Triple

T16574931
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Shing-Tung Yau E402683 entity
Predicate notableStudent P4838 FINISHED
Object Zhongmin Shen
Zhongmin Shen is a Chinese-American mathematician recognized for his contributions to differential geometry, particularly Finsler geometry.
E1221222 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: Zhongmin Shen | Statement: [Shing-Tung Yau, notableStudent, Zhongmin Shen]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Zhongmin Shen
Context triple: [Shing-Tung Yau, notableStudent, Zhongmin Shen]
  • A. Liwen Shao
    Liwen Shao is a brilliant and ambitious Chinese businesswoman and technologist in the Pacific Rim universe, known for her pivotal role in developing advanced Jaeger drone technology.
  • B. Yu Xuezhong
    Yu Xuezhong was a prominent Chinese military leader associated with the Northeastern Army during the Republican era.
  • C. Xue Ming
    Xue Ming is a Chinese given name most notably borne by a Chinese female volleyball player who has competed at the international level.
  • D. Yao Chen
    Yao Chen is a prominent Chinese actress and philanthropist known for her influential social media presence and advocacy on social issues.
  • E. Qiong-Lei Min
    Qiong-Lei Min is a major regional variety of the Min branch of Chinese spoken primarily in the Qiong (Hainan) and Lei regions.
  • 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: Zhongmin Shen
Triple: [Shing-Tung Yau, notableStudent, Zhongmin Shen]
Generated description
Zhongmin Shen is a Chinese-American mathematician recognized for his contributions to differential geometry, particularly Finsler geometry.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Zhongmin Shen
Target entity description: Zhongmin Shen is a Chinese-American mathematician recognized for his contributions to differential geometry, particularly Finsler geometry.
  • A. Liwen Shao
    Liwen Shao is a brilliant and ambitious Chinese businesswoman and technologist in the Pacific Rim universe, known for her pivotal role in developing advanced Jaeger drone technology.
  • B. Yu Xuezhong
    Yu Xuezhong was a prominent Chinese military leader associated with the Northeastern Army during the Republican era.
  • C. Xue Ming
    Xue Ming is a Chinese given name most notably borne by a Chinese female volleyball player who has competed at the international level.
  • D. Yao Chen
    Yao Chen is a prominent Chinese actress and philanthropist known for her influential social media presence and advocacy on social issues.
  • E. Qiong-Lei Min
    Qiong-Lei Min is a major regional variety of the Min branch of Chinese spoken primarily in the Qiong (Hainan) and Lei regions.
  • 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_69d88387363c8190a97a0c942130de97 completed April 10, 2026, 4:58 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e3595bbbbc8190b023f4872908c031 completed April 18, 2026, 10:13 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a006eea409c8190808170a0b3f4bd17 completed May 10, 2026, 11:41 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a006f7ca0dc8190a75d84d9ffbf83e0 completed May 10, 2026, 11:43 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a00705453c081909e8401024e92b5aa completed May 10, 2026, 11:47 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:16 a.m.