Triple

T7663648
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Michael Faraday Prize and Lecture E173570 entity
Predicate notableRecipient P108 FINISHED
Object Marcus du Sautoy
Marcus du Sautoy is a British mathematician and prominent science communicator known for his work in number theory and for popularizing mathematics through books and television.
E679836 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: Marcus du Sautoy | Statement: [Michael Faraday Prize and Lecture, notableRecipient, Marcus du Sautoy]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Marcus du Sautoy
Context triple: [Michael Faraday Prize and Lecture, notableRecipient, Marcus du Sautoy]
  • A. Jim Al-Khalili
    Jim Al-Khalili is a British-Iraqi theoretical physicist, author, and broadcaster known for his popular science books and documentaries that make complex scientific ideas accessible to the public.
  • B. David C. Acheson
    David C. Acheson is an American lawyer and former government official who served on the Rogers Commission investigating the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster.
  • C. Simon Singh
    Simon Singh is a British science writer and broadcaster known for his popular books on mathematics and physics, including "Fermat's Last Theorem" and "The Code Book."
  • D. John D. Barrow
    John D. Barrow was a British cosmologist, theoretical physicist, and popular science author known for his influential work on the anthropic principle and the mathematical structure of the universe.
  • E. Ian Stewart
    Ian Stewart is a British Labour politician who became the inaugural directly elected mayor of the city of Salford.
  • 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: Marcus du Sautoy
Triple: [Michael Faraday Prize and Lecture, notableRecipient, Marcus du Sautoy]
Generated description
Marcus du Sautoy is a British mathematician and prominent science communicator known for his work in number theory and for popularizing mathematics through books and television.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Marcus du Sautoy
Target entity description: Marcus du Sautoy is a British mathematician and prominent science communicator known for his work in number theory and for popularizing mathematics through books and television.
  • A. Jim Al-Khalili
    Jim Al-Khalili is a British-Iraqi theoretical physicist, author, and broadcaster known for his popular science books and documentaries that make complex scientific ideas accessible to the public.
  • B. David C. Acheson
    David C. Acheson is an American lawyer and former government official who served on the Rogers Commission investigating the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster.
  • C. Simon Singh
    Simon Singh is a British science writer and broadcaster known for his popular books on mathematics and physics, including "Fermat's Last Theorem" and "The Code Book."
  • D. John D. Barrow
    John D. Barrow was a British cosmologist, theoretical physicist, and popular science author known for his influential work on the anthropic principle and the mathematical structure of the universe.
  • E. Ian Stewart
    Ian Stewart is a British Labour politician who became the inaugural directly elected mayor of the city of Salford.
  • 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_69c69955517c819085bc715b96d304d2 completed March 27, 2026, 2:51 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c701a868bc8190b975cae769e23546 completed March 27, 2026, 10:16 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c89b1fdccc8190a69b4745dc3b2347 completed March 29, 2026, 3:23 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c89d513af88190b453bf3bf1adcbfb completed March 29, 2026, 3:32 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c89ddd81a88190924d41529e94b06b completed March 29, 2026, 3:34 a.m.
Created at: March 27, 2026, 3:59 p.m.