Triple

T14964035
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Heinrich von Stephan E373140 entity
Predicate familyName P18 FINISHED
Object von Stephan
Von Stephan is a German surname most notably associated with Heinrich von Stephan, the 19th-century statesman who reorganized the German postal system and helped found the Universal Postal Union.
 E1130583 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: von Stephan | Statement: [Heinrich von Stephan, familyName, von Stephan]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: von Stephan
Context triple: [Heinrich von Stephan, familyName, von Stephan]
  • A. Stephan
    Stephan is a masculine given name, commonly used in German- and Dutch-speaking countries, that is a variant of the name Stephen.
  • B. von Kühn
    von Kühn is a German noble family name historically associated with figures such as Sophie von Kühn.
  • C. von Schlebrügge
    von Schlebrügge is the aristocratic German-Swedish family name of Nena von Schlebrügge, a former fashion model and mother of actress Uma Thurman.
  • D. von Münnich
    von Münnich is the noble German family name of Burkhard Christoph von Münnich, an 18th-century military commander and statesman who served in the Russian Empire.
  • E. von Sonnenthal
    Von Sonnenthal is a German-language surname historically associated with notable figures in Central European theater and culture.
  • 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: von Stephan
Triple: [Heinrich von Stephan, familyName, von Stephan]
Generated description
Von Stephan is a German surname most notably associated with Heinrich von Stephan, the 19th-century statesman who reorganized the German postal system and helped found the Universal Postal Union.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: von Stephan
Target entity description: Von Stephan is a German surname most notably associated with Heinrich von Stephan, the 19th-century statesman who reorganized the German postal system and helped found the Universal Postal Union.
  • A. Stephan
    Stephan is a masculine given name, commonly used in German- and Dutch-speaking countries, that is a variant of the name Stephen.
  • B. von Kühn
    von Kühn is a German noble family name historically associated with figures such as Sophie von Kühn.
  • C. von Schlebrügge
    von Schlebrügge is the aristocratic German-Swedish family name of Nena von Schlebrügge, a former fashion model and mother of actress Uma Thurman.
  • D. von Münnich
    von Münnich is the noble German family name of Burkhard Christoph von Münnich, an 18th-century military commander and statesman who served in the Russian Empire.
  • E. von Sonnenthal
    Von Sonnenthal is a German-language surname historically associated with notable figures in Central European theater and culture.
  • 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_69d85cca979481908747d2a81eba1cea completed April 10, 2026, 2:13 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69ded6d0487c8190b7754af8c5014b37 completed April 15, 2026, 12:07 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69fe8bdeec408190893d1db9254da24e completed May 9, 2026, 1:20 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69fe90383bd081908bc754655c203695 completed May 9, 2026, 1:39 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69fe90ec50e081909ab267fee2b069bc completed May 9, 2026, 1:42 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 2:40 a.m.