Triple

T1478566
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Niklaus Wirth E30898 entity
Predicate givenName P17 FINISHED
Object Niklaus
Niklaus is a masculine given name of Germanic origin, notably borne by Swiss computer scientist Niklaus Wirth.
 E222855 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: Niklaus | Statement: [Niklaus Wirth, givenName, Niklaus]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Niklaus
Context triple: [Niklaus Wirth, givenName, Niklaus]
  • A. Nikolaus
    Nikolaus is the traditional German figure based on Saint Nicholas who brings small gifts to children on the eve of December 6th.
  • B. Leonhard
    Leonhard is a masculine given name most famously borne by the prolific 18th-century Swiss mathematician and physicist Leonhard Euler.
  • C. Gustav
    Gustav is a masculine given name of German origin, borne by several notable historical figures including scientists, artists, and royalty.
  • D. Johann
    Johann is a given name of Germanic origin commonly used in German-speaking and other European countries.
  • E. Othmar
    Othmar is a masculine given name of Germanic origin, notably borne by the Swiss-American civil engineer Othmar Ammann.
  • 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: Niklaus
Triple: [Niklaus Wirth, givenName, Niklaus]
Generated description
Niklaus is a masculine given name of Germanic origin, notably borne by Swiss computer scientist Niklaus Wirth.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Niklaus
Target entity description: Niklaus is a masculine given name of Germanic origin, notably borne by Swiss computer scientist Niklaus Wirth.
  • A. Nikolaus
    Nikolaus is the traditional German figure based on Saint Nicholas who brings small gifts to children on the eve of December 6th.
  • B. Leonhard
    Leonhard is a masculine given name most famously borne by the prolific 18th-century Swiss mathematician and physicist Leonhard Euler.
  • C. Gustav
    Gustav is a masculine given name of German origin, borne by several notable historical figures including scientists, artists, and royalty.
  • D. Johann
    Johann is a given name of Germanic origin commonly used in German-speaking and other European countries.
  • E. Othmar
    Othmar is a masculine given name of Germanic origin, notably borne by the Swiss-American civil engineer Othmar Ammann.
  • 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_69a498fe55a88190ab7f9e40ace88e49 completed March 1, 2026, 7:52 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4c6739d2481909ea8d8e075f62cf3 completed March 1, 2026, 11:06 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ae02f8483c8190a72c79f5b60eb927 completed March 8, 2026, 11:15 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ae03e575a88190a93181eb9d9bc3eb completed March 8, 2026, 11:19 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ae0473aecc8190b3da07fb8fd18e81 completed March 8, 2026, 11:21 p.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 8:11 p.m.