Triple

T16876322
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Foundations of Combinatorial Theory E421308 entity
Predicate hasKeyConcept P533 FINISHED
Object inclusion–exclusion principle
The inclusion–exclusion principle is a fundamental combinatorial method for counting the size of unions of overlapping sets by alternately adding and subtracting the sizes of their intersections.
E1237907 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: inclusion–exclusion principle | Statement: [Foundations of Combinatorial Theory, hasKeyConcept, inclusion–exclusion principle]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: inclusion–exclusion principle
Context triple: [Foundations of Combinatorial Theory, hasKeyConcept, inclusion–exclusion principle]
  • A. Dirichlet principle
    The Dirichlet principle is a foundational concept in potential theory and the calculus of variations that asserts certain boundary value problems can be solved by finding a function minimizing an associated energy integral.
  • B. The Twelvefold Way
    The Twelvefold Way is a framework in combinatorics that systematically classifies twelve fundamental ways of counting functions between finite sets under various labeling and structural constraints.
  • C. Erdős–Ko–Rado theorem
    The Erdős–Ko–Rado theorem is a fundamental result in extremal combinatorics that determines the maximum size of a family of subsets of a finite set in which every pair of subsets has a non-empty intersection.
  • D. enumerative combinatorics
    Enumerative combinatorics is a branch of mathematics focused on counting and characterizing discrete structures, often using generating functions, bijections, and algebraic techniques.
  • E. Sperner family
    A Sperner family is a collection of subsets of a finite set in which no subset is contained within another, central in extremal set theory and combinatorics.
  • 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: inclusion–exclusion principle
Triple: [Foundations of Combinatorial Theory, hasKeyConcept, inclusion–exclusion principle]
Generated description
The inclusion–exclusion principle is a fundamental combinatorial method for counting the size of unions of overlapping sets by alternately adding and subtracting the sizes of their intersections.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: inclusion–exclusion principle
Target entity description: The inclusion–exclusion principle is a fundamental combinatorial method for counting the size of unions of overlapping sets by alternately adding and subtracting the sizes of their intersections.
  • A. Dirichlet principle
    The Dirichlet principle is a foundational concept in potential theory and the calculus of variations that asserts certain boundary value problems can be solved by finding a function minimizing an associated energy integral.
  • B. The Twelvefold Way
    The Twelvefold Way is a framework in combinatorics that systematically classifies twelve fundamental ways of counting functions between finite sets under various labeling and structural constraints.
  • C. Erdős–Ko–Rado theorem
    The Erdős–Ko–Rado theorem is a fundamental result in extremal combinatorics that determines the maximum size of a family of subsets of a finite set in which every pair of subsets has a non-empty intersection.
  • D. enumerative combinatorics
    Enumerative combinatorics is a branch of mathematics focused on counting and characterizing discrete structures, often using generating functions, bijections, and algebraic techniques.
  • E. Sperner family
    A Sperner family is a collection of subsets of a finite set in which no subset is contained within another, central in extremal set theory and combinatorics.
  • 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_69d889d470fc8190b4aec199636c0c56 completed April 10, 2026, 5:25 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e3b7f704a081909921d00b3c470472 completed April 18, 2026, 4:57 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a00c2b4abd08190841c5bb0b0eaa177 completed May 10, 2026, 5:39 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a00c355f4108190a4209599bf5f50da completed May 10, 2026, 5:41 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a00c413314881909e308588af09ce2a completed May 10, 2026, 5:44 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:29 a.m.