Triple
T13444245
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Paul Halmos |
E320438
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableWork |
P4
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
I Want to Be a Mathematician: An Automathography
I Want to Be a Mathematician: An Automathography is Paul Halmos’s autobiographical memoir recounting his life, career, and experiences in 20th-century mathematics.
|
E1041775
|
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: I Want to Be a Mathematician: An Automathography | Statement: [Paul Halmos, notableWork, I Want to Be a Mathematician: An Automathography]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: I Want to Be a Mathematician: An Automathography Context triple: [Paul Halmos, notableWork, I Want to Be a Mathematician: An Automathography]
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A.
Letters to a Young Mathematician
"Letters to a Young Mathematician" is a popular science book by Ian Stewart that offers personal, accessible guidance on the nature of mathematical thinking and the life of a mathematician.
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B.
The Mathematical Experience
The Mathematical Experience is a widely acclaimed book that explores the nature, history, philosophy, and human side of mathematics in an accessible and reflective way.
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C.
A Mathematician's Apology
A Mathematician's Apology is G. H. Hardy’s classic reflective essay that defends the aesthetic value of pure mathematics and offers a candid, personal account of the mathematician’s life and creative process.
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D.
Birth of a Theorem
Birth of a Theorem is a memoir-style mathematical narrative by Fields Medalist Cédric Villani that chronicles the creative and personal journey behind one of his major research breakthroughs.
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E.
The Great Mathematical Problems
The Great Mathematical Problems is a popular mathematics book by Ian Stewart that explores some of the most famous unsolved and historically significant problems in mathematics for a general audience.
- 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: I Want to Be a Mathematician: An Automathography Triple: [Paul Halmos, notableWork, I Want to Be a Mathematician: An Automathography]
Generated description
I Want to Be a Mathematician: An Automathography is Paul Halmos’s autobiographical memoir recounting his life, career, and experiences in 20th-century mathematics.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: I Want to Be a Mathematician: An Automathography Target entity description: I Want to Be a Mathematician: An Automathography is Paul Halmos’s autobiographical memoir recounting his life, career, and experiences in 20th-century mathematics.
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A.
Letters to a Young Mathematician
"Letters to a Young Mathematician" is a popular science book by Ian Stewart that offers personal, accessible guidance on the nature of mathematical thinking and the life of a mathematician.
-
B.
The Mathematical Experience
The Mathematical Experience is a widely acclaimed book that explores the nature, history, philosophy, and human side of mathematics in an accessible and reflective way.
-
C.
A Mathematician's Apology
A Mathematician's Apology is G. H. Hardy’s classic reflective essay that defends the aesthetic value of pure mathematics and offers a candid, personal account of the mathematician’s life and creative process.
-
D.
Birth of a Theorem
Birth of a Theorem is a memoir-style mathematical narrative by Fields Medalist Cédric Villani that chronicles the creative and personal journey behind one of his major research breakthroughs.
-
E.
The Great Mathematical Problems
The Great Mathematical Problems is a popular mathematics book by Ian Stewart that explores some of the most famous unsolved and historically significant problems in mathematics for a general audience.
- 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_69d80761e6cc8190a90c844589998ecc |
completed | April 9, 2026, 8:09 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69dbaee881888190811ddf01bc699864 |
completed | April 12, 2026, 2:40 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69f739965ef081909e85881ce805bbb5 |
completed | May 3, 2026, 12:03 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69f740e536d48190af369b38aa42438d |
completed | May 3, 2026, 12:34 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69f741b72d08819087808bf9bcffa0a1 |
completed | May 3, 2026, 12:38 p.m. |
Created at: April 9, 2026, 9:40 p.m.