Triple

T12220684
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Hermann Grassmann E291205 entity
Predicate sibling P363 FINISHED
Object Robert Grassmann
Robert Grassmann was a 19th-century German writer and mathematician, known partly through his relation to the mathematician Hermann Grassmann.
E969578 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: Robert Grassmann | Statement: [Hermann Grassmann, sibling, Robert Grassmann]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Robert Grassmann
Context triple: [Hermann Grassmann, sibling, Robert Grassmann]
  • A. William Hahn
    William Hahn was a 19th-century German-American painter known for his detailed genre scenes and landscapes, particularly of California.
  • B. George Siegmann
    George Siegmann was an American silent film actor known for his powerful character roles, including a prominent part in D.W. Griffith’s landmark film "The Birth of a Nation."
  • C. Werner Buchholz
    Werner Buchholz was a German-American computer scientist best known for coining the term "byte" and contributing to the design of early IBM computers.
  • D. Karl Gebhardt
    Karl Gebhardt was a Nazi physician and SS officer who conducted brutal medical experiments in concentration camps and was executed as a war criminal after the Doctors' Trial at Nuremberg.
  • E. John Hufnagel
    John Hufnagel is a prominent Canadian Football League coach and executive best known for leading the Calgary Stampeders to multiple Grey Cup championships.
  • 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: Robert Grassmann
Triple: [Hermann Grassmann, sibling, Robert Grassmann]
Generated description
Robert Grassmann was a 19th-century German writer and mathematician, known partly through his relation to the mathematician Hermann Grassmann.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Robert Grassmann
Target entity description: Robert Grassmann was a 19th-century German writer and mathematician, known partly through his relation to the mathematician Hermann Grassmann.
  • A. William Hahn
    William Hahn was a 19th-century German-American painter known for his detailed genre scenes and landscapes, particularly of California.
  • B. George Siegmann
    George Siegmann was an American silent film actor known for his powerful character roles, including a prominent part in D.W. Griffith’s landmark film "The Birth of a Nation."
  • C. Werner Buchholz
    Werner Buchholz was a German-American computer scientist best known for coining the term "byte" and contributing to the design of early IBM computers.
  • D. Karl Gebhardt
    Karl Gebhardt was a Nazi physician and SS officer who conducted brutal medical experiments in concentration camps and was executed as a war criminal after the Doctors' Trial at Nuremberg.
  • E. John Hufnagel
    John Hufnagel is a prominent Canadian Football League coach and executive best known for leading the Calgary Stampeders to multiple Grey Cup championships.
  • 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_69d6ab668acc8190963ba424049d6aee completed April 8, 2026, 7:24 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d91c961d648190ad6ce5f7d228eee4 completed April 10, 2026, 3:51 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f60aa4f4388190a787dde12190c51a completed May 2, 2026, 2:31 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f60bdca250819090b4b4cc84d343f4 completed May 2, 2026, 2:36 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f60cd51d34819099927fee476958ea completed May 2, 2026, 2:40 p.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:51 p.m.