Triple

T14083887
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Édouard-Jean Niermans E338938 entity
Predicate familyName P18 FINISHED
Object Niermans
Niermans is a French surname most notably associated with Édouard-Jean Niermans, a prominent architect of the Belle Époque period.
 E1078174 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: Niermans | Statement: [Édouard-Jean Niermans, familyName, Niermans]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Niermans
Context triple: [Édouard-Jean Niermans, familyName, Niermans]
  • A. Niederlauer
    Niederlauer is a small municipality in northern Bavaria, Germany, situated in the Franconian Saale valley and known for its rural character within the Rhön region.
  • B. Neeleman
    Neeleman is a surname most notably associated with David Neeleman, the Brazilian-American entrepreneur and founder of multiple airlines including JetBlue Airways.
  • C. Jasaan
    Jasaan is a coastal municipality in Misamis Oriental, Philippines, known for its beaches, marine resources, and proximity to the urban center of Cagayan de Oro.
  • D. Sjaalman
    Sjaalman is a fictional character in Multatuli’s novel "Max Havelaar," serving as an alter ego and narrative device to expose colonial abuses in the Dutch East Indies.
  • E. Goudriaan
    Goudriaan is a small village in the Dutch province of South Holland, known for its rural character and historic polder landscape.
  • 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: Niermans
Triple: [Édouard-Jean Niermans, familyName, Niermans]
Generated description
Niermans is a French surname most notably associated with Édouard-Jean Niermans, a prominent architect of the Belle Époque period.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Niermans
Target entity description: Niermans is a French surname most notably associated with Édouard-Jean Niermans, a prominent architect of the Belle Époque period.
  • A. Niederlauer
    Niederlauer is a small municipality in northern Bavaria, Germany, situated in the Franconian Saale valley and known for its rural character within the Rhön region.
  • B. Neeleman
    Neeleman is a surname most notably associated with David Neeleman, the Brazilian-American entrepreneur and founder of multiple airlines including JetBlue Airways.
  • C. Jasaan
    Jasaan is a coastal municipality in Misamis Oriental, Philippines, known for its beaches, marine resources, and proximity to the urban center of Cagayan de Oro.
  • D. Sjaalman
    Sjaalman is a fictional character in Multatuli’s novel "Max Havelaar," serving as an alter ego and narrative device to expose colonial abuses in the Dutch East Indies.
  • E. Goudriaan
    Goudriaan is a small village in the Dutch province of South Holland, known for its rural character and historic polder landscape.
  • 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_69d81c687b0c819087fd9ed4198403f8 completed April 9, 2026, 9:38 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69de5ede40048190b465e909565730c1 completed April 14, 2026, 3:35 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69fcb676620481908ed2fa5687a21866 completed May 7, 2026, 3:57 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69fcc5c893dc81908538136e0f9170ca completed May 7, 2026, 5:03 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69fcc64ac93c8190ad40a04c74f70e18 completed May 7, 2026, 5:05 p.m.
Created at: April 9, 2026, 10:21 p.m.