Triple

T6376325
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Thomas Wolff E143473 entity
Predicate doctoralAdvisor P167 FINISHED
Object Donald Sarason
Donald Sarason was an American mathematician known for his influential work in operator theory and function spaces, particularly Hardy spaces, and for mentoring prominent analysts.
E588693 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: Donald Sarason | Statement: [Thomas Wolff, doctoralAdvisor, Donald Sarason]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Donald Sarason
Context triple: [Thomas Wolff, doctoralAdvisor, Donald Sarason]
  • A. Douglas Shulman
    Douglas Shulman is an American public official who served as the head of the U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS) during the late 2000s and early 2010s.
  • B. Lloyd Bochner
    Lloyd Bochner was a Canadian actor best known for his prolific work in film and television, including memorable roles in series like "The Twilight Zone" and "Dynasty."
  • C. Kenneth Sawyer Goodman
    Kenneth Sawyer Goodman was an American playwright and theatrical figure whose legacy inspired the founding of Chicago’s Goodman Theatre.
  • D. Bill Sackter
    Bill Sackter was a developmentally disabled man whose life story of institutionalization, friendship, and late-in-life independence became widely known through the film "Bill" and helped change public perceptions of people with disabilities.
  • E. Ralph Fine
    Ralph Fine is the namesake of Fine Hall, the mathematics building at Princeton University.
  • 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: Donald Sarason
Triple: [Thomas Wolff, doctoralAdvisor, Donald Sarason]
Generated description
Donald Sarason was an American mathematician known for his influential work in operator theory and function spaces, particularly Hardy spaces, and for mentoring prominent analysts.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Donald Sarason
Target entity description: Donald Sarason was an American mathematician known for his influential work in operator theory and function spaces, particularly Hardy spaces, and for mentoring prominent analysts.
  • A. Douglas Shulman
    Douglas Shulman is an American public official who served as the head of the U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS) during the late 2000s and early 2010s.
  • B. Lloyd Bochner
    Lloyd Bochner was a Canadian actor best known for his prolific work in film and television, including memorable roles in series like "The Twilight Zone" and "Dynasty."
  • C. Kenneth Sawyer Goodman
    Kenneth Sawyer Goodman was an American playwright and theatrical figure whose legacy inspired the founding of Chicago’s Goodman Theatre.
  • D. Bill Sackter
    Bill Sackter was a developmentally disabled man whose life story of institutionalization, friendship, and late-in-life independence became widely known through the film "Bill" and helped change public perceptions of people with disabilities.
  • E. Ralph Fine
    Ralph Fine is the namesake of Fine Hall, the mathematics building at Princeton University.
  • 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_69c008d9f4348190ab598a2913259a1c completed March 22, 2026, 3:20 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c0683bfc7081908b15c3c9a3c72e7b completed March 22, 2026, 10:07 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c62d9dd9dc8190b2aca25feda3e690 completed March 27, 2026, 7:11 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c62fb982088190ab4ccbd5ff23740d completed March 27, 2026, 7:20 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c6302e2f008190bd7ccdfbcddb3c07 completed March 27, 2026, 7:22 a.m.
Created at: March 22, 2026, 4:33 p.m.