Triple

T11894854
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Zeppo Marx E283009 entity
Predicate birthName P65 FINISHED
Object Herbert Manfred Marx
Herbert Manfred Marx, better known as Zeppo Marx, was the youngest of the Marx Brothers and appeared as the straight man in their early comedy films before becoming a successful engineer and theatrical agent.
E952300 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: Herbert Manfred Marx | Statement: [Zeppo Marx, birthName, Herbert Manfred Marx]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Herbert Manfred Marx
Context triple: [Zeppo Marx, birthName, Herbert Manfred Marx]
  • A. Heinz Conrads
    Heinz Conrads was an Austrian actor, radio and television presenter, and entertainer, best known for his popular postwar Viennese radio and TV shows.
  • B. Wilhelm Speidel
    Wilhelm Speidel was a German Luftwaffe general during World War II who was later tried and convicted for war crimes committed in occupied Greece.
  • C. Otto Heller
    Otto Heller was a Czech-born cinematographer renowned for his stylish work on British films, including classics like "Peeping Tom" and "The Ipcress File."
  • D. Oskar Hergt
    Oskar Hergt was a conservative German politician of the Weimar Republic who served as a leading figure and early chairman of the German National People’s Party (DNVP).
  • E. Werner Krauss
    Werner Krauss was a prominent German stage and film actor of the early 20th century, best known for his influential roles in Expressionist cinema.
  • 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: Herbert Manfred Marx
Triple: [Zeppo Marx, birthName, Herbert Manfred Marx]
Generated description
Herbert Manfred Marx, better known as Zeppo Marx, was the youngest of the Marx Brothers and appeared as the straight man in their early comedy films before becoming a successful engineer and theatrical agent.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Herbert Manfred Marx
Target entity description: Herbert Manfred Marx, better known as Zeppo Marx, was the youngest of the Marx Brothers and appeared as the straight man in their early comedy films before becoming a successful engineer and theatrical agent.
  • A. Heinz Conrads
    Heinz Conrads was an Austrian actor, radio and television presenter, and entertainer, best known for his popular postwar Viennese radio and TV shows.
  • B. Wilhelm Speidel
    Wilhelm Speidel was a German Luftwaffe general during World War II who was later tried and convicted for war crimes committed in occupied Greece.
  • C. Otto Heller
    Otto Heller was a Czech-born cinematographer renowned for his stylish work on British films, including classics like "Peeping Tom" and "The Ipcress File."
  • D. Oskar Hergt
    Oskar Hergt was a conservative German politician of the Weimar Republic who served as a leading figure and early chairman of the German National People’s Party (DNVP).
  • E. Werner Krauss
    Werner Krauss was a prominent German stage and film actor of the early 20th century, best known for his influential roles in Expressionist cinema.
  • 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_69d6ab2a90b08190a4e818821cc93e6d completed April 8, 2026, 7:23 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d8dd1286808190949719f54ff49a01 completed April 10, 2026, 11:20 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f41811e5ac8190a3e397e31f19bca1 completed May 1, 2026, 3:03 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f41f1c21388190b6ecb0fd602abb7d completed May 1, 2026, 3:33 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f42283c4cc81909793834ef65d2514 completed May 1, 2026, 3:48 a.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:44 p.m.