Triple

T6389518
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Ian Stewart E143784 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object In Pursuit of the Unknown: 17 Equations That Changed the World
In Pursuit of the Unknown: 17 Equations That Changed the World is a popular science book by mathematician Ian Stewart that explores the history, impact, and ideas behind seventeen landmark mathematical equations that have shaped modern civilization.
E589565 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: In Pursuit of the Unknown: 17 Equations That Changed the World | Statement: [Ian Stewart, notableWork, In Pursuit of the Unknown: 17 Equations That Changed the World]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: In Pursuit of the Unknown: 17 Equations That Changed the World
Context triple: [Ian Stewart, notableWork, In Pursuit of the Unknown: 17 Equations That Changed the World]
  • A. The Beginning of Infinity
    The Beginning of Infinity is a philosophical and scientific book by physicist David Deutsch that explores the nature of knowledge, progress, and the potential for unbounded human improvement through better explanations.
  • B. The Man Who Loved Only Numbers
    The Man Who Loved Only Numbers is a popular biography of Hungarian mathematician Paul Erdős, portraying his eccentric life, prolific collaborations, and profound impact on 20th-century mathematics.
  • C. The Measure of Reality
    The Measure of Reality is a historical study by Alfred W. Crosby that explores how quantification and measurement transformed Western thought and culture from the Middle Ages onward.
  • D. The Magic of Reality
    The Magic of Reality is a popular science book by Richard Dawkins that explains natural phenomena and scientific concepts in an accessible way, often contrasting them with traditional myths and supernatural explanations.
  • E. Feynman’s Lost Lecture
    Feynman’s Lost Lecture is a published reconstruction of a 1964 Richard Feynman physics lecture on planetary orbits, edited and contextualized by David and Judith Goodstein.
  • 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: In Pursuit of the Unknown: 17 Equations That Changed the World
Triple: [Ian Stewart, notableWork, In Pursuit of the Unknown: 17 Equations That Changed the World]
Generated description
In Pursuit of the Unknown: 17 Equations That Changed the World is a popular science book by mathematician Ian Stewart that explores the history, impact, and ideas behind seventeen landmark mathematical equations that have shaped modern civilization.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: In Pursuit of the Unknown: 17 Equations That Changed the World
Target entity description: In Pursuit of the Unknown: 17 Equations That Changed the World is a popular science book by mathematician Ian Stewart that explores the history, impact, and ideas behind seventeen landmark mathematical equations that have shaped modern civilization.
  • A. The Beginning of Infinity
    The Beginning of Infinity is a philosophical and scientific book by physicist David Deutsch that explores the nature of knowledge, progress, and the potential for unbounded human improvement through better explanations.
  • B. The Man Who Loved Only Numbers
    The Man Who Loved Only Numbers is a popular biography of Hungarian mathematician Paul Erdős, portraying his eccentric life, prolific collaborations, and profound impact on 20th-century mathematics.
  • C. The Measure of Reality
    The Measure of Reality is a historical study by Alfred W. Crosby that explores how quantification and measurement transformed Western thought and culture from the Middle Ages onward.
  • D. The Magic of Reality
    The Magic of Reality is a popular science book by Richard Dawkins that explains natural phenomena and scientific concepts in an accessible way, often contrasting them with traditional myths and supernatural explanations.
  • E. Feynman’s Lost Lecture
    Feynman’s Lost Lecture is a published reconstruction of a 1964 Richard Feynman physics lecture on planetary orbits, edited and contextualized by David and Judith Goodstein.
  • 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_69c008db906c819096f3597d55d95432 completed March 22, 2026, 3:20 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c0686cc6d481909c62a29a84a4ce8e completed March 22, 2026, 10:08 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c638868d4481908611530d0bc8e286 completed March 27, 2026, 7:57 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c639320a608190bc1123fe00ac1f9a completed March 27, 2026, 8 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c639f9916c8190a1a9f0284198aebd completed March 27, 2026, 8:04 a.m.
Created at: March 22, 2026, 4:34 p.m.