Triple

T13535001
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Jon Elster E323237 entity
Predicate familyName P18 FINISHED
Object Elster
Elster is a Norwegian social and political theorist best known for his work on rational choice theory, Marxism, and the philosophy of social science.
 E1046548 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: Elster | Statement: [Jon Elster, familyName, Elster]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Elster
Context triple: [Jon Elster, familyName, Elster]
  • A. Elster
    Elster is a river in central Europe, primarily flowing through the German state of Saxony and its surrounding regions.
  • B. Geissler
    Geissler is a character in Knut Hamsun’s novel "Growth of the Soil," serving as a former land surveyor whose shrewdness and intermittent interventions significantly influence the fate of the rural community.
  • C. Kleiser
    Kleiser is a surname most notably associated with American film director Randal Kleiser, known for directing the musical romantic comedy "Grease."
  • D. Eltmann
    Eltmann is a small town in the Lower Franconia region of Bavaria, Germany, situated along the Main River and known for its historic architecture and surrounding wine-growing landscape.
  • E. Leister
    Leister is a surname of English origin borne by various individuals, including those with the given name Edward.
  • 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: Elster
Triple: [Jon Elster, familyName, Elster]
Generated description
Elster is a Norwegian social and political theorist best known for his work on rational choice theory, Marxism, and the philosophy of social science.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Elster
Target entity description: Elster is a Norwegian social and political theorist best known for his work on rational choice theory, Marxism, and the philosophy of social science.
  • A. Elster
    Elster is a river in central Europe, primarily flowing through the German state of Saxony and its surrounding regions.
  • B. Geissler
    Geissler is a character in Knut Hamsun’s novel "Growth of the Soil," serving as a former land surveyor whose shrewdness and intermittent interventions significantly influence the fate of the rural community.
  • C. Kleiser
    Kleiser is a surname most notably associated with American film director Randal Kleiser, known for directing the musical romantic comedy "Grease."
  • D. Eltmann
    Eltmann is a small town in the Lower Franconia region of Bavaria, Germany, situated along the Main River and known for its historic architecture and surrounding wine-growing landscape.
  • E. Leister
    Leister is a surname of English origin borne by various individuals, including those with the given name Edward.
  • 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_69d8076776248190bdf0d4fa1f85a5fc completed April 9, 2026, 8:09 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69dbafbcad2881909fb7490311807f75 completed April 12, 2026, 2:44 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f75d9a448c81908fa57a909a9097f7 completed May 3, 2026, 2:37 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f75e7d8970819092116ae7a769ac21 completed May 3, 2026, 2:41 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f75f35c6008190b88e14feddb93a1d completed May 3, 2026, 2:44 p.m.
Created at: April 9, 2026, 9:44 p.m.