Triple

T12628476
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Girard E301577 entity
Predicate hasNotableBearer P458 FINISHED
Object Albert Girard
Albert Girard was a 17th-century French-born mathematician known for early work on algebraic equations, including formulations related to what later became known as Vieta's formulas and the fundamental theorem of algebra.
E992450 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: Albert Girard | Statement: [Girard, hasNotableBearer, Albert Girard]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Albert Girard
Context triple: [Girard, hasNotableBearer, Albert Girard]
  • A. Pierre Varignon
    Pierre Varignon was a French mathematician of the late 17th and early 18th centuries known for his work in mechanics and for helping to disseminate and develop the ideas of calculus in France.
  • B. Alexandre-Théophile Vandermonde
    Alexandre-Théophile Vandermonde was an 18th-century French mathematician and musician known for his contributions to algebra and determinants, including work that led to the concepts of Vandermonde matrices and Vandermonde's identity.
  • C. Jean de la Vallée
    Jean de la Vallée was a prominent 17th-century French-Swedish architect known for shaping Baroque architecture in Sweden through major public and ecclesiastical buildings.
  • D. François Viète
    François Viète was a pioneering French mathematician of the late 16th century whose introduction of systematic algebraic notation helped lay the foundations for modern algebra and influenced later mathematicians such as Fermat and Descartes.
  • E. Pierre-Simon Girard
    Pierre-Simon Girard was a French engineer and mathematician known for his major contributions to hydraulic engineering and public works in the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
  • 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: Albert Girard
Triple: [Girard, hasNotableBearer, Albert Girard]
Generated description
Albert Girard was a 17th-century French-born mathematician known for early work on algebraic equations, including formulations related to what later became known as Vieta's formulas and the fundamental theorem of algebra.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Albert Girard
Target entity description: Albert Girard was a 17th-century French-born mathematician known for early work on algebraic equations, including formulations related to what later became known as Vieta's formulas and the fundamental theorem of algebra.
  • A. Pierre Varignon
    Pierre Varignon was a French mathematician of the late 17th and early 18th centuries known for his work in mechanics and for helping to disseminate and develop the ideas of calculus in France.
  • B. Alexandre-Théophile Vandermonde
    Alexandre-Théophile Vandermonde was an 18th-century French mathematician and musician known for his contributions to algebra and determinants, including work that led to the concepts of Vandermonde matrices and Vandermonde's identity.
  • C. Jean de la Vallée
    Jean de la Vallée was a prominent 17th-century French-Swedish architect known for shaping Baroque architecture in Sweden through major public and ecclesiastical buildings.
  • D. François Viète
    François Viète was a pioneering French mathematician of the late 16th century whose introduction of systematic algebraic notation helped lay the foundations for modern algebra and influenced later mathematicians such as Fermat and Descartes.
  • E. Pierre-Simon Girard
    Pierre-Simon Girard was a French engineer and mathematician known for his major contributions to hydraulic engineering and public works in the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
  • 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_69d7bdeaf49c8190b13800111fa77ea3 completed April 9, 2026, 2:55 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d9610ce9e48190a496824002c0d2be completed April 10, 2026, 8:43 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f65edafc7c819088bd641542a32e39 completed May 2, 2026, 8:30 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f660bc541c8190a4d1d7a4cc959ecf completed May 2, 2026, 8:38 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f6617997188190bfce14c54619af7f completed May 2, 2026, 8:41 p.m.
Created at: April 9, 2026, 5:15 p.m.