Triple

T1470735
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Pascal's identity E27128 entity
Predicate relatedTo P37 FINISHED
Object Vandermonde's identity
Vandermonde's identity is a fundamental combinatorial formula that expresses a binomial coefficient with a sum index as a sum of products of binomial coefficients, often visualized via counting arguments or generating functions.
E167770 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: Vandermonde's identity | Statement: [Pascal's identity, relatedTo, Vandermonde's identity]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Vandermonde's identity
Context triple: [Pascal's identity, relatedTo, Vandermonde's identity]
  • A. Pascal's identity
    Pascal's identity is a fundamental combinatorial formula that relates adjacent binomial coefficients and underlies many proofs and properties of binomial expansions.
  • B. binomial theorem
    The binomial theorem is a fundamental algebraic formula that provides a systematic way to expand powers of binomial expressions, playing a key role in combinatorics and mathematical analysis.
  • C. Pascal's triangle
    Pascal's triangle is a triangular array of numbers in which each entry is the sum of the two directly above it, widely used in combinatorics, algebra, and probability.
  • D. multinomial theorem
    The multinomial theorem is a fundamental algebraic formula that generalizes the binomial theorem to express powers of sums with any number of terms using multinomial coefficients.
  • E. Pochhammer symbol
    The Pochhammer symbol is a mathematical notation representing rising factorials, widely used in series expansions, special functions, and hypergeometric functions.
  • 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: Vandermonde's identity
Triple: [Pascal's identity, relatedTo, Vandermonde's identity]
Generated description
Vandermonde's identity is a fundamental combinatorial formula that expresses a binomial coefficient with a sum index as a sum of products of binomial coefficients, often visualized via counting arguments or generating functions.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Vandermonde's identity
Target entity description: Vandermonde's identity is a fundamental combinatorial formula that expresses a binomial coefficient with a sum index as a sum of products of binomial coefficients, often visualized via counting arguments or generating functions.
  • A. Pascal's identity
    Pascal's identity is a fundamental combinatorial formula that relates adjacent binomial coefficients and underlies many proofs and properties of binomial expansions.
  • B. binomial theorem
    The binomial theorem is a fundamental algebraic formula that provides a systematic way to expand powers of binomial expressions, playing a key role in combinatorics and mathematical analysis.
  • C. Pascal's triangle
    Pascal's triangle is a triangular array of numbers in which each entry is the sum of the two directly above it, widely used in combinatorics, algebra, and probability.
  • D. multinomial theorem
    The multinomial theorem is a fundamental algebraic formula that generalizes the binomial theorem to express powers of sums with any number of terms using multinomial coefficients.
  • E. Pochhammer symbol
    The Pochhammer symbol is a mathematical notation representing rising factorials, widely used in series expansions, special functions, and hypergeometric functions.
  • 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_69a496d25d6881909dbd84f86d763992 completed March 1, 2026, 7:43 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4c5d9dd4c8190ba840a9255cd1293 completed March 1, 2026, 11:03 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ad0e8154288190b621980ea08ab81a completed March 8, 2026, 5:52 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ad0ee93c4c8190bd705e31d9492158 completed March 8, 2026, 5:53 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ad0fb331e881908455844135bb3208 completed March 8, 2026, 5:57 a.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 8:01 p.m.