Triple

T12026991
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Connes embedding problem E286302 entity
Predicate disprovedBy P29499 FINISHED
Object Vern Paulsen
Vern Paulsen is an American mathematician known for his influential work in operator algebras and operator theory, including contributions that helped disprove the long-standing Connes embedding problem.
E974870 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: Vern Paulsen | Statement: [Connes embedding problem, disprovedBy, Vern Paulsen]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Vern Paulsen
Context triple: [Connes embedding problem, disprovedBy, Vern Paulsen]
  • A. Lloyd Hansen
    Lloyd Hansen is the ruthless and unhinged former CIA operative who serves as the primary villain in the action thriller film "The Gray Man."
  • B. Larry Bryggman
    Larry Bryggman is an American actor best known for his long-running role on the soap opera "As the World Turns" and various film and television appearances.
  • C. Pat Haggerty
    Pat Haggerty was a prominent NFL official best known for serving as the referee in multiple Super Bowls during his long officiating career.
  • D. Kirk Whalum
    Kirk Whalum is an American jazz saxophonist known for his smooth jazz style, soulful tone, and collaborations with artists such as Whitney Houston and Luther Vandross.
  • E. Dennis Fimple
    Dennis Fimple was an American character actor known for his numerous film and television roles from the 1960s through the early 2000s, often appearing in Westerns and genre productions.
  • 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: Vern Paulsen
Triple: [Connes embedding problem, disprovedBy, Vern Paulsen]
Generated description
Vern Paulsen is an American mathematician known for his influential work in operator algebras and operator theory, including contributions that helped disprove the long-standing Connes embedding problem.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Vern Paulsen
Target entity description: Vern Paulsen is an American mathematician known for his influential work in operator algebras and operator theory, including contributions that helped disprove the long-standing Connes embedding problem.
  • A. Lloyd Hansen
    Lloyd Hansen is the ruthless and unhinged former CIA operative who serves as the primary villain in the action thriller film "The Gray Man."
  • B. Larry Bryggman
    Larry Bryggman is an American actor best known for his long-running role on the soap opera "As the World Turns" and various film and television appearances.
  • C. Pat Haggerty
    Pat Haggerty was a prominent NFL official best known for serving as the referee in multiple Super Bowls during his long officiating career.
  • D. Kirk Whalum
    Kirk Whalum is an American jazz saxophonist known for his smooth jazz style, soulful tone, and collaborations with artists such as Whitney Houston and Luther Vandross.
  • E. Dennis Fimple
    Dennis Fimple was an American character actor known for his numerous film and television roles from the 1960s through the early 2000s, often appearing in Westerns and genre productions.
  • 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_69d6ab4669e48190b59246358b0383ab completed April 8, 2026, 7:23 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d915124e4c8190b0264c2a09e3c2f3 completed April 10, 2026, 3:19 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f61e3cd0648190ac6d5587bd7024a7 completed May 2, 2026, 3:54 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f61f9386548190a749445a404db3a2 completed May 2, 2026, 4 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f6208024988190b279c10a1ace9a28 completed May 2, 2026, 4:04 p.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:47 p.m.