Triple

T7338549
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Simon P. Norton E169189 entity
Predicate notableStudent P4838 FINISHED
Object Richard E. Borcherds
Richard E. Borcherds is a British mathematician renowned for his work in algebra, particularly the proof of the Moonshine conjectures, for which he received the Fields Medal.
 E656688 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: Richard E. Borcherds | Statement: [Simon P. Norton, notableStudent, Richard E. Borcherds]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Richard E. Borcherds
Context triple: [Simon P. Norton, notableStudent, Richard E. Borcherds]
  • A. David Atiyah
    David Atiyah is one of the sons of the renowned British-Lebanese mathematician Sir Michael Atiyah.
  • B. Robert Langlands
    Robert Langlands is a Canadian mathematician best known for initiating the Langlands program, a far-reaching web of conjectures connecting number theory, representation theory, and geometry.
  • C. Michael Atiyah
    Michael Atiyah was a renowned British-Lebanese mathematician celebrated for his fundamental contributions to topology and geometry, including the development of K-theory and the Atiyah–Singer Index Theorem.
  • D. 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.
  • E. Simon P. Norton
    Simon P. Norton was a British mathematician known for his influential work in group theory, particularly on the Monster group and related finite simple groups.
  • 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: Richard E. Borcherds
Triple: [Simon P. Norton, notableStudent, Richard E. Borcherds]
Generated description
Richard E. Borcherds is a British mathematician renowned for his work in algebra, particularly the proof of the Moonshine conjectures, for which he received the Fields Medal.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Richard E. Borcherds
Target entity description: Richard E. Borcherds is a British mathematician renowned for his work in algebra, particularly the proof of the Moonshine conjectures, for which he received the Fields Medal.
  • A. David Atiyah
    David Atiyah is one of the sons of the renowned British-Lebanese mathematician Sir Michael Atiyah.
  • B. Robert Langlands
    Robert Langlands is a Canadian mathematician best known for initiating the Langlands program, a far-reaching web of conjectures connecting number theory, representation theory, and geometry.
  • C. Michael Atiyah
    Michael Atiyah was a renowned British-Lebanese mathematician celebrated for his fundamental contributions to topology and geometry, including the development of K-theory and the Atiyah–Singer Index Theorem.
  • D. 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.
  • E. Simon P. Norton
    Simon P. Norton was a British mathematician known for his influential work in group theory, particularly on the Monster group and related finite simple groups.
  • 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_69c68a57710481909f0c1f3c6ebdb6f2 completed March 27, 2026, 1:47 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c6f0d702108190a00a3681ff6e67d4 completed March 27, 2026, 9:04 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c7ef266fd0819096cf3ece3fff6b90 completed March 28, 2026, 3:09 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c7efa4f5148190842f30988cbea94c completed March 28, 2026, 3:11 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c7f0092bac819080ded1863f99290a completed March 28, 2026, 3:13 p.m.
Created at: March 27, 2026, 3:04 p.m.