Triple
T1428688
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | John Horton Conway |
E30392
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableWork |
P4
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Conway’s soldiers
Conway’s soldiers is a mathematical puzzle and thought experiment in combinatorial game theory that explores how far checkers-like pieces can advance on an infinite grid under specific movement rules.
|
E163258
|
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: Conway’s soldiers | Statement: [John Horton Conway, notableWork, Conway’s soldiers]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Conway’s soldiers Context triple: [John Horton Conway, notableWork, Conway’s soldiers]
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A.
Conway’s Game of Sprouts
Conway’s Game of Sprouts is a pencil-and-paper topological game in which players alternately connect dots with lines under simple rules, leading to rich combinatorial and mathematical analysis.
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B.
Game of Life
Game of Life is a famous cellular automaton devised by mathematician John H. Conway that simulates complex patterns and behaviors using simple grid-based rules.
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C.
the Fifteen
The Fifteen was a major early 18th-century Jacobite rebellion in Britain that sought to restore the exiled Stuart dynasty to the throne.
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D.
Room for Squares
Room for Squares is John Mayer's breakthrough debut studio album, blending pop-rock and acoustic songwriting and featuring hits like "No Such Thing" and "Your Body Is a Wonderland."
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E.
The Bishop’s Move
"The Bishop’s Move" is a humorous short story by P. G. Wodehouse featuring one of Mr Mulliner’s comic tales of romantic and clerical mishaps.
- 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: Conway’s soldiers Triple: [John Horton Conway, notableWork, Conway’s soldiers]
Generated description
Conway’s soldiers is a mathematical puzzle and thought experiment in combinatorial game theory that explores how far checkers-like pieces can advance on an infinite grid under specific movement rules.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Conway’s soldiers Target entity description: Conway’s soldiers is a mathematical puzzle and thought experiment in combinatorial game theory that explores how far checkers-like pieces can advance on an infinite grid under specific movement rules.
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A.
Conway’s Game of Sprouts
Conway’s Game of Sprouts is a pencil-and-paper topological game in which players alternately connect dots with lines under simple rules, leading to rich combinatorial and mathematical analysis.
-
B.
Game of Life
Game of Life is a famous cellular automaton devised by mathematician John H. Conway that simulates complex patterns and behaviors using simple grid-based rules.
-
C.
the Fifteen
The Fifteen was a major early 18th-century Jacobite rebellion in Britain that sought to restore the exiled Stuart dynasty to the throne.
-
D.
Room for Squares
Room for Squares is John Mayer's breakthrough debut studio album, blending pop-rock and acoustic songwriting and featuring hits like "No Such Thing" and "Your Body Is a Wonderland."
-
E.
The Bishop’s Move
"The Bishop’s Move" is a humorous short story by P. G. Wodehouse featuring one of Mr Mulliner’s comic tales of romantic and clerical mishaps.
- 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_69a498fb823c8190a67ce4c4837e641a |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:52 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a4c4d9575881908bb58598e5a80590 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 10:59 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ad016930ec8190ab3900d6f40c4aa0 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 4:56 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69ad01d1c01c81908917c4837ed2b393 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 4:57 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69ad0265f610819085a2dd293abd4812 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 5 a.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 8 p.m.