Triple

T1238286
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge E26597 entity
Predicate hasAlumnus P51 FINISHED
Object John Wallis
John Wallis was a 17th-century English mathematician and clergyman known for his contributions to calculus, analytic geometry, and the introduction of the infinity symbol (∞).
E142981 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: John Wallis | Statement: [Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, hasAlumnus, John Wallis]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Wallis
Context triple: [Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, hasAlumnus, John Wallis]
  • A. John Napier
    John Napier was a Scottish mathematician best known for inventing logarithms and popularizing the use of the decimal point in arithmetic.
  • B. Augustus De Morgan
    Augustus De Morgan was a 19th-century British mathematician and logician known for formulating De Morgan's laws and contributing foundational work to symbolic logic.
  • C. Abraham de Moivre
    Abraham de Moivre was an 18th-century French mathematician known for his foundational work in probability theory, including early formulations related to the central limit theorem and De Moivre's formula in complex analysis.
  • D. Theodore de Mayerne
    Theodore de Mayerne was a prominent 17th-century Swiss-born physician and chemist who served as royal doctor in England and helped advance early modern medical and chemical practice.
  • E. John Dee
    John Dee was a 16th-century English mathematician, astronomer, astrologer, and occult philosopher who served as an advisor to Queen Elizabeth I and became famous for his studies of alchemy and attempts to communicate with angels.
  • 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: John Wallis
Triple: [Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, hasAlumnus, John Wallis]
Generated description
John Wallis was a 17th-century English mathematician and clergyman known for his contributions to calculus, analytic geometry, and the introduction of the infinity symbol (∞).
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Wallis
Target entity description: John Wallis was a 17th-century English mathematician and clergyman known for his contributions to calculus, analytic geometry, and the introduction of the infinity symbol (∞).
  • A. John Napier
    John Napier was a Scottish mathematician best known for inventing logarithms and popularizing the use of the decimal point in arithmetic.
  • B. Augustus De Morgan
    Augustus De Morgan was a 19th-century British mathematician and logician known for formulating De Morgan's laws and contributing foundational work to symbolic logic.
  • C. Abraham de Moivre
    Abraham de Moivre was an 18th-century French mathematician known for his foundational work in probability theory, including early formulations related to the central limit theorem and De Moivre's formula in complex analysis.
  • D. Theodore de Mayerne
    Theodore de Mayerne was a prominent 17th-century Swiss-born physician and chemist who served as royal doctor in England and helped advance early modern medical and chemical practice.
  • E. John Dee
    John Dee was a 16th-century English mathematician, astronomer, astrologer, and occult philosopher who served as an advisor to Queen Elizabeth I and became famous for his studies of alchemy and attempts to communicate with angels.
  • 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_69a4948571c88190a9191e451e6035fd completed March 1, 2026, 7:33 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4bf406b988190a12aa26bbcb88d6a completed March 1, 2026, 10:35 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ac93c186fc8190a353c8f0a90ce273 completed March 7, 2026, 9:08 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ac94abbd748190851f3d53ec909494 completed March 7, 2026, 9:12 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ac9506ec5481909014834364f4e7f7 completed March 7, 2026, 9:13 p.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:47 p.m.