Triple

T6149922
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject James Joseph Sylvester E137173 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object Sylvester’s law of inertia
Sylvester’s law of inertia is a theorem in linear algebra stating that the numbers of positive, negative, and zero eigenvalues (the inertia) of a real symmetric matrix are invariant under change of basis.
E571004 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: Sylvester’s law of inertia | Statement: [James Joseph Sylvester, notableWork, Sylvester’s law of inertia]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sylvester’s law of inertia
Context triple: [James Joseph Sylvester, notableWork, Sylvester’s law of inertia]
  • A. Hermitian forms (work on quadratic forms)
    Hermitian forms (work on quadratic forms) are a class of complex-valued quadratic forms that are linear in one variable and conjugate-linear in the other, generalizing real symmetric quadratic forms and playing a central role in linear algebra and functional analysis.
  • B. May–Wigner stability theorem
    The May–Wigner stability theorem is a result in theoretical ecology and random matrix theory showing that large, complex systems with many random interactions are generically unstable beyond a critical level of complexity.
  • C. Hilbert’s seventeenth problem
    Hilbert’s seventeenth problem is a famous question in real algebraic geometry asking whether every nonnegative polynomial can be represented as a sum of squares of rational functions.
  • D. Clebsch–Aronhold invariants
    The Clebsch–Aronhold invariants are classical algebraic invariants associated with binary forms, particularly quartic forms, that play a key role in invariant theory and the classification of algebraic curves.
  • E. Cauchy interlacing theorem
    The Cauchy interlacing theorem is a fundamental result in linear algebra that relates the eigenvalues of a symmetric matrix to those of its principal submatrices, showing how they "interlace" on the real line.
  • 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: Sylvester’s law of inertia
Triple: [James Joseph Sylvester, notableWork, Sylvester’s law of inertia]
Generated description
Sylvester’s law of inertia is a theorem in linear algebra stating that the numbers of positive, negative, and zero eigenvalues (the inertia) of a real symmetric matrix are invariant under change of basis.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sylvester’s law of inertia
Target entity description: Sylvester’s law of inertia is a theorem in linear algebra stating that the numbers of positive, negative, and zero eigenvalues (the inertia) of a real symmetric matrix are invariant under change of basis.
  • A. Hermitian forms (work on quadratic forms)
    Hermitian forms (work on quadratic forms) are a class of complex-valued quadratic forms that are linear in one variable and conjugate-linear in the other, generalizing real symmetric quadratic forms and playing a central role in linear algebra and functional analysis.
  • B. May–Wigner stability theorem
    The May–Wigner stability theorem is a result in theoretical ecology and random matrix theory showing that large, complex systems with many random interactions are generically unstable beyond a critical level of complexity.
  • C. Hilbert’s seventeenth problem
    Hilbert’s seventeenth problem is a famous question in real algebraic geometry asking whether every nonnegative polynomial can be represented as a sum of squares of rational functions.
  • D. Clebsch–Aronhold invariants
    The Clebsch–Aronhold invariants are classical algebraic invariants associated with binary forms, particularly quartic forms, that play a key role in invariant theory and the classification of algebraic curves.
  • E. Cauchy interlacing theorem
    The Cauchy interlacing theorem is a fundamental result in linear algebra that relates the eigenvalues of a symmetric matrix to those of its principal submatrices, showing how they "interlace" on the real line.
  • 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_69c008a2c6308190a56519b22d55d083 completed March 22, 2026, 3:20 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c05ce329648190a03ba0233df841fa completed March 22, 2026, 9:19 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c13608944481909e22df6131a06e41 completed March 23, 2026, 12:46 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c13679dd58819099036d1119fa370b completed March 23, 2026, 12:47 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c1376db6a0819087c0d0aebc2e2b3e completed March 23, 2026, 12:51 p.m.
Created at: March 22, 2026, 4:16 p.m.