Triple

T8926830
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Statistical Research Group at Columbia University E212556 entity
Predicate hasMember P10 FINISHED
Object Charles Stein
Charles Stein was an influential American statistician best known for discovering Stein's paradox and developing shrinkage estimators that revolutionized statistical estimation theory.
E771176 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: Charles Stein | Statement: [Statistical Research Group at Columbia University, hasMember, Charles Stein]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Charles Stein
Context triple: [Statistical Research Group at Columbia University, hasMember, Charles Stein]
  • A. Frank E. Seidman
    Frank E. Seidman was an influential figure in the field of political economy, honored by a distinguished award that bears his name.
  • B. Edward R. Pressman
    Edward R. Pressman was an influential American film producer known for backing distinctive and often risk-taking projects across independent and mainstream cinema, including films like "Wall Street," "Badlands," and "American Psycho."
  • C. Thomas S. Eisenstadt
    Thomas S. Eisenstadt was the sheriff of Suffolk County, Massachusetts, best known for his role as the named petitioner in the landmark U.S. Supreme Court contraception case Eisenstadt v. Baird (1972).
  • D. John L. Friedman
    John L. Friedman is an American theoretical physicist known for his contributions to relativistic astrophysics and gravitational physics, including work on instabilities in rotating stars.
  • E. Edwin Blum
    Edwin Blum was an American screenwriter known for his work on classic Hollywood films, including contributions to notable adaptations and dramas in the mid-20th century.
  • 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: Charles Stein
Triple: [Statistical Research Group at Columbia University, hasMember, Charles Stein]
Generated description
Charles Stein was an influential American statistician best known for discovering Stein's paradox and developing shrinkage estimators that revolutionized statistical estimation theory.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Charles Stein
Target entity description: Charles Stein was an influential American statistician best known for discovering Stein's paradox and developing shrinkage estimators that revolutionized statistical estimation theory.
  • A. Frank E. Seidman
    Frank E. Seidman was an influential figure in the field of political economy, honored by a distinguished award that bears his name.
  • B. Edward R. Pressman
    Edward R. Pressman was an influential American film producer known for backing distinctive and often risk-taking projects across independent and mainstream cinema, including films like "Wall Street," "Badlands," and "American Psycho."
  • C. Thomas S. Eisenstadt
    Thomas S. Eisenstadt was the sheriff of Suffolk County, Massachusetts, best known for his role as the named petitioner in the landmark U.S. Supreme Court contraception case Eisenstadt v. Baird (1972).
  • D. John L. Friedman
    John L. Friedman is an American theoretical physicist known for his contributions to relativistic astrophysics and gravitational physics, including work on instabilities in rotating stars.
  • E. Edwin Blum
    Edwin Blum was an American screenwriter known for his work on classic Hollywood films, including contributions to notable adaptations and dramas in the mid-20th century.
  • 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_69ca839481d48190b42b037e0d0f636c completed March 30, 2026, 2:07 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cc6671557c81909f3837ffd6a15ffe completed April 1, 2026, 12:27 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69cfd095a07c81908e164cfa68fb693e completed April 3, 2026, 2:37 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69cfd10739ec8190bb7315bac5dedd81 completed April 3, 2026, 2:39 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69cfd13494c481908df2f7c4dc2a6e28 completed April 3, 2026, 2:39 p.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 6:57 p.m.