Triple
T14334461
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Ramanujan theta function |
E355433
|
entity |
| Predicate | studiedBy |
P1945
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
G. N. Watson
G. N. Watson was a British mathematician renowned for his work in special functions, particularly Bessel functions and q-series, and for helping to edit and disseminate Ramanujan’s mathematical notebooks.
|
E1094034
|
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: G. N. Watson | Statement: [Ramanujan theta function, studiedBy, G. N. Watson]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: G. N. Watson Context triple: [Ramanujan theta function, studiedBy, G. N. Watson]
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A.
E. T. Whittaker
E. T. Whittaker was a British mathematician and physicist known for his influential work in mathematical analysis, special functions, and the history of science.
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B.
E. C. Titchmarsh
E. C. Titchmarsh was a prominent 20th-century British mathematician known for his influential work in analytic number theory and the theory of the Riemann zeta function.
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C.
John Edensor Littlewood
John Edensor Littlewood was a prominent 20th-century British mathematician known for his influential work in analysis, number theory, and the theory of functions, as well as his long and celebrated collaboration with G. H. Hardy.
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D.
Harold Davenport
Harold Davenport was a prominent 20th-century British mathematician renowned for his contributions to number theory and his influential role as a doctoral advisor to many leading mathematicians.
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E.
G. H. Hardy
G. H. Hardy was a prominent British mathematician renowned for his work in number theory and mathematical analysis, as well as for his influential book "A Mathematician's Apology."
- 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: G. N. Watson Triple: [Ramanujan theta function, studiedBy, G. N. Watson]
Generated description
G. N. Watson was a British mathematician renowned for his work in special functions, particularly Bessel functions and q-series, and for helping to edit and disseminate Ramanujan’s mathematical notebooks.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: G. N. Watson Target entity description: G. N. Watson was a British mathematician renowned for his work in special functions, particularly Bessel functions and q-series, and for helping to edit and disseminate Ramanujan’s mathematical notebooks.
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A.
E. T. Whittaker
E. T. Whittaker was a British mathematician and physicist known for his influential work in mathematical analysis, special functions, and the history of science.
-
B.
E. C. Titchmarsh
E. C. Titchmarsh was a prominent 20th-century British mathematician known for his influential work in analytic number theory and the theory of the Riemann zeta function.
-
C.
John Edensor Littlewood
John Edensor Littlewood was a prominent 20th-century British mathematician known for his influential work in analysis, number theory, and the theory of functions, as well as his long and celebrated collaboration with G. H. Hardy.
-
D.
Harold Davenport
Harold Davenport was a prominent 20th-century British mathematician renowned for his contributions to number theory and his influential role as a doctoral advisor to many leading mathematicians.
-
E.
G. H. Hardy
G. H. Hardy was a prominent British mathematician renowned for his work in number theory and mathematical analysis, as well as for his influential book "A Mathematician's Apology."
- 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_69d8278fa2108190bc0d0e7939c1eb03 |
completed | April 9, 2026, 10:26 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69de8c20d2148190bb534bef338e871d |
completed | April 14, 2026, 6:49 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69fd469634688190980df59ee482b792 |
completed | May 8, 2026, 2:12 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69fd47e2b8d481909ed8274a96615b36 |
completed | May 8, 2026, 2:18 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69fd4879b2688190ac208545ae226c93 |
completed | May 8, 2026, 2:20 a.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:13 a.m.