Triple

T5335895
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject P, NP, and NP-Completeness: The Basics of Complexity Theory E123824 entity
Predicate mainTopic P31 FINISHED
Object NP-hardness
NP-hardness is a classification in computational complexity theory for problems at least as hard as the hardest problems in NP, such that every problem in NP can be reduced to them in polynomial time.
E512971 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: NP-hardness | Statement: [P, NP, and NP-Completeness: The Basics of Complexity Theory, mainTopic, NP-hardness]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: NP-hardness
Context triple: [P, NP, and NP-Completeness: The Basics of Complexity Theory, mainTopic, NP-hardness]
  • A. NP-completeness
    NP-completeness is a central concept in computational complexity theory that classifies decision problems believed to be among the hardest in NP, such that a polynomial-time solution to any one of them would yield polynomial-time solutions to all problems in NP.
  • B. P versus NP problem
    The P versus NP problem is a central unsolved question in theoretical computer science that asks whether every problem whose solution can be quickly verified by a computer can also be quickly solved by a computer.
  • C. P, NP, and NP-Completeness: The Basics of Complexity Theory
    "P, NP, and NP-Completeness: The Basics of Complexity Theory" is a foundational textbook by Oded Goldreich that introduces the core concepts, problems, and techniques of computational complexity theory, with a focus on the classes P, NP, and NP-complete problems.
  • D. PCP theorem
    The PCP theorem is a fundamental result in computational complexity theory stating that every problem in NP has probabilistically checkable proofs that can be verified by examining only a constant number of bits, with major implications for the hardness of approximation.
  • E. “Inapproximability results for SAT and other problems”
    “Inapproximability results for SAT and other problems” is a seminal theoretical computer science paper by Johan Håstad that establishes tight hardness-of-approximation bounds for satisfiability and related optimization problems using probabilistically checkable proofs.
  • 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: NP-hardness
Triple: [P, NP, and NP-Completeness: The Basics of Complexity Theory, mainTopic, NP-hardness]
Generated description
NP-hardness is a classification in computational complexity theory for problems at least as hard as the hardest problems in NP, such that every problem in NP can be reduced to them in polynomial time.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: NP-hardness
Target entity description: NP-hardness is a classification in computational complexity theory for problems at least as hard as the hardest problems in NP, such that every problem in NP can be reduced to them in polynomial time.
  • A. NP-completeness
    NP-completeness is a central concept in computational complexity theory that classifies decision problems believed to be among the hardest in NP, such that a polynomial-time solution to any one of them would yield polynomial-time solutions to all problems in NP.
  • B. P versus NP problem
    The P versus NP problem is a central unsolved question in theoretical computer science that asks whether every problem whose solution can be quickly verified by a computer can also be quickly solved by a computer.
  • C. P, NP, and NP-Completeness: The Basics of Complexity Theory
    "P, NP, and NP-Completeness: The Basics of Complexity Theory" is a foundational textbook by Oded Goldreich that introduces the core concepts, problems, and techniques of computational complexity theory, with a focus on the classes P, NP, and NP-complete problems.
  • D. PCP theorem
    The PCP theorem is a fundamental result in computational complexity theory stating that every problem in NP has probabilistically checkable proofs that can be verified by examining only a constant number of bits, with major implications for the hardness of approximation.
  • E. “Inapproximability results for SAT and other problems”
    “Inapproximability results for SAT and other problems” is a seminal theoretical computer science paper by Johan Håstad that establishes tight hardness-of-approximation bounds for satisfiability and related optimization problems using probabilistically checkable proofs.
  • 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_69bd464b07f8819095aa76577c9829e4 completed March 20, 2026, 1:06 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69bd85af799081909ee60bfbb65149ee completed March 20, 2026, 5:36 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69bf18be4bb88190a2b83e51716e677e completed March 21, 2026, 10:16 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69bf194c53a48190b0895bbe9aa2f6f1 completed March 21, 2026, 10:18 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69bf1a198418819089b25102733f9191 completed March 21, 2026, 10:22 p.m.
Created at: March 20, 2026, 2 p.m.