Triple
T9147930
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Clifford |
E219505
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entity |
| Predicate | hasNotableBearer |
P458
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FINISHED |
| Object |
William Kingdon Clifford
William Kingdon Clifford was a 19th-century English mathematician and philosopher known for his work on geometric algebra and for the philosophical concept of "Clifford's principle" about the ethics of belief.
|
E781141
|
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: William Kingdon Clifford | Statement: [Clifford, hasNotableBearer, William Kingdon Clifford]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Kingdon Clifford Context triple: [Clifford, hasNotableBearer, William Kingdon Clifford]
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A.
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."
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B.
William Rowan Hamilton
William Rowan Hamilton was a 19th-century Irish mathematician and physicist best known for developing quaternions and reformulating classical mechanics in what is now called Hamiltonian mechanics.
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C.
Joseph Larmor
Joseph Larmor was an Irish physicist and mathematician known for his work on electromagnetism, the electron theory, and for formulating the concept of Larmor precession.
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D.
Arthur Cayley
Arthur Cayley was a 19th-century British mathematician renowned for his foundational work in matrix theory and abstract algebra.
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E.
Horace Lamb
Horace Lamb was a British applied mathematician renowned for his foundational work in hydrodynamics and the theory of sound.
- 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: William Kingdon Clifford Triple: [Clifford, hasNotableBearer, William Kingdon Clifford]
Generated description
William Kingdon Clifford was a 19th-century English mathematician and philosopher known for his work on geometric algebra and for the philosophical concept of "Clifford's principle" about the ethics of belief.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Kingdon Clifford Target entity description: William Kingdon Clifford was a 19th-century English mathematician and philosopher known for his work on geometric algebra and for the philosophical concept of "Clifford's principle" about the ethics of belief.
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A.
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."
-
B.
William Rowan Hamilton
William Rowan Hamilton was a 19th-century Irish mathematician and physicist best known for developing quaternions and reformulating classical mechanics in what is now called Hamiltonian mechanics.
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C.
Joseph Larmor
Joseph Larmor was an Irish physicist and mathematician known for his work on electromagnetism, the electron theory, and for formulating the concept of Larmor precession.
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D.
Arthur Cayley
Arthur Cayley was a 19th-century British mathematician renowned for his foundational work in matrix theory and abstract algebra.
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E.
Horace Lamb
Horace Lamb was a British applied mathematician renowned for his foundational work in hydrodynamics and the theory of sound.
- 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_69ca83e121dc81909912bd66953081c5 |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:08 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cca91a1fd08190a5bb3d9280439b09 |
completed | April 1, 2026, 5:11 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69d0482995cc81909bfc202cbab7f8a1 |
completed | April 3, 2026, 11:07 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69d0496672a881909c1ac91a7ec1a2a1 |
completed | April 3, 2026, 11:12 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69d04a35451881909dfe6795b743b026 |
completed | April 3, 2026, 11:16 p.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 7:20 p.m.