Triple

T1495130
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Walter Benjamin E29668 entity
Predicate doctoralAdvisor P167 FINISHED
Object Richard Herbertz
Richard Herbertz was an academic scholar best known for serving as the doctoral advisor to the German philosopher and cultural critic Walter Benjamin.
E172840 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: Richard Herbertz | Statement: [Walter Benjamin, doctoralAdvisor, Richard Herbertz]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Richard Herbertz
Context triple: [Walter Benjamin, doctoralAdvisor, Richard Herbertz]
  • A. Robert Herbert
    Robert Herbert was a 19th-century British-born politician who became the inaugural Premier of Queensland and played a key role in establishing the colony’s early government.
  • B. Jonathan Alberts
    Jonathan Alberts is a film editor known for his work on independent and character-driven movies, including the romantic drama "Like Crazy."
  • C. Robert Juet
    Robert Juet was an English mariner and navigator best known for serving under Henry Hudson and later participating in the mutiny that ended Hudson’s final voyage.
  • D. Richard Saller
    Richard Saller is an American classical historian and academic administrator who serves as president of Stanford University.
  • E. Richard Badew
    Richard Badew was a 14th-century English academic and university chancellor best known for helping to establish what later became Clare College at the University of Cambridge.
  • 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: Richard Herbertz
Triple: [Walter Benjamin, doctoralAdvisor, Richard Herbertz]
Generated description
Richard Herbertz was an academic scholar best known for serving as the doctoral advisor to the German philosopher and cultural critic Walter Benjamin.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Richard Herbertz
Target entity description: Richard Herbertz was an academic scholar best known for serving as the doctoral advisor to the German philosopher and cultural critic Walter Benjamin.
  • A. Robert Herbert
    Robert Herbert was a 19th-century British-born politician who became the inaugural Premier of Queensland and played a key role in establishing the colony’s early government.
  • B. Jonathan Alberts
    Jonathan Alberts is a film editor known for his work on independent and character-driven movies, including the romantic drama "Like Crazy."
  • C. Robert Juet
    Robert Juet was an English mariner and navigator best known for serving under Henry Hudson and later participating in the mutiny that ended Hudson’s final voyage.
  • D. Richard Saller
    Richard Saller is an American classical historian and academic administrator who serves as president of Stanford University.
  • E. Richard Badew
    Richard Badew was a 14th-century English academic and university chancellor best known for helping to establish what later became Clare College at the University of Cambridge.
  • 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_69a498dba1d8819093b46a3a8d2485f1 completed March 1, 2026, 7:51 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4c6c78c9481909b210b845aa6e9df completed March 1, 2026, 11:07 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ad2331b49881908672251bb86418df completed March 8, 2026, 7:20 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ad23d86d088190bbea03d5d49bc009 completed March 8, 2026, 7:23 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ad2459c38c8190a8c166c2743a8936 completed March 8, 2026, 7:25 a.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 8:12 p.m.