Triple
T1390475
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Surreal numbers |
E29943
|
entity |
| Predicate | introducedBy |
P513
|
FINISHED |
| Object | John Horton Conway |
E4412
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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 Horton Conway | Statement: [Surreal numbers, introducedBy, John Horton Conway]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Horton Conway Context triple: [Surreal numbers, introducedBy, John Horton Conway]
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A.
John H. Conway
chosen
John H. Conway was a British mathematician renowned for his work in group theory, number theory, and recreational mathematics, including the invention of the cellular automaton "Game of Life."
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B.
Richard K. Guy
Richard K. Guy was a British-Canadian mathematician renowned for his work in number theory, combinatorics, and recreational mathematics, and for coauthoring influential books that popularized mathematical games and puzzles.
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C.
Martin Gardner
Martin Gardner was an American popular mathematics and science writer, skeptic, and magician known for his long-running "Mathematical Games" column in Scientific American and his influential work debunking pseudoscience.
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D.
Elwyn R. Berlekamp
Elwyn R. Berlekamp was an American mathematician and engineer known for his influential work in coding theory, combinatorial game theory, and algorithms.
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E.
Ken Sallows
Ken Sallows is an Australian film editor known for his work on numerous feature films and television productions.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69a498dc92f8819094a1108f8ac90f43 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:51 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a4c35e023c8190b45688796d90534b |
completed | March 1, 2026, 10:53 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69acde24d1d88190bd6d602923270cd1 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 2:25 a.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:59 p.m.