Triple

T13569371
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Johannes Rau E324116 entity
Predicate hasHonorificTitle P368 FINISHED
Object Dr. h.c. mult.
Dr. h.c. mult. is an academic honorific indicating that a person has received multiple honorary doctorates from different universities.
 E1049736 NE FINISHED

Named-entity recognition

Before disambiguation, gpt-5-mini classified whether the object phrase is a named entity — the step behind the object's NE type shown above.

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: Dr. h.c. mult. | Statement: [Johannes Rau, hasHonorificTitle, Dr. h.c. mult.]

Disambiguation candidates (2 decisions)

The exact options the model was shown at each disambiguation step, with the option it chose highlighted — the evidence behind this triple's disambiguated ids.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Dr. h.c. mult.
Context triple: [Johannes Rau, hasHonorificTitle, Dr. h.c. mult.]
  • A. Dr.
    "Dr." is a formal honorific title used to denote an individual who has earned a doctoral-level degree or is a licensed medical practitioner.
  • B. Dr. Hugo Lieben
    Dr. Hugo Lieben was a Jewish community leader and patron in Prague known for his role in establishing the Jewish Museum in the city.
  • C. Dr. Muller
    Dr. Muller is a fictional character, notably appearing as a learned occult expert in early horror cinema, portrayed on screen by actor Edward Van Sloan.
  • D. Prodr.
    Prodr. is the standard botanical abbreviation for the multi-volume work "Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis," an influential 19th-century taxonomic survey of the plant kingdom.
  • E. Dr. Royer-Collard
    Dr. Royer-Collard is a stern, authoritarian physician and moralist in the film "Quills," serving as a key antagonist to the Marquis de Sade.
  • F. None of above. chosen
  • G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Dr. h.c. mult.
Target entity description: Dr. h.c. mult. is an academic honorific indicating that a person has received multiple honorary doctorates from different universities.
  • A. Dr.
    "Dr." is a formal honorific title used to denote an individual who has earned a doctoral-level degree or is a licensed medical practitioner.
  • B. Dr. Hugo Lieben
    Dr. Hugo Lieben was a Jewish community leader and patron in Prague known for his role in establishing the Jewish Museum in the city.
  • C. Dr. Muller
    Dr. Muller is a fictional character, notably appearing as a learned occult expert in early horror cinema, portrayed on screen by actor Edward Van Sloan.
  • D. Prodr.
    Prodr. is the standard botanical abbreviation for the multi-volume work "Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis," an influential 19th-century taxonomic survey of the plant kingdom.
  • E. Dr. Royer-Collard
    Dr. Royer-Collard is a stern, authoritarian physician and moralist in the film "Quills," serving as a key antagonist to the Marquis de Sade.
  • F. None of above. chosen

How the object was described

The object's one-sentence description was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the object name and this triple as context.

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: Dr. h.c. mult.
Triple: [Johannes Rau, hasHonorificTitle, Dr. h.c. mult.]
Generated description
Dr. h.c. mult. is an academic honorific indicating that a person has received multiple honorary doctorates from different universities.

Provenance (5 batches)

Stage Batch ID Job type Status
creating batch_69d8076830b48190910a902bae5888e2 elicitation completed
NER batch_69dbb00f5b8881908617f42d227ed137 ner completed
NED1 batch_69f76bb61a40819099a62f65a68dff7b ned_source_triple completed
NED2 batch_69f779178dc48190bb0de790de30d8b0 ned_description completed
NEDg batch_69f77640b5308190aaa50e8d5d871832 nedg completed
Created at: April 9, 2026, 9:48 p.m.