Triple

T16991970
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Branko Grünbaum E412213 entity
Predicate coAuthor P398 FINISHED
Object G. M. Ziegler
G. M. Ziegler is a German mathematician known for his influential work in discrete geometry, polytopes, and combinatorics, as well as for coauthoring the classic text "Convex Polytopes" with Branko Grünbaum.
E1244437 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: G. M. Ziegler | Statement: [Branko Grünbaum, coAuthor, G. M. Ziegler]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: G. M. Ziegler
Context triple: [Branko Grünbaum, coAuthor, G. M. Ziegler]
  • A. Peter A. Ziegler
    Peter A. Ziegler was a prominent Swiss geologist known for his influential work on the tectonic evolution and geological history of Europe.
  • B. F. Engel
    F. Engel was a German mathematician best known for his collaboration with Sophus Lie on the foundational work in the theory of continuous transformation groups.
  • C. Rudolf Garrels
    Rudolf Garrels was an 18th-century Dutch organ builder known for constructing and maintaining notable church organs in the Netherlands.
  • D. M. Felger
    M. Felger was an architect involved in designing the landmark Constructivist Derzhprom building in Kharkiv, Ukraine.
  • E. J. Zumstein
    J. Zumstein was a mountaineer known for participating in the first ascent of Punta Gnifetti in the Pennine Alps.
  • 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: G. M. Ziegler
Triple: [Branko Grünbaum, coAuthor, G. M. Ziegler]
Generated description
G. M. Ziegler is a German mathematician known for his influential work in discrete geometry, polytopes, and combinatorics, as well as for coauthoring the classic text "Convex Polytopes" with Branko Grünbaum.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: G. M. Ziegler
Target entity description: G. M. Ziegler is a German mathematician known for his influential work in discrete geometry, polytopes, and combinatorics, as well as for coauthoring the classic text "Convex Polytopes" with Branko Grünbaum.
  • A. Peter A. Ziegler
    Peter A. Ziegler was a prominent Swiss geologist known for his influential work on the tectonic evolution and geological history of Europe.
  • B. F. Engel
    F. Engel was a German mathematician best known for his collaboration with Sophus Lie on the foundational work in the theory of continuous transformation groups.
  • C. Rudolf Garrels
    Rudolf Garrels was an 18th-century Dutch organ builder known for constructing and maintaining notable church organs in the Netherlands.
  • D. M. Felger
    M. Felger was an architect involved in designing the landmark Constructivist Derzhprom building in Kharkiv, Ukraine.
  • E. J. Zumstein
    J. Zumstein was a mountaineer known for participating in the first ascent of Punta Gnifetti in the Pennine Alps.
  • 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_69d886cb581c8190ab05f4b429c9cd85 completed April 10, 2026, 5:12 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e3d283d2388190a78bf8d179e83fdc completed April 18, 2026, 6:50 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a00dc14d5688190945f7ae72f724922 completed May 10, 2026, 7:27 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a0114d5aeb0819086f1a5d279ac0d0f completed May 10, 2026, 11:29 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a0115c583608190bf07ac205399f253 completed May 10, 2026, 11:33 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:32 a.m.