Triple

T1587232
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Minna Gauss E34092 entity
Predicate familyName P18 FINISHED
Object Gauss
Gauss is a German surname most famously associated with the mathematician Carl Friedrich Gauss, a foundational figure in many areas of mathematics and science.
 E4368 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: Gauss | Statement: [Minna Gauss, familyName, Gauss]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Gauss
Context triple: [Minna Gauss, familyName, Gauss]
  • A. Joseph Gauss
    Joseph Gauss was a son of the renowned German mathematician and scientist Carl Friedrich Gauss.
  • B. Carl Friedrich Gauss
    Carl Friedrich Gauss was a German mathematician and physicist whose foundational contributions to number theory, geometry, statistics, and electromagnetism earned him the title "Prince of Mathematicians."
  • C. Wilhelm Gauss
    Wilhelm Gauss was one of the sons of the renowned German mathematician and scientist Carl Friedrich Gauss.
  • D. Louis Gauss
    Louis Gauss is a relatively obscure historical figure known primarily as the sibling of mathematician Eugene Gauss.
  • E. Eugene Gauss
    Eugene Gauss was one of the sons of the renowned German mathematician Carl Friedrich Gauss.
  • 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: Gauss
Triple: [Minna Gauss, familyName, Gauss]
Generated description
Gauss is a German surname most famously associated with the mathematician Carl Friedrich Gauss, a foundational figure in many areas of mathematics and science.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Gauss
Target entity description: Gauss is a German surname most famously associated with the mathematician Carl Friedrich Gauss, a foundational figure in many areas of mathematics and science.
  • A. Joseph Gauss
    Joseph Gauss was a son of the renowned German mathematician and scientist Carl Friedrich Gauss.
  • B. Carl Friedrich Gauss chosen
    Carl Friedrich Gauss was a German mathematician and physicist whose foundational contributions to number theory, geometry, statistics, and electromagnetism earned him the title "Prince of Mathematicians."
  • C. Wilhelm Gauss
    Wilhelm Gauss was one of the sons of the renowned German mathematician and scientist Carl Friedrich Gauss.
  • D. Louis Gauss
    Louis Gauss is a relatively obscure historical figure known primarily as the sibling of mathematician Eugene Gauss.
  • E. Eugene Gauss
    Eugene Gauss was one of the sons of the renowned German mathematician Carl Friedrich Gauss.
  • F. None of above.

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_69a885fceb2c8190b47e0f7c0aefbff0 completed March 4, 2026, 7:20 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a9090b3a20819098fdb5605ee739d7 completed March 5, 2026, 4:39 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69af2b42bb888190a0b16e3a59eb1175 completed March 9, 2026, 8:19 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69af50f642788190afd3663bd4d43ae4 completed March 9, 2026, 11 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69af51ca7024819085f371a0ef85d9c2 completed March 9, 2026, 11:03 p.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:27 p.m.