (MSRI).
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B.
David Buchsbaum
David Buchsbaum was an American mathematician known for his influential work in homological algebra and commutative algebra, including the co-development of the Auslander–Buchsbaum formula.
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C.
Oscar Zariski
Oscar Zariski was a pioneering 20th-century mathematician whose work fundamentally shaped modern algebraic geometry through his rigorous, abstract approach and influential textbooks.
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D.
Barry Mazur
Barry Mazur is an American mathematician renowned for his influential work in number theory and arithmetic geometry, particularly in the development of the theory of modular forms and contributions to the proof of Fermat’s Last Theorem.
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E.
Spencer Bloch
Spencer Bloch is an American mathematician renowned for his influential work in algebraic geometry and K-theory, particularly in the study of algebraic cycles and motives.
- 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: Melvin Hochster Triple: [Karen E. Smith, doctoralAdvisor, Melvin Hochster]
Generated description
Melvin Hochster is an American mathematician renowned for his influential work in commutative algebra and its connections to algebraic geometry.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Melvin Hochster Target entity description: Melvin Hochster is an American mathematician renowned for his influential work in commutative algebra and its connections to algebraic geometry.
-
A.
David Eisenbud
David Eisenbud is an American mathematician known for his influential work in commutative algebra and algebraic geometry, as well as for his leadership as director of the Mathematical Sciences Research Institute (MSRI).
-
B.
David Buchsbaum
David Buchsbaum was an American mathematician known for his influential work in homological algebra and commutative algebra, including the co-development of the Auslander–Buchsbaum formula.
-
C.
Oscar Zariski
Oscar Zariski was a pioneering 20th-century mathematician whose work fundamentally shaped modern algebraic geometry through his rigorous, abstract approach and influential textbooks.
-
D.
Barry Mazur
Barry Mazur is an American mathematician renowned for his influential work in number theory and arithmetic geometry, particularly in the development of the theory of modular forms and contributions to the proof of Fermat’s Last Theorem.
-
E.
Spencer Bloch
Spencer Bloch is an American mathematician renowned for his influential work in algebraic geometry and K-theory, particularly in the study of algebraic cycles and motives.
- 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_69d9037bee54819085242a3ef3e286f9 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 2:04 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69f459691ff0819099282172933d2d81 |
completed | May 1, 2026, 7:42 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, 9:46 p.m.