Triple
T1797131
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Persi Diaconis |
E39629
|
entity |
| Predicate | doctoralAdvisor |
P167
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Fred Mosteller
Fred Mosteller was an influential American statistician and educator known for his pioneering work in mathematical statistics, statistics education, and applications of statistics to public policy and medicine.
|
E203108
|
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: Fred Mosteller | Statement: [Persi Diaconis, doctoralAdvisor, Fred Mosteller]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Fred Mosteller Context triple: [Persi Diaconis, doctoralAdvisor, Fred Mosteller]
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A.
John W. Tukey
John W. Tukey was an influential American mathematician and statistician best known for coining the term "bit," developing exploratory data analysis, and creating the box plot and the Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) algorithm.
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B.
Dennis Michie
Dennis Michie was a U.S. Army officer and early football coach at West Point who is honored as the namesake of the United States Military Academy’s Michie Stadium.
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C.
Kenneth C. Royall
Kenneth C. Royall was an American lawyer, military officer, and politician who served as the last U.S. Secretary of War before becoming the first Secretary of the Army.
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D.
Solomon Kullback
Solomon Kullback was an American statistician and cryptanalyst best known for co-developing the Kullback–Leibler divergence, a fundamental concept in information theory and statistics.
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E.
Warren Weaver
Warren Weaver was an American scientist, mathematician, and science administrator known for his influential work in communication theory and for helping popularize Claude Shannon’s information theory.
- 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: Fred Mosteller Triple: [Persi Diaconis, doctoralAdvisor, Fred Mosteller]
Generated description
Fred Mosteller was an influential American statistician and educator known for his pioneering work in mathematical statistics, statistics education, and applications of statistics to public policy and medicine.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Fred Mosteller Target entity description: Fred Mosteller was an influential American statistician and educator known for his pioneering work in mathematical statistics, statistics education, and applications of statistics to public policy and medicine.
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A.
John W. Tukey
John W. Tukey was an influential American mathematician and statistician best known for coining the term "bit," developing exploratory data analysis, and creating the box plot and the Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) algorithm.
-
B.
Dennis Michie
Dennis Michie was a U.S. Army officer and early football coach at West Point who is honored as the namesake of the United States Military Academy’s Michie Stadium.
-
C.
Kenneth C. Royall
Kenneth C. Royall was an American lawyer, military officer, and politician who served as the last U.S. Secretary of War before becoming the first Secretary of the Army.
-
D.
Solomon Kullback
Solomon Kullback was an American statistician and cryptanalyst best known for co-developing the Kullback–Leibler divergence, a fundamental concept in information theory and statistics.
-
E.
Warren Weaver
Warren Weaver was an American scientist, mathematician, and science administrator known for his influential work in communication theory and for helping popularize Claude Shannon’s information theory.
- 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_69a88632aa588190ba3978fde0db5bbd |
completed | March 4, 2026, 7:21 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69aa6566cd808190a67f33ad47d8ca8e |
completed | March 6, 2026, 5:25 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69adbf5645808190a774d96cfe5c5e58 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 6:26 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69adbff135188190908058a2e2d41a1e |
completed | March 8, 2026, 6:29 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69adc0832cd881909702f380412702d5 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 6:31 p.m. |
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:32 p.m.