Triple

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Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Century Trilogy E401408 entity
Predicate hasMainFamily P45208 FINISHED
Object von Ulrich family
The von Ulrich family is a central German aristocratic family in Ken Follett’s Century Trilogy, whose members’ lives intertwine with major political and social upheavals of the 20th century.
 E1218881 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 Ulrich family | Statement: [Century Trilogy, hasMainFamily, von Ulrich family]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: von Ulrich family
Context triple: [Century Trilogy, hasMainFamily, von Ulrich family]
  • A. Uylenburgh family
    The Uylenburgh family was a prominent Dutch family in the 17th century, known especially for its connections to the art world and to painter Rembrandt van Rijn.
  • B. von Tucher family
    The von Tucher family is a prominent patrician lineage from Nuremberg, Germany, historically influential in commerce, politics, and cultural patronage.
  • C. von Westphalen family
    The von Westphalen family was a prominent Prussian aristocratic family known in part for its connection to Karl Marx through his wife, Jenny von Westphalen.
  • D. Wuerfel family
    The Wuerfel family is a namesake family recognized for its significant contributions or connections to the community associated with Wuerfel Park.
  • E. von der Osten-Sacken family
    The von der Osten-Sacken family is a German noble lineage historically associated with the aristocracy of Central and Eastern Europe.
  • 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 Ulrich family
Triple: [Century Trilogy, hasMainFamily, von Ulrich family]
Generated description
The von Ulrich family is a central German aristocratic family in Ken Follett’s Century Trilogy, whose members’ lives intertwine with major political and social upheavals of the 20th century.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: von Ulrich family
Target entity description: The von Ulrich family is a central German aristocratic family in Ken Follett’s Century Trilogy, whose members’ lives intertwine with major political and social upheavals of the 20th century.
  • A. Uylenburgh family
    The Uylenburgh family was a prominent Dutch family in the 17th century, known especially for its connections to the art world and to painter Rembrandt van Rijn.
  • B. von Tucher family
    The von Tucher family is a prominent patrician lineage from Nuremberg, Germany, historically influential in commerce, politics, and cultural patronage.
  • C. von Westphalen family
    The von Westphalen family was a prominent Prussian aristocratic family known in part for its connection to Karl Marx through his wife, Jenny von Westphalen.
  • D. Wuerfel family
    The Wuerfel family is a namesake family recognized for its significant contributions or connections to the community associated with Wuerfel Park.
  • E. von der Osten-Sacken family
    The von der Osten-Sacken family is a German noble lineage historically associated with the aristocracy of Central and Eastern Europe.
  • 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_69d883838abc8190bc79cb2d41733ce2 completed April 10, 2026, 4:58 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e32ed323c081908218460aa4ae3cf6 completed April 18, 2026, 7:12 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a00608b7f6081909912dd575979f8d7 completed May 10, 2026, 10:40 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a0062b6637c81908a619e36af7d6989 completed May 10, 2026, 10:49 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a00639024d08190a46256691e89953a completed May 10, 2026, 10:53 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:14 a.m.