Triple

T16824737
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Karol Borsuk E408987 entity
Predicate notableIdea P4 FINISHED
Object Borsuk’s partition problem
Borsuk’s partition problem is a famous unsolved problem in geometry that asks whether every bounded set in n-dimensional Euclidean space can be divided into n+1 smaller-diameter subsets.
E1235034 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: Borsuk’s partition problem | Statement: [Karol Borsuk, notableIdea, Borsuk’s partition problem]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Borsuk’s partition problem
Context triple: [Karol Borsuk, notableIdea, Borsuk’s partition problem]
  • A. Sylvester’s theorem on partitions
    Sylvester’s theorem on partitions is a result in number theory that provides a systematic way to count integer partitions subject to certain congruence or restriction conditions, forming part of the foundational work in partition theory.
  • B. Knaster–Reichbach covering
    The Knaster–Reichbach covering is a construction in set-theoretic topology used to extend homeomorphisms between dense subsets of Polish spaces to global homeomorphisms.
  • C. Mazur’s theorem on convex sets
    Mazur’s theorem on convex sets is a fundamental result in functional analysis that characterizes the structure and approximation properties of convex sets in Banach spaces, particularly via convex combinations of sequences.
  • D. Knaster–Ulam theorem
    The Knaster–Ulam theorem is a result in topology and measure theory that, roughly speaking, guarantees the existence of points with certain symmetry or invariance properties under measure-preserving transformations.
  • E. Mazurkiewicz–Sierpiński paradox
    The Mazurkiewicz–Sierpiński paradox is a result in set-theoretic geometry showing that a sphere can be decomposed and reassembled in a counterintuitive way, illustrating the existence of paradoxical decompositions similar to the Banach–Tarski paradox.
  • 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: Borsuk’s partition problem
Triple: [Karol Borsuk, notableIdea, Borsuk’s partition problem]
Generated description
Borsuk’s partition problem is a famous unsolved problem in geometry that asks whether every bounded set in n-dimensional Euclidean space can be divided into n+1 smaller-diameter subsets.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Borsuk’s partition problem
Target entity description: Borsuk’s partition problem is a famous unsolved problem in geometry that asks whether every bounded set in n-dimensional Euclidean space can be divided into n+1 smaller-diameter subsets.
  • A. Sylvester’s theorem on partitions
    Sylvester’s theorem on partitions is a result in number theory that provides a systematic way to count integer partitions subject to certain congruence or restriction conditions, forming part of the foundational work in partition theory.
  • B. Knaster–Reichbach covering
    The Knaster–Reichbach covering is a construction in set-theoretic topology used to extend homeomorphisms between dense subsets of Polish spaces to global homeomorphisms.
  • C. Mazur’s theorem on convex sets
    Mazur’s theorem on convex sets is a fundamental result in functional analysis that characterizes the structure and approximation properties of convex sets in Banach spaces, particularly via convex combinations of sequences.
  • D. Knaster–Ulam theorem
    The Knaster–Ulam theorem is a result in topology and measure theory that, roughly speaking, guarantees the existence of points with certain symmetry or invariance properties under measure-preserving transformations.
  • E. Mazurkiewicz–Sierpiński paradox
    The Mazurkiewicz–Sierpiński paradox is a result in set-theoretic geometry showing that a sphere can be decomposed and reassembled in a counterintuitive way, illustrating the existence of paradoxical decompositions similar to the Banach–Tarski paradox.
  • 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_69d88394566c8190b3dcbdc72935f7fa completed April 10, 2026, 4:59 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e3b310ffec81908087e5aaacc4a7c2 completed April 18, 2026, 4:36 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a00b29c170c81908fcc88c31e266ffb completed May 10, 2026, 4:30 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a00b3cb7a2c8190a90ed07bc06dfc1b completed May 10, 2026, 4:35 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a00b466ecd08190b7b5ee54476631ab completed May 10, 2026, 4:37 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:23 a.m.