Triple

T4552295
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Sadleirian Professor of Pure Mathematics E120392 entity
Predicate hasNotableHolder P1918 FINISHED
Object B. J. Birch
B. J. Birch is a British mathematician renowned for his foundational contributions to number theory, particularly the Birch and Swinnerton-Dyer conjecture.
E451520 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: B. J. Birch | Statement: [Sadleirian Professor of Pure Mathematics, hasNotableHolder, B. J. Birch]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: B. J. Birch
Context triple: [Sadleirian Professor of Pure Mathematics, hasNotableHolder, B. J. Birch]
  • A. Kay Bawden
    Kay Bawden is a social worker and one of the central adult characters in J.K. Rowling’s novel "The Casual Vacancy," whose professional and personal struggles highlight the book’s themes of class, responsibility, and community conflict.
  • B. Rusty Baillie
    Rusty Baillie is a pioneering British rock climber and mountaineer known for making historic first ascents in the UK during the mid-20th century.
  • C. B. J. Sharp
    B. J. Sharp is a former American stock car racing driver who competed in NASCAR events during the late 1990s and early 2000s.
  • D. Byron Bowers
    Byron Bowers is an American stand-up comedian, writer, and actor known for his work in television, film, and comedy specials.
  • E. Bryan Burk
    Bryan Burk is an American film and television producer best known for his collaborations with J.J. Abrams on projects such as Lost, Star Trek, and Mission: Impossible.
  • 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: B. J. Birch
Triple: [Sadleirian Professor of Pure Mathematics, hasNotableHolder, B. J. Birch]
Generated description
B. J. Birch is a British mathematician renowned for his foundational contributions to number theory, particularly the Birch and Swinnerton-Dyer conjecture.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: B. J. Birch
Target entity description: B. J. Birch is a British mathematician renowned for his foundational contributions to number theory, particularly the Birch and Swinnerton-Dyer conjecture.
  • A. Kay Bawden
    Kay Bawden is a social worker and one of the central adult characters in J.K. Rowling’s novel "The Casual Vacancy," whose professional and personal struggles highlight the book’s themes of class, responsibility, and community conflict.
  • B. Rusty Baillie
    Rusty Baillie is a pioneering British rock climber and mountaineer known for making historic first ascents in the UK during the mid-20th century.
  • C. B. J. Sharp
    B. J. Sharp is a former American stock car racing driver who competed in NASCAR events during the late 1990s and early 2000s.
  • D. Byron Bowers
    Byron Bowers is an American stand-up comedian, writer, and actor known for his work in television, film, and comedy specials.
  • E. Bryan Burk
    Bryan Burk is an American film and television producer best known for his collaborations with J.J. Abrams on projects such as Lost, Star Trek, and Mission: Impossible.
  • 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.