Triple
T7030700
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Rouse Ball Professor of Mathematics at the University of Cambridge |
E163261
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableHolder |
P1918
|
FINISHED |
| Object | W. Timothy Gowers |
E271119
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: W. Timothy Gowers | Statement: [Rouse Ball Professor of Mathematics at the University of Cambridge, notableHolder, W. Timothy Gowers]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: W. Timothy Gowers Context triple: [Rouse Ball Professor of Mathematics at the University of Cambridge, notableHolder, W. Timothy Gowers]
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A.
Timothy Gowers
chosen
Timothy Gowers is a British mathematician renowned for his work in functional analysis and combinatorics, a Fields Medalist, and a prominent advocate for open access and collaborative mathematics.
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B.
Terence Tao
Terence Tao is an Australian-American mathematician renowned for his groundbreaking work in harmonic analysis, partial differential equations, additive combinatorics, and analytic number theory.
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C.
Barry Mazur
Barry Mazur is an American mathematician renowned for his influential work in number theory and arithmetic geometry, particularly in the development of the theory of modular forms and contributions to the proof of Fermat’s Last Theorem.
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D.
Reuben Hersh
Reuben Hersh was an American mathematician and philosopher of mathematics known for his humanistic and sociocultural views on the nature of mathematical practice.
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E.
Michael Ellenberg
Michael Ellenberg is a television producer and media executive best known for developing and producing high-profile prestige series, including the Apple TV+ drama "The Morning Show."
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69c6885d691c81908cf7d31083113886 |
completed | March 27, 2026, 1:38 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c6e20dbc8c8190a7446290747d8078 |
completed | March 27, 2026, 8:01 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c775980920819081d31b8d2843fb3d |
completed | March 28, 2026, 6:30 a.m. |
Created at: March 27, 2026, 2:35 p.m.