Triple

T15342950
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Karl May E366842 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object Old Surehand
Old Surehand is a Western adventure novel by German author Karl May, featuring frontier exploits in the American Wild West.
 E1150978 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: Old Surehand | Statement: [Karl May, notableWork, Old Surehand]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Old Surehand
Context triple: [Karl May, notableWork, Old Surehand]
  • A. Old Man
    "Old Man" is a classic folk-rock song by Neil Young, known for its reflective lyrics about aging and life perspective, originally released on his 1972 album "Harvest."
  • B. Old Man
    Old Man is the central, allegorical figure in the work "Purgatory," embodying themes of guilt, suffering, and spiritual reckoning.
  • C. The Old Man
    The Old Man is the underworld nickname of Russell Bufalino, a powerful mid-20th-century American mob boss associated with the Bufalino crime family and alleged ties to major organized crime events.
  • D. The Old Man
    The Old Man is a thriller drama television series starring Jeff Bridges as a former CIA operative forced back into hiding and conflict when his past catches up with him.
  • E. The Old Man
    The Old Man is a character or section within the work "The Use of Ashes," likely serving as a central, reflective figure that contributes to the work’s thematic depth.
  • 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: Old Surehand
Triple: [Karl May, notableWork, Old Surehand]
Generated description
Old Surehand is a Western adventure novel by German author Karl May, featuring frontier exploits in the American Wild West.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Old Surehand
Target entity description: Old Surehand is a Western adventure novel by German author Karl May, featuring frontier exploits in the American Wild West.
  • A. Old Man
    "Old Man" is a classic folk-rock song by Neil Young, known for its reflective lyrics about aging and life perspective, originally released on his 1972 album "Harvest."
  • B. Old Man
    Old Man is the central, allegorical figure in the work "Purgatory," embodying themes of guilt, suffering, and spiritual reckoning.
  • C. The Old Man
    The Old Man is the underworld nickname of Russell Bufalino, a powerful mid-20th-century American mob boss associated with the Bufalino crime family and alleged ties to major organized crime events.
  • D. The Old Man
    The Old Man is a thriller drama television series starring Jeff Bridges as a former CIA operative forced back into hiding and conflict when his past catches up with him.
  • E. The Old Man
    The Old Man is a character or section within the work "The Use of Ashes," likely serving as a central, reflective figure that contributes to the work’s thematic depth.
  • 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_69d85a1355608190a6673ddb67231d54 completed April 10, 2026, 2:01 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e03e14d8088190876fceca75d12322 completed April 16, 2026, 1:40 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ff01f70e688190bb6a073e49ff968c completed May 9, 2026, 9:44 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ff02745d1c819099f6261eced78dd0 completed May 9, 2026, 9:46 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ff031d58048190852dae8a18981d35 completed May 9, 2026, 9:49 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 3:17 a.m.