Triple

T1862443
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Helmut Hasse E34844 entity
Predicate notableStudent P4838 FINISHED
Object Ernst Witt
Ernst Witt was a German mathematician known for his influential work in algebra, particularly in the theory of quadratic forms, Witt vectors, and the classification of finite simple groups.
 E235814 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: Ernst Witt | Statement: [Helmut Hasse, notableStudent, Ernst Witt]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Ernst Witt
Context triple: [Helmut Hasse, notableStudent, Ernst Witt]
  • A. Max Dehn
    Max Dehn was a German mathematician known for his foundational work in topology and group theory, including the introduction of Dehn surgery and the study of decision problems in group theory.
  • B. Wilhelm Wirtinger
    Wilhelm Wirtinger was an Austrian mathematician known for his contributions to complex analysis, algebraic geometry, and knot theory.
  • C. Helmut Hasse
    Helmut Hasse was a German mathematician renowned for his contributions to algebraic number theory and local class field theory, including the Hasse principle and Hasse–Minkowski theorem.
  • D. Franz Hilbert
    Franz Hilbert was the son of the influential German mathematician David Hilbert.
  • E. Klaus Samelson
    Klaus Samelson was a German mathematician and computer scientist known as a pioneer of early programming language design and compiler development, particularly through his work on ALGOL.
  • 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: Ernst Witt
Triple: [Helmut Hasse, notableStudent, Ernst Witt]
Generated description
Ernst Witt was a German mathematician known for his influential work in algebra, particularly in the theory of quadratic forms, Witt vectors, and the classification of finite simple groups.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Ernst Witt
Target entity description: Ernst Witt was a German mathematician known for his influential work in algebra, particularly in the theory of quadratic forms, Witt vectors, and the classification of finite simple groups.
  • A. Max Dehn
    Max Dehn was a German mathematician known for his foundational work in topology and group theory, including the introduction of Dehn surgery and the study of decision problems in group theory.
  • B. Wilhelm Wirtinger
    Wilhelm Wirtinger was an Austrian mathematician known for his contributions to complex analysis, algebraic geometry, and knot theory.
  • C. Helmut Hasse
    Helmut Hasse was a German mathematician renowned for his contributions to algebraic number theory and local class field theory, including the Hasse principle and Hasse–Minkowski theorem.
  • D. Franz Hilbert
    Franz Hilbert was the son of the influential German mathematician David Hilbert.
  • E. Klaus Samelson
    Klaus Samelson was a German mathematician and computer scientist known as a pioneer of early programming language design and compiler development, particularly through his work on ALGOL.
  • 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_69a88600b2f88190bc09303e68ab517e completed March 4, 2026, 7:20 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abb09e714881909cef0f7e77b5b3b9 completed March 7, 2026, 4:59 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ae516ffd088190ae2c730e1caff8f6 completed March 9, 2026, 4:49 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ae5209ae40819095e02cafb8112a1f completed March 9, 2026, 4:52 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ae529375788190aead19ec0874f11e completed March 9, 2026, 4:54 a.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:34 p.m.