Triple

T7011108
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Samuel Eilenberg E162580 entity
Predicate notableStudent P4838 FINISHED
Object J. Peter May
J. Peter May is an American mathematician renowned for his influential work in algebraic topology, category theory, and homotopy theory.
 E634844 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: J. Peter May | Statement: [Samuel Eilenberg, notableStudent, J. Peter May]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: J. Peter May
Context triple: [Samuel Eilenberg, notableStudent, J. Peter May]
  • A. Norman Steenrod
    Norman Steenrod was an influential American mathematician best known for his foundational work in algebraic topology, including the development of Steenrod squares and contributions to cohomology theory.
  • B. Isadore Singer
    Isadore Singer was an American mathematician renowned for co-formulating the Atiyah–Singer Index Theorem, a foundational result linking analysis, topology, and geometry.
  • C. Peter Freyd
    Peter Freyd is an American mathematician known for his contributions to category theory, including the Freyd–Mitchell embedding theorem and work on abelian categories.
  • D. Max Karoubi
    Max Karoubi is a French mathematician known for his influential work in K-theory and its applications to topology and geometry.
  • E. Raoul Bott
    Raoul Bott was a Hungarian-American mathematician renowned for his fundamental contributions to topology, geometry, and mathematical physics, including the Bott periodicity theorem.
  • 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: J. Peter May
Triple: [Samuel Eilenberg, notableStudent, J. Peter May]
Generated description
J. Peter May is an American mathematician renowned for his influential work in algebraic topology, category theory, and homotopy theory.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: J. Peter May
Target entity description: J. Peter May is an American mathematician renowned for his influential work in algebraic topology, category theory, and homotopy theory.
  • A. Norman Steenrod
    Norman Steenrod was an influential American mathematician best known for his foundational work in algebraic topology, including the development of Steenrod squares and contributions to cohomology theory.
  • B. Isadore Singer
    Isadore Singer was an American mathematician renowned for co-formulating the Atiyah–Singer Index Theorem, a foundational result linking analysis, topology, and geometry.
  • C. Peter Freyd
    Peter Freyd is an American mathematician known for his contributions to category theory, including the Freyd–Mitchell embedding theorem and work on abelian categories.
  • D. Max Karoubi
    Max Karoubi is a French mathematician known for his influential work in K-theory and its applications to topology and geometry.
  • E. Raoul Bott
    Raoul Bott was a Hungarian-American mathematician renowned for his fundamental contributions to topology, geometry, and mathematical physics, including the Bott periodicity theorem.
  • 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_69c6885a127c8190867b059bdccf13ff completed March 27, 2026, 1:38 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c6dc5729448190af66dbd6f3e8936e completed March 27, 2026, 7:36 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c76a4bd424819097e1543ec59979ff completed March 28, 2026, 5:42 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c76b1ef6f481908f4c4f610328f633 completed March 28, 2026, 5:46 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c76c01679c8190b61f642c23c25ed5 completed March 28, 2026, 5:49 a.m.
Created at: March 27, 2026, 2:34 p.m.