Triple

T14320686
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Sir William Rouse Ball E355076 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object A Short Account of the History of Mathematics
A Short Account of the History of Mathematics is a classic survey text that traces the development of mathematical ideas and notable mathematicians from ancient times to the modern era.
E1093347 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: A Short Account of the History of Mathematics | Statement: [Sir William Rouse Ball, notableWork, A Short Account of the History of Mathematics]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: A Short Account of the History of Mathematics
Context triple: [Sir William Rouse Ball, notableWork, A Short Account of the History of Mathematics]
  • A. A History of Mathematics: From Mesopotamia to Modernity
    A History of Mathematics: From Mesopotamia to Modernity is a comprehensive survey book that traces the development of mathematical ideas across different cultures and historical periods, from ancient Mesopotamia to the modern era.
  • B. A History of Greek Mathematics
    A History of Greek Mathematics is a comprehensive scholarly work by Thomas Heath that traces the development of mathematical thought in ancient Greece and its lasting influence on the discipline.
  • C. Number Theory: An Approach through History from Hammurapi to Legendre
    "Number Theory: An Approach through History from Hammurapi to Legendre" is a historical and expository book by André Weil that traces the development of number theory from ancient Mesopotamia to the early 19th century.
  • D. MacTutor History of Mathematics archive
    The MacTutor History of Mathematics archive is an online reference resource that provides detailed biographies, historical essays, and timelines about mathematicians and the development of mathematics.
  • E. Commentary on Euclid's Elements
    Commentary on Euclid's Elements is a late antique philosophical and mathematical treatise by Proclus that analyzes and interprets Euclid’s foundational geometry text while preserving valuable information about earlier Greek 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: A Short Account of the History of Mathematics
Triple: [Sir William Rouse Ball, notableWork, A Short Account of the History of Mathematics]
Generated description
A Short Account of the History of Mathematics is a classic survey text that traces the development of mathematical ideas and notable mathematicians from ancient times to the modern era.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: A Short Account of the History of Mathematics
Target entity description: A Short Account of the History of Mathematics is a classic survey text that traces the development of mathematical ideas and notable mathematicians from ancient times to the modern era.
  • A. A History of Mathematics: From Mesopotamia to Modernity
    A History of Mathematics: From Mesopotamia to Modernity is a comprehensive survey book that traces the development of mathematical ideas across different cultures and historical periods, from ancient Mesopotamia to the modern era.
  • B. A History of Greek Mathematics
    A History of Greek Mathematics is a comprehensive scholarly work by Thomas Heath that traces the development of mathematical thought in ancient Greece and its lasting influence on the discipline.
  • C. Number Theory: An Approach through History from Hammurapi to Legendre
    "Number Theory: An Approach through History from Hammurapi to Legendre" is a historical and expository book by André Weil that traces the development of number theory from ancient Mesopotamia to the early 19th century.
  • D. MacTutor History of Mathematics archive
    The MacTutor History of Mathematics archive is an online reference resource that provides detailed biographies, historical essays, and timelines about mathematicians and the development of mathematics.
  • E. Commentary on Euclid's Elements
    Commentary on Euclid's Elements is a late antique philosophical and mathematical treatise by Proclus that analyzes and interprets Euclid’s foundational geometry text while preserving valuable information about earlier Greek 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_69d8278ed42c8190b9f882dcce611347 completed April 9, 2026, 10:26 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69de883bf71c8190a9a092a025cf98f0 completed April 14, 2026, 6:32 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69fd468c4a7c8190951adb28e1d71365 completed May 8, 2026, 2:12 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69fd478e6644819080692fbca8ec6c80 completed May 8, 2026, 2:16 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69fd4851528c81909855c0f8484c278e completed May 8, 2026, 2:20 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:13 a.m.