Triple

T4552022
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject A Mathematician's Apology E120386 entity
Predicate hasPart P35 FINISHED
Object preface by C. P. Snow
The preface by C. P. Snow is an introductory essay to G. H. Hardy’s *A Mathematician’s Apology* that reflects on Hardy’s life, personality, and the cultural significance of his work.
E451508 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: preface by C. P. Snow | Statement: [A Mathematician's Apology, hasPart, preface by C. P. Snow]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: preface by C. P. Snow
Context triple: [A Mathematician's Apology, hasPart, preface by C. P. Snow]
  • A. The Autobiography of an Idea
    The Autobiography of an Idea is the memoir of pioneering American architect Louis Sullivan, reflecting on his life, work, and influential philosophy that "form follows function."
  • B. The Pisa Lectures
    The Pisa Lectures are a series of influential talks by Noam Chomsky that laid out the core ideas of his Government and Binding theory in generative grammar.
  • C. Lectures to My Students
    Lectures to My Students is a classic collection of pastoral lectures by Charles Spurgeon offering practical and spiritual guidance for ministers and preachers.
  • D. The Study of Man
    The Study of Man is a foundational 1936 anthropology book by Ralph Linton that systematically introduces and explains the nature of culture and human societies.
  • E. Bird of Passage: Recollections of a Physicist
    "Bird of Passage: Recollections of a Physicist" is the autobiography of theoretical physicist Rudolf Peierls, chronicling his life, scientific contributions, and experiences within the 20th-century physics community.
  • 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: preface by C. P. Snow
Triple: [A Mathematician's Apology, hasPart, preface by C. P. Snow]
Generated description
The preface by C. P. Snow is an introductory essay to G. H. Hardy’s *A Mathematician’s Apology* that reflects on Hardy’s life, personality, and the cultural significance of his work.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: preface by C. P. Snow
Target entity description: The preface by C. P. Snow is an introductory essay to G. H. Hardy’s *A Mathematician’s Apology* that reflects on Hardy’s life, personality, and the cultural significance of his work.
  • A. The Autobiography of an Idea
    The Autobiography of an Idea is the memoir of pioneering American architect Louis Sullivan, reflecting on his life, work, and influential philosophy that "form follows function."
  • B. The Pisa Lectures
    The Pisa Lectures are a series of influential talks by Noam Chomsky that laid out the core ideas of his Government and Binding theory in generative grammar.
  • C. Lectures to My Students
    Lectures to My Students is a classic collection of pastoral lectures by Charles Spurgeon offering practical and spiritual guidance for ministers and preachers.
  • D. The Study of Man
    The Study of Man is a foundational 1936 anthropology book by Ralph Linton that systematically introduces and explains the nature of culture and human societies.
  • E. Bird of Passage: Recollections of a Physicist
    "Bird of Passage: Recollections of a Physicist" is the autobiography of theoretical physicist Rudolf Peierls, chronicling his life, scientific contributions, and experiences within the 20th-century physics community.
  • 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_69bd4636f1648190a701445c2fcd9c17 completed March 20, 2026, 1:05 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69bd57f7b9748190af29d02fc77b02e0 completed March 20, 2026, 2:21 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69bdb95b01b0819094a600752e41aa09 completed March 20, 2026, 9:17 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69bdbdbf73508190b64a78ff9274ee6d completed March 20, 2026, 9:35 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69bdbe1bcd8c819094adea59c91c6f5b completed March 20, 2026, 9:37 p.m.
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:09 p.m.