Triple

T23131740
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Hugh L. Montgomery E577185 entity
Predicate coAuthor P398 FINISHED
Object Robert C. Vaughan
Robert C. Vaughan is a British mathematician known for his influential work in analytic number theory, particularly on the distribution of prime numbers.
 E1584139 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: Robert C. Vaughan | Statement: [Hugh L. Montgomery, coAuthor, Robert C. Vaughan]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Robert C. Vaughan
Context triple: [Hugh L. Montgomery, coAuthor, Robert C. Vaughan]
  • A. Ronald L. Vaughn
    Ronald L. Vaughn is an American academic administrator best known for leading the University of Tampa through significant growth and development as its long-serving president.
  • B. William P. Duvall
    William P. Duvall was an American military officer and the first civil governor of Guam following its acquisition by the United States.
  • C. Robert F. McGowan
    Robert F. McGowan was an American film director best known for his work on the "Our Gang" (Little Rascals) comedy shorts during the silent and early sound eras.
  • D. Edward H. Plumb
    Edward H. Plumb was an American film composer and orchestrator best known for his extensive work on Walt Disney animated features during the 1930s and 1940s.
  • E. Radford E. Morrow
    Radford E. Morrow was a prominent local figure in Georgia whose significance to the community led to the city of Morrow being named in his honor.
  • 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: Robert C. Vaughan
Triple: [Hugh L. Montgomery, coAuthor, Robert C. Vaughan]
Generated description
Robert C. Vaughan is a British mathematician known for his influential work in analytic number theory, particularly on the distribution of prime numbers.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Robert C. Vaughan
Target entity description: Robert C. Vaughan is a British mathematician known for his influential work in analytic number theory, particularly on the distribution of prime numbers.
  • A. Ronald L. Vaughn
    Ronald L. Vaughn is an American academic administrator best known for leading the University of Tampa through significant growth and development as its long-serving president.
  • B. William P. Duvall
    William P. Duvall was an American military officer and the first civil governor of Guam following its acquisition by the United States.
  • C. Robert F. McGowan
    Robert F. McGowan was an American film director best known for his work on the "Our Gang" (Little Rascals) comedy shorts during the silent and early sound eras.
  • D. Edward H. Plumb
    Edward H. Plumb was an American film composer and orchestrator best known for his extensive work on Walt Disney animated features during the 1930s and 1940s.
  • E. Radford E. Morrow
    Radford E. Morrow was a prominent local figure in Georgia whose significance to the community led to the city of Morrow being named in his honor.
  • 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_69e245f7b0e481909c473ff4e6a54e2c completed April 17, 2026, 2:38 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69f18e88909881908c695cd7d39d380c completed April 29, 2026, 4:52 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a0c5dae063081909334a4607ca227d8 completed May 19, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a0c6012842881909db4c98a7cf1e0c7 completed May 19, 2026, 1:05 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a0c609b4e108190a8abe634d326f62d completed May 19, 2026, 1:07 p.m.
Created at: April 17, 2026, 4 p.m.