Triple

T1403599
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Richard K. Guy E31640 entity
Predicate coAuthor P398 FINISHED
Object John L. Selfridge
John L. Selfridge was an American mathematician known for his contributions to number theory and computational mathematics, particularly in primality testing and factorization.
 E168261 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 L. Selfridge | Statement: [Richard K. Guy, coAuthor, John L. Selfridge]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: John L. Selfridge
Context triple: [Richard K. Guy, coAuthor, John L. Selfridge]
  • A. John R. Pierce
    John R. Pierce was an American engineer and scientist best known for his pioneering work in communications technology, including satellite and microwave systems, and for coining the term "transistor."
  • B. Charles Stark Draper
    Charles Stark Draper was an American engineer and scientist renowned as the "father of inertial navigation" for his pioneering work in guidance and control systems.
  • C. Harold A. Wheeler
    Harold A. Wheeler was an influential American electrical engineer and inventor known for his pioneering contributions to radio and radar technology.
  • D. Edgar A. Newell
    Edgar A. Newell was an American businessman and entrepreneur best known for building the Newell Company into a major consumer goods manufacturer that later became Newell Brands.
  • E. Karl T. Compton
    Karl T. Compton was an American physicist and influential science administrator who served as president of MIT and played a major role in organizing U.S. scientific efforts during World War II.
  • 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 L. Selfridge
Triple: [Richard K. Guy, coAuthor, John L. Selfridge]
Generated description
John L. Selfridge was an American mathematician known for his contributions to number theory and computational mathematics, particularly in primality testing and factorization.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: John L. Selfridge
Target entity description: John L. Selfridge was an American mathematician known for his contributions to number theory and computational mathematics, particularly in primality testing and factorization.
  • A. John R. Pierce
    John R. Pierce was an American engineer and scientist best known for his pioneering work in communications technology, including satellite and microwave systems, and for coining the term "transistor."
  • B. Charles Stark Draper
    Charles Stark Draper was an American engineer and scientist renowned as the "father of inertial navigation" for his pioneering work in guidance and control systems.
  • C. Harold A. Wheeler
    Harold A. Wheeler was an influential American electrical engineer and inventor known for his pioneering contributions to radio and radar technology.
  • D. Edgar A. Newell
    Edgar A. Newell was an American businessman and entrepreneur best known for building the Newell Company into a major consumer goods manufacturer that later became Newell Brands.
  • E. Karl T. Compton
    Karl T. Compton was an American physicist and influential science administrator who served as president of MIT and played a major role in organizing U.S. scientific efforts during World War II.
  • 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_69a49918e1f88190ba610f9dc8114578 completed March 1, 2026, 7:52 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4c3a0330c8190b22452d29c79fcf4 completed March 1, 2026, 10:54 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ad159920d48190ace6bc4d37af75eb completed March 8, 2026, 6:22 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ad165a88388190b43067a5a8c625bf completed March 8, 2026, 6:25 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ad16be44f88190ab4ea4c9638bd141 completed March 8, 2026, 6:27 a.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:59 p.m.