Triple
T6959010
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Lester R. Ford Award |
E161319
|
entity |
| Predicate | namedAfter |
P63
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Lester R. Ford Sr.
Lester R. Ford Sr. was an American mathematician known for his contributions to number theory and mathematics education, particularly through his influential expository writing.
|
E631438
|
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: Lester R. Ford Sr. | Statement: [Lester R. Ford Award, namedAfter, Lester R. Ford Sr.]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Lester R. Ford Sr. Context triple: [Lester R. Ford Award, namedAfter, Lester R. Ford Sr.]
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A.
Robert William Andrew Feller
Robert William Andrew Feller was a legendary American Major League Baseball pitcher for the Cleveland Indians, renowned for his blazing fastball and Hall of Fame career spanning the 1930s to 1950s.
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B.
Leroy P. Steele
Leroy P. Steele was an American mathematician and philanthropist whose bequest to the American Mathematical Society led to the establishment of the prestigious Leroy P. Steele Prizes recognizing outstanding research and exposition in mathematics.
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C.
John L. Selfridge
John L. Selfridge was an American mathematician known for his contributions to number theory and computational mathematics, particularly in primality testing and factorization.
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D.
H. Guyford Stever
H. Guyford Stever was an American physicist and engineer who served as director of the National Science Foundation and played a key role in shaping U.S. science and technology policy in the mid-20th century.
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E.
Harold A. Wheeler
Harold A. Wheeler was an influential American electrical engineer and inventor known for his pioneering contributions to radio and radar technology.
- 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: Lester R. Ford Sr. Triple: [Lester R. Ford Award, namedAfter, Lester R. Ford Sr.]
Generated description
Lester R. Ford Sr. was an American mathematician known for his contributions to number theory and mathematics education, particularly through his influential expository writing.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Lester R. Ford Sr. Target entity description: Lester R. Ford Sr. was an American mathematician known for his contributions to number theory and mathematics education, particularly through his influential expository writing.
-
A.
Robert William Andrew Feller
Robert William Andrew Feller was a legendary American Major League Baseball pitcher for the Cleveland Indians, renowned for his blazing fastball and Hall of Fame career spanning the 1930s to 1950s.
-
B.
Leroy P. Steele
Leroy P. Steele was an American mathematician and philanthropist whose bequest to the American Mathematical Society led to the establishment of the prestigious Leroy P. Steele Prizes recognizing outstanding research and exposition in mathematics.
-
C.
John L. Selfridge
John L. Selfridge was an American mathematician known for his contributions to number theory and computational mathematics, particularly in primality testing and factorization.
-
D.
H. Guyford Stever
H. Guyford Stever was an American physicist and engineer who served as director of the National Science Foundation and played a key role in shaping U.S. science and technology policy in the mid-20th century.
-
E.
Harold A. Wheeler
Harold A. Wheeler was an influential American electrical engineer and inventor known for his pioneering contributions to radio and radar technology.
- 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_69c68852a9a0819097797e31d492e273 |
completed | March 27, 2026, 1:38 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c6daedbb4c8190b46846fb1265b937 |
completed | March 27, 2026, 7:30 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c75893a4808190b94a70d8823a01d3 |
completed | March 28, 2026, 4:26 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69c759d65a008190a6121949651dcd5c |
completed | March 28, 2026, 4:32 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69c75a7a0af88190abf9d1dc4efd8b29 |
completed | March 28, 2026, 4:35 a.m. |
Created at: March 27, 2026, 2:29 p.m.