Triple

T2418292
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject John Milnor E52357 entity
Predicate familyName P18 FINISHED
Object Milnor
Milnor is the surname of John Milnor, a prominent American mathematician known for his influential work in differential topology, K-theory, and dynamical systems.
 E265514 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: Milnor | Statement: [John Milnor, familyName, Milnor]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Milnor
Context triple: [John Milnor, familyName, Milnor]
  • A. Orlik
    Orlik is the Polish Air Force designation for the PZL-130 Orlik, a domestically produced turboprop trainer aircraft used for pilot training and aerobatic display.
  • B. Bakke
    Bakke is the commonly used shorthand name for the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case Regents of the University of California v. Bakke, which addressed the constitutionality of race-based admissions policies in higher education.
  • C. Mayo
    The Mayo are an Indigenous people of northwestern Mexico, primarily inhabiting the state of Sonora and known for their rich agricultural traditions and ceremonial dances.
  • D. Menger
    Menger is a surname most notably associated with Austrian mathematician Karl Menger, known for his work in topology, dimension theory, and the foundations of geometry.
  • E. Bridgman
    Bridgman is a surname most notably associated with American physicist and Nobel laureate Percy Williams Bridgman, a pioneer in high-pressure physics.
  • 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: Milnor
Triple: [John Milnor, familyName, Milnor]
Generated description
Milnor is the surname of John Milnor, a prominent American mathematician known for his influential work in differential topology, K-theory, and dynamical systems.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Milnor
Target entity description: Milnor is the surname of John Milnor, a prominent American mathematician known for his influential work in differential topology, K-theory, and dynamical systems.
  • A. Orlik
    Orlik is the Polish Air Force designation for the PZL-130 Orlik, a domestically produced turboprop trainer aircraft used for pilot training and aerobatic display.
  • B. Bakke
    Bakke is the commonly used shorthand name for the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case Regents of the University of California v. Bakke, which addressed the constitutionality of race-based admissions policies in higher education.
  • C. Mayo
    The Mayo are an Indigenous people of northwestern Mexico, primarily inhabiting the state of Sonora and known for their rich agricultural traditions and ceremonial dances.
  • D. Menger
    Menger is a surname most notably associated with Austrian mathematician Karl Menger, known for his work in topology, dimension theory, and the foundations of geometry.
  • E. Bridgman
    Bridgman is a surname most notably associated with American physicist and Nobel laureate Percy Williams Bridgman, a pioneer in high-pressure physics.
  • 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_69ab495622948190bc6bc6e4cddaf645 completed March 6, 2026, 9:38 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abc950516c8190989591673de6b1f7 completed March 7, 2026, 6:44 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69aebf4dcf6c8190a51f26af7e7a9b9c completed March 9, 2026, 12:38 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69aec2b3291c8190966344cd20963660 completed March 9, 2026, 12:53 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69aec30f9ef481909b83f3cf9fd6e998 completed March 9, 2026, 12:54 p.m.
Created at: March 6, 2026, 9:42 p.m.