Triple

T12078290
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Kon-Tiki (book) E287607 entity
Predicate featuresPerson P2308 FINISHED
Object Herman Watzinger
Herman Watzinger was a Norwegian engineer and explorer best known as a crew member on Thor Heyerdahl’s 1947 Kon-Tiki raft expedition across the Pacific Ocean.
E1171005 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: Herman Watzinger | Statement: [Kon-Tiki (book), featuresPerson, Herman Watzinger]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Herman Watzinger
Context triple: [Kon-Tiki (book), featuresPerson, Herman Watzinger]
  • A. Hermann Weingärtner
    Hermann Weingärtner was a German gymnast who became one of the most successful competitors at the inaugural modern Olympic Games in 1896, winning multiple medals across several events.
  • B. Hermann Hauser
    Hermann Hauser is an Austrian-born entrepreneur and venture capitalist best known as the co-founder of Acorn Computers and a key figure in the development of the UK tech industry.
  • C. Joseph Berchtold
    Joseph Berchtold was an early Nazi Party member who served as the second Reichsführer-SS, helping to shape the formative structure of the SS in its early years.
  • D. Adolph Strauch
    Adolph Strauch was a prominent 19th-century landscape architect known for pioneering the "lawn plan" cemetery design and influencing the development of picturesque rural cemeteries in the United States.
  • E. Adolph Tandler
    Adolph Tandler was a film music composer and conductor active in early Hollywood 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: Herman Watzinger
Triple: [Kon-Tiki (book), featuresPerson, Herman Watzinger]
Generated description
Herman Watzinger was a Norwegian engineer and explorer best known as a crew member on Thor Heyerdahl’s 1947 Kon-Tiki raft expedition across the Pacific Ocean.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Herman Watzinger
Target entity description: Herman Watzinger was a Norwegian engineer and explorer best known as a crew member on Thor Heyerdahl’s 1947 Kon-Tiki raft expedition across the Pacific Ocean.
  • A. Hermann Weingärtner
    Hermann Weingärtner was a German gymnast who became one of the most successful competitors at the inaugural modern Olympic Games in 1896, winning multiple medals across several events.
  • B. Hermann Hauser
    Hermann Hauser is an Austrian-born entrepreneur and venture capitalist best known as the co-founder of Acorn Computers and a key figure in the development of the UK tech industry.
  • C. Joseph Berchtold
    Joseph Berchtold was an early Nazi Party member who served as the second Reichsführer-SS, helping to shape the formative structure of the SS in its early years.
  • D. Adolph Strauch
    Adolph Strauch was a prominent 19th-century landscape architect known for pioneering the "lawn plan" cemetery design and influencing the development of picturesque rural cemeteries in the United States.
  • E. Adolph Tandler
    Adolph Tandler was a film music composer and conductor active in early Hollywood 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_69d6ab4846e081908ee7bbd66a6d3459 completed April 8, 2026, 7:23 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d9045e81f88190be2b1aabd93f077c completed April 10, 2026, 2:08 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ff6ebeb5ec8190afef40d87c74a8a0 completed May 9, 2026, 5:28 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ff702588908190a1b1dd1fd6a972f9 completed May 9, 2026, 5:34 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ff70f97eec8190a1f5affdad31f2b2 completed May 9, 2026, 5:38 p.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:48 p.m.