Triple

T13893630
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject BMW New Class E334032 entity
Predicate designer P184 FINISHED
Object Wilhelm Hofmeister
Wilhelm Hofmeister was a German automotive engineer and designer best known for shaping BMW’s postwar design language, including the iconic “Hofmeister kink” in the C-pillar.
E1067313 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: Wilhelm Hofmeister | Statement: [BMW New Class, designer, Wilhelm Hofmeister]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Wilhelm Hofmeister
Context triple: [BMW New Class, designer, Wilhelm Hofmeister]
  • A. Heinrich von Liebieg
    Heinrich von Liebieg was a prominent German industrialist and art patron whose collection and philanthropy significantly supported cultural institutions in Germany.
  • B. Hugo von Mohl
    Hugo von Mohl was a 19th-century German botanist renowned for his pioneering work on plant cell structure and the concept of the protoplasm.
  • C. Felix Hoppe-Seyler
    Felix Hoppe-Seyler was a pioneering German physiologist and chemist regarded as a founder of biochemistry and molecular biology, known for his work on blood pigments and proteins.
  • D. Johann Lillienstedt
    Johann Lillienstedt was a Swedish diplomat and statesman active in the early 18th century who represented Sweden in major international negotiations.
  • E. Friedrich Gogarten
    Friedrich Gogarten was a German Protestant theologian associated with the neo-orthodox movement, known for his critiques of liberal theology and his emphasis on the existential encounter with God.
  • 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: Wilhelm Hofmeister
Triple: [BMW New Class, designer, Wilhelm Hofmeister]
Generated description
Wilhelm Hofmeister was a German automotive engineer and designer best known for shaping BMW’s postwar design language, including the iconic “Hofmeister kink” in the C-pillar.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Wilhelm Hofmeister
Target entity description: Wilhelm Hofmeister was a German automotive engineer and designer best known for shaping BMW’s postwar design language, including the iconic “Hofmeister kink” in the C-pillar.
  • A. Heinrich von Liebieg
    Heinrich von Liebieg was a prominent German industrialist and art patron whose collection and philanthropy significantly supported cultural institutions in Germany.
  • B. Hugo von Mohl
    Hugo von Mohl was a 19th-century German botanist renowned for his pioneering work on plant cell structure and the concept of the protoplasm.
  • C. Felix Hoppe-Seyler
    Felix Hoppe-Seyler was a pioneering German physiologist and chemist regarded as a founder of biochemistry and molecular biology, known for his work on blood pigments and proteins.
  • D. Johann Lillienstedt
    Johann Lillienstedt was a Swedish diplomat and statesman active in the early 18th century who represented Sweden in major international negotiations.
  • E. Friedrich Gogarten
    Friedrich Gogarten was a German Protestant theologian associated with the neo-orthodox movement, known for his critiques of liberal theology and his emphasis on the existential encounter with God.
  • 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_69d81c5dd2d48190b7a5fc1e009de936 completed April 9, 2026, 9:38 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69de23a741908190bdf46d76c5f1411a completed April 14, 2026, 11:23 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f7c71ca8a881908ac02687fbfe62fb completed May 3, 2026, 10:07 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f7c7e1247481908073c1e282c3619f completed May 3, 2026, 10:10 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f7c8f5675c8190906f37cee6d8c493 completed May 3, 2026, 10:15 p.m.
Created at: April 9, 2026, 10:15 p.m.