Triple

T10372146
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Adolphe Pictet E244408 entity
Predicate influencedBy P9 FINISHED
Object Franz Bopp
Franz Bopp was a pioneering 19th-century German linguist whose comparative studies of Indo-European languages helped establish the foundations of modern historical linguistics.
 E859726 NE FINISHED

Named-entity recognition

Before disambiguation, gpt-5-mini classified whether the object phrase is a named entity — the step behind the object's NE type shown above.

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: Franz Bopp | Statement: [Adolphe Pictet, influencedBy, Franz Bopp]

Disambiguation candidates (2 decisions)

The exact options the model was shown at each disambiguation step, with the option it chose highlighted — the evidence behind this triple's disambiguated ids.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Franz Bopp
Context triple: [Adolphe Pictet, influencedBy, Franz Bopp]
  • A. Georg Friedrich Grotefend
    Georg Friedrich Grotefend was a German philologist and epigraphist renowned for pioneering the decipherment of Old Persian cuneiform script in the early 19th century.
  • B. Friedrich Kluge
    Friedrich Kluge was a German philologist and linguist renowned for his work on the history of the German language and etymology, including influential dictionaries and sound laws.
  • C. Gerhard von der Gabelentz
    Gerhard von der Gabelentz was a 19th-century German linguist and sinologist known for his influential work in comparative and descriptive grammar, particularly of East Asian and Oceanic languages.
  • D. Friedrich August Wolf
    Friedrich August Wolf was a pioneering German classical philologist best known for his critical work on Homer and for helping to establish philology as a modern academic discipline.
  • E. Kaspar Maurer
    Kaspar Maurer was a mountaineer known for making the first ascent of the Dent du Géant in the Mont Blanc massif.
  • F. None of above. chosen
  • G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Franz Bopp
Target entity description: Franz Bopp was a pioneering 19th-century German linguist whose comparative studies of Indo-European languages helped establish the foundations of modern historical linguistics.
  • A. Georg Friedrich Grotefend
    Georg Friedrich Grotefend was a German philologist and epigraphist renowned for pioneering the decipherment of Old Persian cuneiform script in the early 19th century.
  • B. Friedrich Kluge
    Friedrich Kluge was a German philologist and linguist renowned for his work on the history of the German language and etymology, including influential dictionaries and sound laws.
  • C. Gerhard von der Gabelentz
    Gerhard von der Gabelentz was a 19th-century German linguist and sinologist known for his influential work in comparative and descriptive grammar, particularly of East Asian and Oceanic languages.
  • D. Friedrich August Wolf
    Friedrich August Wolf was a pioneering German classical philologist best known for his critical work on Homer and for helping to establish philology as a modern academic discipline.
  • E. Kaspar Maurer
    Kaspar Maurer was a mountaineer known for making the first ascent of the Dent du Géant in the Mont Blanc massif.
  • F. None of above. chosen

How the object was described

The object's one-sentence description was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the object name and this triple as context.

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: Franz Bopp
Triple: [Adolphe Pictet, influencedBy, Franz Bopp]
Generated description
Franz Bopp was a pioneering 19th-century German linguist whose comparative studies of Indo-European languages helped establish the foundations of modern historical linguistics.

Provenance (5 batches)

Stage Batch ID Job type Status
creating batch_69d381b3e328819094b23b8edcd29b5a elicitation completed
NER batch_69d4e97ed09c8190a3627aa7b5eea62f ner completed
NED1 batch_69d7956469988190b5a9b2dfe062379f ned_source_triple completed
NED2 batch_69d79a6086fc8190ab8454a216dfda8c ned_description completed
NEDg batch_69d798e3dba08190911fc9fec5d2c8e2 nedg completed
Created at: April 6, 2026, 12:01 p.m.