Triple

T3600021
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject John W. Tukey E76231 entity
Predicate developedConcept P73 FINISHED
Object Tukey's lambda distribution
Tukey's lambda distribution is a flexible family of probability distributions used primarily for exploratory data analysis and modeling diverse shapes of data, including varying degrees of skewness and kurtosis.
 E371258 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: Tukey's lambda distribution | Statement: [John W. Tukey, developedConcept, Tukey's lambda distribution]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Tukey's lambda distribution
Context triple: [John W. Tukey, developedConcept, Tukey's lambda distribution]
  • A. Cauchy distribution
    The Cauchy distribution is a continuous probability distribution with heavy tails and undefined mean and variance, often used as a classic example of pathological behavior in probability theory and statistics.
  • B. Hotelling’s T-squared distribution
    Hotelling’s T-squared distribution is a multivariate generalization of Student’s t-distribution used primarily for hypothesis testing and constructing confidence regions for mean vectors in multivariate statistics.
  • C. Gumbel
    Gumbel is a surname most notably associated with American sportscaster Greg Gumbel.
  • D. F-distribution
    The F-distribution is a continuous probability distribution widely used in statistics, especially for comparing variances and conducting analysis of variance (ANOVA) tests.
  • E. Wishart
    Wishart is a Scottish surname historically associated with notable figures in religion, politics, and academia.
  • 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: Tukey's lambda distribution
Triple: [John W. Tukey, developedConcept, Tukey's lambda distribution]
Generated description
Tukey's lambda distribution is a flexible family of probability distributions used primarily for exploratory data analysis and modeling diverse shapes of data, including varying degrees of skewness and kurtosis.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Tukey's lambda distribution
Target entity description: Tukey's lambda distribution is a flexible family of probability distributions used primarily for exploratory data analysis and modeling diverse shapes of data, including varying degrees of skewness and kurtosis.
  • A. Cauchy distribution
    The Cauchy distribution is a continuous probability distribution with heavy tails and undefined mean and variance, often used as a classic example of pathological behavior in probability theory and statistics.
  • B. Hotelling’s T-squared distribution
    Hotelling’s T-squared distribution is a multivariate generalization of Student’s t-distribution used primarily for hypothesis testing and constructing confidence regions for mean vectors in multivariate statistics.
  • C. Gumbel
    Gumbel is a surname most notably associated with American sportscaster Greg Gumbel.
  • D. F-distribution
    The F-distribution is a continuous probability distribution widely used in statistics, especially for comparing variances and conducting analysis of variance (ANOVA) tests.
  • E. Wishart
    Wishart is a Scottish surname historically associated with notable figures in religion, politics, and academia.
  • 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_69ad85d93dcc819094fba90cf70f4996 completed March 8, 2026, 2:21 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69adc19fd57481908ce5c9daf168e213 completed March 8, 2026, 6:36 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b4031a41d08190b8e87c452601a625 completed March 13, 2026, 12:29 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b406fd33e08190a6f06eddec8516e9 completed March 13, 2026, 12:45 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b408778220819086935bfa9c0dd4fd completed March 13, 2026, 12:52 p.m.
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:22 p.m.