Triple

T5621932
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Whittaker E147626 entity
Predicate hasNotableBearer P458 FINISHED
Object E. T. Whittaker
E. T. Whittaker was a British mathematician and physicist known for his influential work in mathematical analysis, special functions, and the history of science.
 E534858 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: E. T. Whittaker | Statement: [Whittaker, hasNotableBearer, E. T. Whittaker]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: E. T. Whittaker
Context triple: [Whittaker, hasNotableBearer, E. T. Whittaker]
  • A. Horace Lamb
    Horace Lamb was a British applied mathematician renowned for his foundational work in hydrodynamics and the theory of sound.
  • B. John Edensor Littlewood
    John Edensor Littlewood was a prominent 20th-century British mathematician known for his influential work in analysis, number theory, and the theory of functions, as well as his long and celebrated collaboration with G. H. Hardy.
  • C. G. H. Hardy
    G. H. Hardy was a prominent British mathematician renowned for his work in number theory and mathematical analysis, as well as for his influential book "A Mathematician's Apology."
  • D. Sir William Rouse Ball
    Sir William Rouse Ball was a British mathematician and historian of mathematics best known for his influential book "Mathematical Recreations and Essays."
  • E. John Charles Fields
    John Charles Fields was a Canadian mathematician best known for founding and endowing the Fields Medal, one of the most prestigious awards in mathematics.
  • 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: E. T. Whittaker
Triple: [Whittaker, hasNotableBearer, E. T. Whittaker]
Generated description
E. T. Whittaker was a British mathematician and physicist known for his influential work in mathematical analysis, special functions, and the history of science.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: E. T. Whittaker
Target entity description: E. T. Whittaker was a British mathematician and physicist known for his influential work in mathematical analysis, special functions, and the history of science.
  • A. Horace Lamb
    Horace Lamb was a British applied mathematician renowned for his foundational work in hydrodynamics and the theory of sound.
  • B. John Edensor Littlewood
    John Edensor Littlewood was a prominent 20th-century British mathematician known for his influential work in analysis, number theory, and the theory of functions, as well as his long and celebrated collaboration with G. H. Hardy.
  • C. G. H. Hardy
    G. H. Hardy was a prominent British mathematician renowned for his work in number theory and mathematical analysis, as well as for his influential book "A Mathematician's Apology."
  • D. Sir William Rouse Ball
    Sir William Rouse Ball was a British mathematician and historian of mathematics best known for his influential book "Mathematical Recreations and Essays."
  • E. John Charles Fields
    John Charles Fields was a Canadian mathematician best known for founding and endowing the Fields Medal, one of the most prestigious awards in mathematics.
  • 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_69c00906f2a88190a992c66b13d606d4 completed March 22, 2026, 3:21 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c022133eec819086acb04864dde5ee completed March 22, 2026, 5:08 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c04d59317c8190a4a3b186a46a7249 completed March 22, 2026, 8:13 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c04e89b7c481908abae227d22cc814 completed March 22, 2026, 8:18 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c04f41b158819097f9ef536215e248 completed March 22, 2026, 8:21 p.m.
Created at: March 22, 2026, 3:40 p.m.