Triple

T13909157
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject John G. Thompson E334437 entity
Predicate birthName P65 FINISHED
Object John Griggs Thompson
John Griggs Thompson is an American mathematician renowned for his groundbreaking work in group theory, particularly his contributions to the classification of finite simple groups.
E1067768 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 Griggs Thompson | Statement: [John G. Thompson, birthName, John Griggs Thompson]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Griggs Thompson
Context triple: [John G. Thompson, birthName, John Griggs Thompson]
  • A. Harold M. Edwards
    Harold M. Edwards is an American mathematician and historian of mathematics known for his influential expository works, particularly on number theory and the history of mathematical ideas.
  • B. Robert Griess
    Robert Griess is an American mathematician best known for his work in group theory, particularly for constructing and studying the largest sporadic simple group known as the Monster.
  • C. George W. Mackey
    George W. Mackey was an American mathematician known for his influential work in representation theory, ergodic theory, and the foundations of quantum mechanics.
  • D. Simon P. Norton
    Simon P. Norton was a British mathematician known for his influential work in group theory, particularly on the Monster group and related finite simple groups.
  • E. John Milnor
    John Milnor is an American mathematician renowned for his groundbreaking work in differential topology, K-theory, and dynamical systems, and is one of the most influential figures in modern mathematics.
  • 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 Griggs Thompson
Triple: [John G. Thompson, birthName, John Griggs Thompson]
Generated description
John Griggs Thompson is an American mathematician renowned for his groundbreaking work in group theory, particularly his contributions to the classification of finite simple groups.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Griggs Thompson
Target entity description: John Griggs Thompson is an American mathematician renowned for his groundbreaking work in group theory, particularly his contributions to the classification of finite simple groups.
  • A. Harold M. Edwards
    Harold M. Edwards is an American mathematician and historian of mathematics known for his influential expository works, particularly on number theory and the history of mathematical ideas.
  • B. Robert Griess
    Robert Griess is an American mathematician best known for his work in group theory, particularly for constructing and studying the largest sporadic simple group known as the Monster.
  • C. George W. Mackey
    George W. Mackey was an American mathematician known for his influential work in representation theory, ergodic theory, and the foundations of quantum mechanics.
  • D. Simon P. Norton
    Simon P. Norton was a British mathematician known for his influential work in group theory, particularly on the Monster group and related finite simple groups.
  • E. John Milnor
    John Milnor is an American mathematician renowned for his groundbreaking work in differential topology, K-theory, and dynamical systems, and is one of the most influential figures in modern mathematics.
  • 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_69d81c5eaa9c819083b1ff8689179565 completed April 9, 2026, 9:38 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69de2721ec6c8190888f4a9d004eb8e0 completed April 14, 2026, 11:38 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f7c726b7388190b557f4c41622460d completed May 3, 2026, 10:07 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f7c807e70c8190b15a7d4608a17591 completed May 3, 2026, 10:11 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f7c8f2b5588190b6143d676eb648a0 completed May 3, 2026, 10:15 p.m.
Created at: April 9, 2026, 10:16 p.m.