Triple
T1300401
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Battle of Alam el Halfa |
E27748
|
entity |
| Predicate | commander |
P1061
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Wilhelm Ritter von Thoma |
E10052
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: Wilhelm Ritter von Thoma | Statement: [Battle of Alam el Halfa, commander, Wilhelm Ritter von Thoma]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Wilhelm Ritter von Thoma Context triple: [Battle of Alam el Halfa, commander, Wilhelm Ritter von Thoma]
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A.
Wilhelm Ritter von Thoma
chosen
Wilhelm Ritter von Thoma was a German Wehrmacht general and tank commander in World War II, best known for leading armored forces in the North African campaign.
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B.
Gustav Wilhelm Wolff
Gustav Wilhelm Wolff was a German-born British shipbuilder and politician best known as the co-founder of the Belfast shipbuilding firm Harland and Wolff, which built many famous ocean liners including the RMS Titanic.
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C.
Friedrich Robert Faehlmann
Friedrich Robert Faehlmann was a 19th-century Estonian physician, writer, and folklorist who played a key role in the Estonian national awakening and the early development of Estonian literature and mythology.
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D.
Friedrich von Gärtner
Friedrich von Gärtner was a 19th-century German architect known for his significant contributions to neoclassical architecture, particularly in Munich and in the design of major public buildings in Greece.
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E.
Dr. Hermann Gottlieb
Dr. Hermann Gottlieb is a brilliant but eccentric mathematician and kaiju researcher in the Pacific Rim universe, known for his analytical rivalry and eventual partnership with scientist Newton Geiszler.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69a496d6682881909ba658f1c1e0e2b0 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:43 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a4c11314a48190ab4efb8b1acdce50 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 10:43 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ae95d2a03881908433209da4af73a2 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 9:41 a.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:51 p.m.