Triple
T7059209
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Garrett Birkhoff |
E164171
|
entity |
| Predicate | coAuthor |
P398
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Saunders Mac Lane |
E29380
|
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: Saunders Mac Lane | Statement: [Garrett Birkhoff, coAuthor, Saunders Mac Lane]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Saunders Mac Lane Context triple: [Garrett Birkhoff, coAuthor, Saunders Mac Lane]
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A.
Saunders Mac Lane
chosen
Saunders Mac Lane was an American mathematician best known as a co-founder of category theory and for his influential work in algebra and homological algebra.
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B.
Samuel Eilenberg
Samuel Eilenberg was a Polish-American mathematician renowned for his foundational work in algebraic topology and category theory, including the development of Eilenberg–MacLane spaces and homological algebra.
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C.
Garrett Birkhoff
Garrett Birkhoff was an American mathematician best known for his foundational work in lattice theory and abstract algebra.
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D.
Hassler Whitney
Hassler Whitney was an influential American mathematician known for foundational contributions to differential topology and geometry, including work on manifolds, embeddings, and singularities.
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E.
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.
- 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_69c68861678881909961ddf4d779f750 |
completed | March 27, 2026, 1:38 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c6e26b2acc8190b212ec77b74c419f |
completed | March 27, 2026, 8:02 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c788a8c4b481908193ffc795b75796 |
completed | March 28, 2026, 7:52 a.m. |
Created at: March 27, 2026, 2:38 p.m.