Triple

T7011131
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Karen Vogtmann E162581 entity
Predicate doctoralAdvisor P167 FINISHED
Object John Stallings
John Stallings was an American mathematician known for his influential work in geometric and combinatorial group theory and low-dimensional topology.
 E634848 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: John Stallings | Statement: [Karen Vogtmann, doctoralAdvisor, John Stallings]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: John Stallings
Context triple: [Karen Vogtmann, doctoralAdvisor, John Stallings]
  • A. Thomas Richard McMillen
    Thomas Richard McMillen is the birth name of American actor Thomas Haden Church, known for his roles in films like "Sideways" and "Spider-Man 3" and the TV series "Wings."
  • B. Tom McMillen
    Tom McMillen is a former American basketball star, Rhodes Scholar, and U.S. Congressman who gained prominence at the University of Maryland before playing in the NBA and entering politics.
  • C. David Rivers
    David Rivers is a former American professional basketball player best known for his standout college career at Notre Dame and subsequent play in the NBA and top European leagues.
  • D. Kevin Willard
    Kevin Willard is an American college basketball coach best known for leading the University of Maryland men's basketball program after a successful tenure at Seton Hall.
  • E. Merv Jackson
    Merv Jackson was a professional basketball guard best known for his key role with the Utah Stars in the American Basketball Association (ABA) during the early 1970s.
  • 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: John Stallings
Triple: [Karen Vogtmann, doctoralAdvisor, John Stallings]
Generated description
John Stallings was an American mathematician known for his influential work in geometric and combinatorial group theory and low-dimensional topology.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: John Stallings
Target entity description: John Stallings was an American mathematician known for his influential work in geometric and combinatorial group theory and low-dimensional topology.
  • A. Thomas Richard McMillen
    Thomas Richard McMillen is the birth name of American actor Thomas Haden Church, known for his roles in films like "Sideways" and "Spider-Man 3" and the TV series "Wings."
  • B. Tom McMillen
    Tom McMillen is a former American basketball star, Rhodes Scholar, and U.S. Congressman who gained prominence at the University of Maryland before playing in the NBA and entering politics.
  • C. David Rivers
    David Rivers is a former American professional basketball player best known for his standout college career at Notre Dame and subsequent play in the NBA and top European leagues.
  • D. Kevin Willard
    Kevin Willard is an American college basketball coach best known for leading the University of Maryland men's basketball program after a successful tenure at Seton Hall.
  • E. Merv Jackson
    Merv Jackson was a professional basketball guard best known for his key role with the Utah Stars in the American Basketball Association (ABA) during the early 1970s.
  • 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.