Triple

T1091741
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Technical University of Munich E24177 entity
Predicate hasPresident P112 FINISHED
Object Thomas F. Hofmann
Thomas F. Hofmann is a German food chemist and academic leader who serves as president of the Technical University of Munich.
 E265611 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: Thomas F. Hofmann | Statement: [Technical University of Munich, hasPresident, Thomas F. Hofmann]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Thomas F. Hofmann
Context triple: [Technical University of Munich, hasPresident, Thomas F. Hofmann]
  • A. Paul G. Hoffman
    Paul G. Hoffman was an American automobile executive and public administrator best known for leading post–World War II European recovery efforts and later serving in prominent roles at the United Nations.
  • B. William Wendt
    William Wendt was a prominent American landscape painter celebrated as a leading figure of the California Impressionist movement.
  • C. Philip M. Kaiser
    Philip M. Kaiser was an American diplomat and public servant who held several key ambassadorial posts during the Cold War era.
  • D. Robert T. Beyer
    Robert T. Beyer was an American physicist and translator known for bringing important scientific works, including foundational texts on quantum mechanics, to an English-speaking audience.
  • E. William R. Schowalter
    William R. Schowalter is an American chemical engineer and fluid dynamicist renowned for his pioneering contributions to non-Newtonian fluid mechanics and transport phenomena.
  • 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: Thomas F. Hofmann
Triple: [Technical University of Munich, hasPresident, Thomas F. Hofmann]
Generated description
Thomas F. Hofmann is a German food chemist and academic leader who serves as president of the Technical University of Munich.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Thomas F. Hofmann
Target entity description: Thomas F. Hofmann is a German food chemist and academic leader who serves as president of the Technical University of Munich.
  • A. Paul G. Hoffman
    Paul G. Hoffman was an American automobile executive and public administrator best known for leading post–World War II European recovery efforts and later serving in prominent roles at the United Nations.
  • B. William Wendt
    William Wendt was a prominent American landscape painter celebrated as a leading figure of the California Impressionist movement.
  • C. Philip M. Kaiser
    Philip M. Kaiser was an American diplomat and public servant who held several key ambassadorial posts during the Cold War era.
  • D. Robert T. Beyer
    Robert T. Beyer was an American physicist and translator known for bringing important scientific works, including foundational texts on quantum mechanics, to an English-speaking audience.
  • E. William R. Schowalter
    William R. Schowalter is an American chemical engineer and fluid dynamicist renowned for his pioneering contributions to non-Newtonian fluid mechanics and transport phenomena.
  • 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_69a49404428c819092dcc9632f5f7b8b completed March 1, 2026, 7:31 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4b982018481908b222df095e318c0 completed March 1, 2026, 10:11 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69aebee55ea4819097baa92110f35769 completed March 9, 2026, 12:36 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69aec590516c81908f5126e203bb3638 completed March 9, 2026, 1:05 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69aec6194a3c81909055a16553f39e78 completed March 9, 2026, 1:07 p.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:42 p.m.