Triple

T14952314

Position	Surface form	Disambiguated ID	Type / Status
Subject	Francis Baily	`E372824`	entity
Predicate	notableWork	`P4`	FINISHED
Object	The Doctrine of Life-Annuities and Assurances The Doctrine of Life-Annuities and Assurances is a foundational 19th-century treatise on actuarial science and financial mathematics authored by English astronomer and actuary Francis Baily.	`E1129167`	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: The Doctrine of Life-Annuities and Assurances | Statement: [Francis Baily, notableWork, The Doctrine of Life-Annuities and Assurances]

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: The Doctrine of Life-Annuities and Assurances
Context triple: [Francis Baily, notableWork, The Doctrine of Life-Annuities and Assurances]

A. An Estimate of the Degrees of the Mortality of Mankind (1693)
An Estimate of the Degrees of the Mortality of Mankind (1693) is Edmund Halley’s pioneering demographic study that introduced one of the first life tables and laid foundations for actuarial science and life insurance mathematics.
B. An Essay towards solving a Problem in the Doctrine of Chances
"An Essay towards solving a Problem in the Doctrine of Chances" is the posthumously published paper by Thomas Bayes that introduced the foundational ideas of Bayesian probability theory.
C. Observations on Reversionary Payments
Observations on Reversionary Payments is an influential 18th-century work by Richard Price that helped lay the foundations of actuarial science and life insurance mathematics.
D. The Doctrine of Chances
The Doctrine of Chances is an influential 18th-century treatise by Abraham de Moivre that systematically developed the mathematical theory of probability, especially as applied to games of chance.
E. The Theory of Interest
The Theory of Interest is a foundational economics book by Irving Fisher that systematically analyzes the determination of interest rates over time using concepts of time preference and investment opportunities.
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: The Doctrine of Life-Annuities and Assurances
Triple: [Francis Baily, notableWork, The Doctrine of Life-Annuities and Assurances]

Generated description

The Doctrine of Life-Annuities and Assurances is a foundational 19th-century treatise on actuarial science and financial mathematics authored by English astronomer and actuary Francis Baily.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: The Doctrine of Life-Annuities and Assurances
Target entity description: The Doctrine of Life-Annuities and Assurances is a foundational 19th-century treatise on actuarial science and financial mathematics authored by English astronomer and actuary Francis Baily.

A. An Estimate of the Degrees of the Mortality of Mankind (1693)
An Estimate of the Degrees of the Mortality of Mankind (1693) is Edmund Halley’s pioneering demographic study that introduced one of the first life tables and laid foundations for actuarial science and life insurance mathematics.
B. An Essay towards solving a Problem in the Doctrine of Chances
"An Essay towards solving a Problem in the Doctrine of Chances" is the posthumously published paper by Thomas Bayes that introduced the foundational ideas of Bayesian probability theory.
C. Observations on Reversionary Payments
Observations on Reversionary Payments is an influential 18th-century work by Richard Price that helped lay the foundations of actuarial science and life insurance mathematics.
D. The Doctrine of Chances
The Doctrine of Chances is an influential 18th-century treatise by Abraham de Moivre that systematically developed the mathematical theory of probability, especially as applied to games of chance.
E. The Theory of Interest
The Theory of Interest is a foundational economics book by Irving Fisher that systematically analyzes the determination of interest rates over time using concepts of time preference and investment opportunities.
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_69d85cca979481908747d2a81eba1cea`	completed	April 10, 2026, 2:13 a.m.
NER	Named-entity recognition	`batch_69ded690f2e08190ad9dad6dc05a164a`	completed	April 15, 2026, 12:06 a.m.
NED1	Entity disambiguation (via context triple)	`batch_69fe7e9a6098819087b6e81bebcf6805`	completed	May 9, 2026, 12:23 a.m.
NEDg	Description generation	`batch_69fe83fdef58819098cda8cca0d810dd`	completed	May 9, 2026, 12:46 a.m.
NED2	Entity disambiguation (via description)	`batch_69fe8518121c8190b6ffcc14ec5ac8ea`	completed	May 9, 2026, 12:51 a.m.

Created at: April 10, 2026, 2:39 a.m.