Triple

T231140
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject John H. Conway E4412 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object Look-and-say sequence
The look-and-say sequence is a famous integer sequence where each term is generated by verbally describing the digits of the previous term, studied for its surprising combinatorial and growth properties.
E29421 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: Look-and-say sequence | Statement: [John H. Conway, notableWork, Look-and-say sequence]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Look-and-say sequence
Context triple: [John H. Conway, notableWork, Look-and-say sequence]
  • A. Pascal's triangle
    Pascal's triangle is a triangular array of numbers in which each entry is the sum of the two directly above it, widely used in combinatorics, algebra, and probability.
  • B. Numbers
    Numbers is the fourth book of the Hebrew Bible and the Christian Old Testament, recounting the Israelites’ wilderness wanderings and organizing laws and censuses.
  • C. Gauss’s constant
    Gauss’s constant is a mathematical constant arising in number theory and complex analysis, particularly in connection with the lemniscate and elliptic functions.
  • D. A Loop
    A Loop is a modern streetcar route in Portland, Oregon, that provides circulator service through the central city and adjacent neighborhoods as part of the Portland Streetcar system.
  • E. Aitken
    Aitken is a Scottish-origin surname notably borne by Max Aitken, 1st Baron Beaverbrook, a prominent Canadian-British newspaper magnate and politician.
  • 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: Look-and-say sequence
Triple: [John H. Conway, notableWork, Look-and-say sequence]
Generated description
The look-and-say sequence is a famous integer sequence where each term is generated by verbally describing the digits of the previous term, studied for its surprising combinatorial and growth properties.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Look-and-say sequence
Target entity description: The look-and-say sequence is a famous integer sequence where each term is generated by verbally describing the digits of the previous term, studied for its surprising combinatorial and growth properties.
  • A. Pascal's triangle
    Pascal's triangle is a triangular array of numbers in which each entry is the sum of the two directly above it, widely used in combinatorics, algebra, and probability.
  • B. Numbers
    Numbers is the fourth book of the Hebrew Bible and the Christian Old Testament, recounting the Israelites’ wilderness wanderings and organizing laws and censuses.
  • C. Gauss’s constant
    Gauss’s constant is a mathematical constant arising in number theory and complex analysis, particularly in connection with the lemniscate and elliptic functions.
  • D. A Loop
    A Loop is a modern streetcar route in Portland, Oregon, that provides circulator service through the central city and adjacent neighborhoods as part of the Portland Streetcar system.
  • E. Aitken
    Aitken is a Scottish-origin surname notably borne by Max Aitken, 1st Baron Beaverbrook, a prominent Canadian-British newspaper magnate and politician.
  • 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_69a257363ffc81909757bde7ab3404da completed Feb. 28, 2026, 2:47 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a25cadae1c8190be0e8dcf33351187 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 3:10 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a35ea461288190bf60a31e8e8ba976 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 9:31 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a35ef7d9148190a0fad8f4bf0de77f completed Feb. 28, 2026, 9:32 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a35f55ced08190ae7c6fce098602be completed Feb. 28, 2026, 9:34 p.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 2:53 a.m.