Triple

T14265434
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Wacław Sierpiński E353630 entity
Predicate notableIdea P4 FINISHED
Object Sierpiński set
The Sierpiński set is a subset of the real numbers with the property that it intersects every uncountable closed subset of the reals in only countably many points, illustrating extreme pathological behavior in set theory and real analysis.
E1090234 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: Sierpiński set | Statement: [Wacław Sierpiński, notableIdea, Sierpiński set]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sierpiński set
Context triple: [Wacław Sierpiński, notableIdea, Sierpiński set]
  • A. Cantor set
    The Cantor set is a classic fractal subset of the real line formed by repeatedly removing the open middle third of intervals, notable for being uncountable, perfect, nowhere dense, and having zero Lebesgue measure.
  • B. Vitali set
    A Vitali set is a classic example in real analysis of a subset of the real numbers that is not Lebesgue measurable, constructed using the axiom of choice.
  • C. Nikodym set
    A Nikodym set is a pathological subset of the plane in geometric measure theory that intersects almost every line in a very small (often measure-zero) way while still having full measure in a region, illustrating extreme irregular behavior of measurable sets.
  • D. Steinhaus theorem
    The Steinhaus theorem is a fundamental result in measure theory stating that the difference set of any subset of the real numbers with positive Lebesgue measure contains an open interval around zero.
  • E. Banach–Tarski paradox
    The Banach–Tarski paradox is a theorem in set-theoretic geometry stating that a solid ball in 3‑dimensional space can be decomposed into finitely many non-measurable pieces and reassembled into two identical copies of the original ball, highlighting counterintuitive consequences of the axiom of choice.
  • 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: Sierpiński set
Triple: [Wacław Sierpiński, notableIdea, Sierpiński set]
Generated description
The Sierpiński set is a subset of the real numbers with the property that it intersects every uncountable closed subset of the reals in only countably many points, illustrating extreme pathological behavior in set theory and real analysis.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sierpiński set
Target entity description: The Sierpiński set is a subset of the real numbers with the property that it intersects every uncountable closed subset of the reals in only countably many points, illustrating extreme pathological behavior in set theory and real analysis.
  • A. Cantor set
    The Cantor set is a classic fractal subset of the real line formed by repeatedly removing the open middle third of intervals, notable for being uncountable, perfect, nowhere dense, and having zero Lebesgue measure.
  • B. Vitali set
    A Vitali set is a classic example in real analysis of a subset of the real numbers that is not Lebesgue measurable, constructed using the axiom of choice.
  • C. Nikodym set
    A Nikodym set is a pathological subset of the plane in geometric measure theory that intersects almost every line in a very small (often measure-zero) way while still having full measure in a region, illustrating extreme irregular behavior of measurable sets.
  • D. Steinhaus theorem
    The Steinhaus theorem is a fundamental result in measure theory stating that the difference set of any subset of the real numbers with positive Lebesgue measure contains an open interval around zero.
  • E. Banach–Tarski paradox
    The Banach–Tarski paradox is a theorem in set-theoretic geometry stating that a solid ball in 3‑dimensional space can be decomposed into finitely many non-measurable pieces and reassembled into two identical copies of the original ball, highlighting counterintuitive consequences of the axiom of choice.
  • 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_69d8278c43e08190824146f4632b89a5 completed April 9, 2026, 10:26 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69de6357a8188190ba518a486521052b completed April 14, 2026, 3:55 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69fd326551b08190ae8fe220a6422339 completed May 8, 2026, 12:46 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69fd3417e8e88190b099bfe4ba30f364 completed May 8, 2026, 12:53 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69fd37df3dfc8190a594abb2c14e11bb completed May 8, 2026, 1:09 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:09 a.m.