Triple

T11812487
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Elwin Bruno Christoffel E280907 entity
Predicate familyName P18 FINISHED
Object Christoffel
Christoffel is a surname most notably associated with Elwin Bruno Christoffel, a 19th-century German mathematician known for his contributions to differential geometry and mathematical physics.
E947531 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: Christoffel | Statement: [Elwin Bruno Christoffel, familyName, Christoffel]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Christoffel
Context triple: [Elwin Bruno Christoffel, familyName, Christoffel]
  • A. Christoff
    Christoff is a surname most notably associated with Steve Christoff, an American ice hockey player who was part of the 1980 "Miracle on Ice" U.S. Olympic team.
  • B. Stahlecker
    Stahlecker is a German-language surname most notably associated with Franz Walter Stahlecker, a high-ranking SS officer and Nazi official during World War II.
  • C. Trichardt
    Trichardt is a small town in Mpumalanga, South Africa, known for its close association with the nearby industrial and coal-mining hub of Secunda.
  • D. Trischen
    Trischen is a small, uninhabited German island in the North Sea, known for its protected bird sanctuary and role within the Schleswig-Holstein Wadden Sea National Park.
  • E. Tatischeff
    Tatischeff is the original family surname of French filmmaker and actor Jacques Tati, known for his influential comedic films and the character Monsieur Hulot.
  • 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: Christoffel
Triple: [Elwin Bruno Christoffel, familyName, Christoffel]
Generated description
Christoffel is a surname most notably associated with Elwin Bruno Christoffel, a 19th-century German mathematician known for his contributions to differential geometry and mathematical physics.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Christoffel
Target entity description: Christoffel is a surname most notably associated with Elwin Bruno Christoffel, a 19th-century German mathematician known for his contributions to differential geometry and mathematical physics.
  • A. Christoff
    Christoff is a surname most notably associated with Steve Christoff, an American ice hockey player who was part of the 1980 "Miracle on Ice" U.S. Olympic team.
  • B. Stahlecker
    Stahlecker is a German-language surname most notably associated with Franz Walter Stahlecker, a high-ranking SS officer and Nazi official during World War II.
  • C. Trichardt
    Trichardt is a small town in Mpumalanga, South Africa, known for its close association with the nearby industrial and coal-mining hub of Secunda.
  • D. Trischen
    Trischen is a small, uninhabited German island in the North Sea, known for its protected bird sanctuary and role within the Schleswig-Holstein Wadden Sea National Park.
  • E. Tatischeff
    Tatischeff is the original family surname of French filmmaker and actor Jacques Tati, known for his influential comedic films and the character Monsieur Hulot.
  • 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_69d6ab26aae88190b2489efcb2a24234 completed April 8, 2026, 7:23 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d8a5cba708819097467bb7aca7fc65 completed April 10, 2026, 7:24 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f131a01aa48190bf5a70759ac886f6 completed April 28, 2026, 10:16 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f141b31c9081908f19ff870f5f3c33 completed April 28, 2026, 11:24 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f14fdb39d48190828668fc535d7f6a completed April 29, 2026, 12:24 a.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:42 p.m.