Triple

T12799282
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Franz Xaver E305970 entity
Predicate sharesGivenNameWith P20785 FINISHED
Object Franz Xaver von Zach
Franz Xaver von Zach was an 18th–19th century Austrian-Hungarian astronomer known for organizing international astronomical collaborations and contributing to positional astronomy and celestial mechanics.
 E1002880 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: Franz Xaver von Zach | Statement: [Franz Xaver, sharesGivenNameWith, Franz Xaver von Zach]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Franz Xaver von Zach
Context triple: [Franz Xaver, sharesGivenNameWith, Franz Xaver von Zach]
  • A. Anton von Zach
    Anton von Zach was an Austrian general and staff officer best known for his role in the Napoleonic Wars, particularly during the Italian campaigns.
  • B. Johann Franz Encke
    Johann Franz Encke was a 19th-century German astronomer best known for his precise calculations of cometary orbits, including the periodic comet now named Encke's Comet.
  • C. Heinrich Louis d'Arrest
    Heinrich Louis d'Arrest was a 19th-century German astronomer known for his contributions to comet and nebula observations, including assisting in the discovery of Neptune.
  • D. Wilhelm Herget
    Wilhelm Herget was a German Luftwaffe night fighter ace of World War II, credited with numerous aerial victories and later service in elite jet fighter units.
  • E. Friedrich Argelander
    Friedrich Argelander was a 19th-century German astronomer best known for his pioneering work in stellar cataloging and variable star research.
  • 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: Franz Xaver von Zach
Triple: [Franz Xaver, sharesGivenNameWith, Franz Xaver von Zach]
Generated description
Franz Xaver von Zach was an 18th–19th century Austrian-Hungarian astronomer known for organizing international astronomical collaborations and contributing to positional astronomy and celestial mechanics.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Franz Xaver von Zach
Target entity description: Franz Xaver von Zach was an 18th–19th century Austrian-Hungarian astronomer known for organizing international astronomical collaborations and contributing to positional astronomy and celestial mechanics.
  • A. Anton von Zach
    Anton von Zach was an Austrian general and staff officer best known for his role in the Napoleonic Wars, particularly during the Italian campaigns.
  • B. Johann Franz Encke
    Johann Franz Encke was a 19th-century German astronomer best known for his precise calculations of cometary orbits, including the periodic comet now named Encke's Comet.
  • C. Heinrich Louis d'Arrest
    Heinrich Louis d'Arrest was a 19th-century German astronomer known for his contributions to comet and nebula observations, including assisting in the discovery of Neptune.
  • D. Wilhelm Herget
    Wilhelm Herget was a German Luftwaffe night fighter ace of World War II, credited with numerous aerial victories and later service in elite jet fighter units.
  • E. Friedrich Argelander
    Friedrich Argelander was a 19th-century German astronomer best known for his pioneering work in stellar cataloging and variable star research.
  • 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_69d7bdf366888190a8cccb982606889c completed April 9, 2026, 2:55 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d96e6f858c8190915ede38e9a6a2df completed April 10, 2026, 9:41 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f6850f9ae4819094599b48d8d3a074 completed May 2, 2026, 11:13 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f685dd1a88819096e40711f10d898a completed May 2, 2026, 11:16 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f68884ed348190a1b2c89b1d655fa9 completed May 2, 2026, 11:28 p.m.
Created at: April 9, 2026, 5:30 p.m.