Triple
T18479002
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Preface by C. P. Snow |
E451508
|
entity |
| Predicate | workIncludedIn |
P10663
|
FINISHED |
| Object | A Mathematician’s Apology |
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NE NERFINISHED |
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: A Mathematician’s Apology | Statement: [Preface by C. P. Snow, workIncludedIn, A Mathematician’s Apology]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: A Mathematician’s Apology Context triple: [Preface by C. P. Snow, workIncludedIn, A Mathematician’s Apology]
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A.
A Mathematician's Apology
chosen
A Mathematician's Apology is G. H. Hardy’s classic reflective essay that defends the aesthetic value of pure mathematics and offers a candid, personal account of the mathematician’s life and creative process.
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B.
Letters to a Young Mathematician
"Letters to a Young Mathematician" is a popular science book by Ian Stewart that offers personal, accessible guidance on the nature of mathematical thinking and the life of a mathematician.
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C.
Uncle Petros and Goldbach’s Conjecture
Uncle Petros and Goldbach’s Conjecture is a novel that blends mathematical history and fiction to explore obsession, genius, and the pursuit of an unsolved problem in number theory.
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D.
I Want to Be a Mathematician: An Automathography
I Want to Be a Mathematician: An Automathography is Paul Halmos’s autobiographical memoir recounting his life, career, and experiences in 20th-century mathematics.
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E.
The Mathematical Experience
The Mathematical Experience is a widely acclaimed book that explores the nature, history, philosophy, and human side of mathematics in an accessible and reflective way.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (2 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_69d8d38465a0819099b9b42d2a662ac1 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 10:40 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e53065e8388190bb216dae89f8cf75 |
completed | April 19, 2026, 7:43 p.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 11:35 a.m.