Triple

T4160864
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Frisch E91529 entity
Predicate hasNotableBearer P458 FINISHED
Object Sheldon M. Ross (born Sheldon M. Frisch)
Sheldon M. Ross (born Sheldon M. Frisch) is an American professor and prolific author renowned for his influential textbooks on probability, statistics, and stochastic processes.
E417005 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: Sheldon M. Ross (born Sheldon M. Frisch) | Statement: [Frisch, hasNotableBearer, Sheldon M. Ross (born Sheldon M. Frisch)]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sheldon M. Ross (born Sheldon M. Frisch)
Context triple: [Frisch, hasNotableBearer, Sheldon M. Ross (born Sheldon M. Frisch)]
  • A. Philip M. Morse
    Philip M. Morse was an American physicist and pioneer of operations research, known for his influential work in quantum mechanics, acoustics, and the development of scientific management techniques during and after World War II.
  • B. Jeffrey P. Buzen
    Jeffrey P. Buzen is a computer scientist known for his foundational contributions to performance evaluation and queueing theory in computer systems.
  • C. Joseph L. Doob
    Joseph L. Doob was an influential American mathematician and probabilist whose foundational work in martingale theory and stochastic processes helped shape modern probability theory.
  • D. Ronald Howard
    Ronald Howard was a British actor and writer best known for his film and television work in the mid-20th century, including portraying Sherlock Holmes in a 1954 TV series.
  • E. Sheldon Finkelstein
    Sheldon Finkelstein is a person notable enough to be recognized as a prominent bearer of the surname Finkelstein.
  • 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: Sheldon M. Ross (born Sheldon M. Frisch)
Triple: [Frisch, hasNotableBearer, Sheldon M. Ross (born Sheldon M. Frisch)]
Generated description
Sheldon M. Ross (born Sheldon M. Frisch) is an American professor and prolific author renowned for his influential textbooks on probability, statistics, and stochastic processes.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sheldon M. Ross (born Sheldon M. Frisch)
Target entity description: Sheldon M. Ross (born Sheldon M. Frisch) is an American professor and prolific author renowned for his influential textbooks on probability, statistics, and stochastic processes.
  • A. Philip M. Morse
    Philip M. Morse was an American physicist and pioneer of operations research, known for his influential work in quantum mechanics, acoustics, and the development of scientific management techniques during and after World War II.
  • B. Jeffrey P. Buzen
    Jeffrey P. Buzen is a computer scientist known for his foundational contributions to performance evaluation and queueing theory in computer systems.
  • C. Joseph L. Doob
    Joseph L. Doob was an influential American mathematician and probabilist whose foundational work in martingale theory and stochastic processes helped shape modern probability theory.
  • D. Ronald Howard
    Ronald Howard was a British actor and writer best known for his film and television work in the mid-20th century, including portraying Sherlock Holmes in a 1954 TV series.
  • E. Sheldon Finkelstein
    Sheldon Finkelstein is a person notable enough to be recognized as a prominent bearer of the surname Finkelstein.
  • 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_69aed9626ebc8190a39de631788bea3e completed March 9, 2026, 2:29 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69af02a6b5f48190bdabf988d23f6e97 completed March 9, 2026, 5:25 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b57f42f2cc8190ae10ea12273c930a completed March 14, 2026, 3:31 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b5800a12e48190b184373464930b1e completed March 14, 2026, 3:34 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b580af3eb88190a89d5827e32293c1 completed March 14, 2026, 3:37 p.m.
Created at: March 9, 2026, 3:44 p.m.