Triple
T16594988
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Curtis T. McMullen |
E403182
|
entity |
| Predicate | doctoralAdvisor |
P167
|
FINISHED |
| Object | William Thurston |
E121348
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: William Thurston | Statement: [Curtis T. McMullen, doctoralAdvisor, William Thurston]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Thurston Context triple: [Curtis T. McMullen, doctoralAdvisor, William Thurston]
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A.
William Thurston
chosen
William Thurston was a pioneering American mathematician renowned for his revolutionary contributions to low-dimensional topology and geometry, including the geometrization conjecture for 3-manifolds.
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B.
Curtis T. McMullen
Curtis T. McMullen is an American mathematician renowned for his work in complex dynamics, hyperbolic geometry, and Teichmüller theory, and a recipient of the Fields Medal.
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C.
Dennis Sullivan
Dennis Sullivan is an influential American mathematician renowned for his groundbreaking work in topology, dynamical systems, and geometry.
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D.
Marc Culler
Marc Culler is an American mathematician known for his contributions to geometric group theory and low-dimensional topology.
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E.
John Milnor
John Milnor is an American mathematician renowned for his groundbreaking work in differential topology, K-theory, and dynamical systems, and is one of the most influential figures in modern mathematics.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69d883880d0c81908b5fcd454e767b60 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 4:58 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e35d717604819083ed60b865bbd13e |
completed | April 18, 2026, 10:31 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_6a0084b233ac8190b3f1ab82a47110d4 |
completed | May 10, 2026, 1:14 p.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:16 a.m.