Triple
T2227988
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Edward Witten |
E48697
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableWork |
P4
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Chern–Simons–Witten theory |
E240804
|
NE FINISHED |
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: Chern–Simons–Witten theory | Statement: [Edward Witten, notableWork, Chern–Simons–Witten theory]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Chern–Simons–Witten theory Context triple: [Edward Witten, notableWork, Chern–Simons–Witten theory]
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A.
Chern–Simons theory
chosen
Chern–Simons theory is a topological quantum field theory in three dimensions that plays a central role in modern geometry, topology, and theoretical physics, particularly in the study of knot invariants and gauge fields.
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B.
topological quantum field theory
A topological quantum field theory is a quantum field theory whose observables and correlation functions depend only on the topology of the underlying spacetime manifold rather than its geometric details, making it a powerful tool in both mathematics and theoretical physics.
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C.
Atiyah–Singer index theorem
The Atiyah–Singer index theorem is a fundamental result in mathematics that links the analytical properties of elliptic differential operators to topological invariants of manifolds, unifying analysis, topology, and geometry.
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D.
Chern–Weil theory
Chern–Weil theory is a framework in differential geometry that constructs characteristic classes of vector bundles from curvature forms, linking topology and geometry through invariant polynomials.
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E.
Jones polynomial
The Jones polynomial is a powerful knot invariant in topology that assigns to each knot or link a Laurent polynomial, enabling the distinction of many knots that are indistinguishable by classical invariants.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69a88aa51b388190949868ec9766e587 |
completed | March 4, 2026, 7:40 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69abc0670ce48190b98814064bff0517 |
completed | March 7, 2026, 6:06 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ae6567b64c8190ab718f20bbf033df |
completed | March 9, 2026, 6:15 a.m. |
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:47 p.m.