Triple
T11392551
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Bach family |
E269880
|
entity |
| Predicate | surnameMeaning |
P64332
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Bach means brook or stream in German
“Bach means brook or stream in German” refers to the etymological meaning of the German surname “Bach,” indicating a geographic origin near a small watercourse.
|
E923211
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (5 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: Bach means brook or stream in German | Statement: [Bach family, surnameMeaning, Bach means brook or stream in German]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bach means brook or stream in German Context triple: [Bach family, surnameMeaning, Bach means brook or stream in German]
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A.
Bäch
Bäch is a German-language surname variant of "Bach," commonly associated with Central European origins.
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B.
Weesener Bach
Weesener Bach is a small river in Lower Saxony, Germany, known as one of the headwater streams feeding the Örtze in the Lüneburg Heath region.
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C.
Egenhausen Bach
Egenhausen Bach is a small stream in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, that flows through the area near Egenhausen before joining the river Nagold.
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D.
Bückeburg Bach
Bückeburg Bach is the nickname of Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach, a German composer and son of Johann Sebastian Bach who worked primarily at the court of Bückeburg.
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E.
Karlinbach
Karlinbach is a stream in South Tyrol, northern Italy, that serves as one of the inflowing watercourses to Lake Resia in the Alpine region.
- 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: Bach means brook or stream in German Triple: [Bach family, surnameMeaning, Bach means brook or stream in German]
Generated description
“Bach means brook or stream in German” refers to the etymological meaning of the German surname “Bach,” indicating a geographic origin near a small watercourse.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bach means brook or stream in German Target entity description: “Bach means brook or stream in German” refers to the etymological meaning of the German surname “Bach,” indicating a geographic origin near a small watercourse.
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A.
Bäch
Bäch is a German-language surname variant of "Bach," commonly associated with Central European origins.
-
B.
Weesener Bach
Weesener Bach is a small river in Lower Saxony, Germany, known as one of the headwater streams feeding the Örtze in the Lüneburg Heath region.
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C.
Egenhausen Bach
Egenhausen Bach is a small stream in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, that flows through the area near Egenhausen before joining the river Nagold.
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D.
Bückeburg Bach
Bückeburg Bach is the nickname of Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach, a German composer and son of Johann Sebastian Bach who worked primarily at the court of Bückeburg.
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E.
Karlinbach
Karlinbach is a stream in South Tyrol, northern Italy, that serves as one of the inflowing watercourses to Lake Resia in the Alpine region.
- F. None of above. chosen
PD
Predicate disambiguation
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: surnameMeaning Context triple: [Bach family, surnameMeaning, Bach means brook or stream in German]
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A.
birthNameMeaning
Indicates the semantic meaning or significance associated with a person's birth name.
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B.
ordinalMeaningOfName
Indicates that a name refers to an entity’s position or rank in an ordered sequence (e.g., first, second, third).
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C.
currentNameMeaning
Indicates that the predicate expresses the meaning or significance of an entity’s current name.
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D.
nameMeaningCertainty
Indicates how certain or confident a source is about the correctness or validity of an entity’s name meaning.
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E.
nameEtymologyFor
chosen
Indicates that one entity expresses or explains the origin or derivation of the name of another entity.
- F. None of above.
Provenance (6 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_69d6aacdbc6c8190af6dc3d5f5d22836 |
completed | April 8, 2026, 7:21 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d8001796f48190822526f52e3f0337 |
completed | April 9, 2026, 7:37 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69e58c8f5ed88190b9cc55c0a73993ec |
completed | April 20, 2026, 2:16 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69e5932d3cb88190807acdcdc3aaa9fc |
completed | April 20, 2026, 2:45 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69e59a0ab7e081908cb8761c4f82c664 |
completed | April 20, 2026, 3:14 a.m. |
| PD | Predicate disambiguation | batch_69d7e70b228c8190b87f5101fd683788 |
completed | April 9, 2026, 5:51 p.m. |
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:34 p.m.