Triple

T2314418
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Oswald Veblen E51030 entity
Predicate familyName P18 FINISHED
Object Veblen
Veblen is a surname most notably associated with influential American mathematician Oswald Veblen and economist Thorstein Veblen.
E255567 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: Veblen | Statement: [Oswald Veblen, familyName, Veblen]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Veblen
Context triple: [Oswald Veblen, familyName, Veblen]
  • A. Cowles
    Cowles is a surname most notably associated with Henry Chandler Cowles, an influential American botanist and pioneer of ecological succession studies.
  • B. Bridgman
    Bridgman is a surname most notably associated with American physicist and Nobel laureate Percy Williams Bridgman, a pioneer in high-pressure physics.
  • C. Thaler
    The Thaler was a large silver coin and monetary unit widely used across various German states and parts of Europe from the 16th to 19th centuries, serving as a precursor to the modern dollar.
  • D. Mansueto
    Mansueto is an Italian-origin surname most notably associated with billionaire entrepreneur and Morningstar founder Joe Mansueto.
  • E. Parsons
    Parsons is a residential neighborhood located within the city of Wilkes-Barre in northeastern Pennsylvania.
  • 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: Veblen
Triple: [Oswald Veblen, familyName, Veblen]
Generated description
Veblen is a surname most notably associated with influential American mathematician Oswald Veblen and economist Thorstein Veblen.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Veblen
Target entity description: Veblen is a surname most notably associated with influential American mathematician Oswald Veblen and economist Thorstein Veblen.
  • A. Cowles
    Cowles is a surname most notably associated with Henry Chandler Cowles, an influential American botanist and pioneer of ecological succession studies.
  • B. Bridgman
    Bridgman is a surname most notably associated with American physicist and Nobel laureate Percy Williams Bridgman, a pioneer in high-pressure physics.
  • C. Thaler
    The Thaler was a large silver coin and monetary unit widely used across various German states and parts of Europe from the 16th to 19th centuries, serving as a precursor to the modern dollar.
  • D. Mansueto
    Mansueto is an Italian-origin surname most notably associated with billionaire entrepreneur and Morningstar founder Joe Mansueto.
  • E. Parsons
    Parsons is a residential neighborhood located within the city of Wilkes-Barre in northeastern Pennsylvania.
  • 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_69a88b074b908190ae983dbca7757d88 completed March 4, 2026, 7:41 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abc61d41f88190983f8947667b4c7a completed March 7, 2026, 6:30 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ae895f5420819087b403e9772dce9a completed March 9, 2026, 8:48 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ae8af65eb88190b17d74e7411967cc completed March 9, 2026, 8:55 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ae8ba02cec8190917c0e17d3fedb0e completed March 9, 2026, 8:58 a.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:49 p.m.