Triple

T787803
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Mark Kac E16842 entity
Predicate notableStudent P4838 FINISHED
Object Harry Kesten
Harry Kesten was a prominent mathematician known for his influential work in probability theory, particularly in percolation theory and random walks.
 E213782 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: Harry Kesten | Statement: [Mark Kac, notableStudent, Harry Kesten]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Harry Kesten
Context triple: [Mark Kac, notableStudent, Harry Kesten]
  • A. Henry Koster
    Henry Koster was a German-born American film director best known for his work in Hollywood during the 1930s–1950s, including popular comedies, dramas, and family films.
  • B. Leon Feldhendler
    Leon Feldhendler was a Polish Jewish resistance leader and Holocaust survivor best known for co-organizing the 1943 prisoner uprising at the Sobibor extermination camp.
  • C. Andrew Heiskell
    Andrew Heiskell was an American publishing executive and philanthropist best known as a longtime leader of Time Inc. and a prominent figure in New York’s cultural and civic life.
  • D. Walter Herz
    Walter Herz was a graphic artist best known for designing the official poster for the 1948 Summer Olympics in London.
  • E. George Boemler
    George Boemler was a film editor known for his work on classic Hollywood productions, including the musical comedy "High Society."
  • 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: Harry Kesten
Triple: [Mark Kac, notableStudent, Harry Kesten]
Generated description
Harry Kesten was a prominent mathematician known for his influential work in probability theory, particularly in percolation theory and random walks.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Harry Kesten
Target entity description: Harry Kesten was a prominent mathematician known for his influential work in probability theory, particularly in percolation theory and random walks.
  • A. Henry Koster
    Henry Koster was a German-born American film director best known for his work in Hollywood during the 1930s–1950s, including popular comedies, dramas, and family films.
  • B. Leon Feldhendler
    Leon Feldhendler was a Polish Jewish resistance leader and Holocaust survivor best known for co-organizing the 1943 prisoner uprising at the Sobibor extermination camp.
  • C. Andrew Heiskell
    Andrew Heiskell was an American publishing executive and philanthropist best known as a longtime leader of Time Inc. and a prominent figure in New York’s cultural and civic life.
  • D. Walter Herz
    Walter Herz was a graphic artist best known for designing the official poster for the 1948 Summer Olympics in London.
  • E. George Boemler
    George Boemler was a film editor known for his work on classic Hollywood productions, including the musical comedy "High Society."
  • 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_69a4936cb7448190914f5fe4b8d81607 completed March 1, 2026, 7:28 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4a78171908190a38a70274bfbebf9 completed March 1, 2026, 8:54 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69adeaad456481908cf9fb412bdf90f0 completed March 8, 2026, 9:31 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69adee77b884819083b4c016f357cf62 completed March 8, 2026, 9:47 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69adeee7a52881909b6994e1c9558fda completed March 8, 2026, 9:49 p.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:38 p.m.