Triple

T16621569
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Battle of Halfaya Pass E403843 entity
Predicate commander P1061 FINISHED
Object Maximilian von Herff
Maximilian von Herff was a German SS officer and military commander during World War II who later served as chief of the SS Personnel Main Office.
E1259785 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: Maximilian von Herff | Statement: [Battle of Halfaya Pass, commander, Maximilian von Herff]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Maximilian von Herff
Context triple: [Battle of Halfaya Pass, commander, Maximilian von Herff]
  • A. Maximilian von Laffert
    Maximilian von Laffert was a German general of the First World War, noted for leading German forces during the Battle of Fromelles on the Western Front.
  • B. Maximilian von Welsch
    Maximilian von Welsch was a prominent German Baroque architect known for his work on major princely residences and fortifications in the early 18th century.
  • C. Franz von Holzhausen
    Franz von Holzhausen is an American automobile designer best known as Tesla’s chief designer, responsible for the styling of vehicles such as the Model S, Model 3, Model X, Model Y, and the Cybertruck.
  • D. Karl von Liebenstein
    Karl von Liebenstein was a German military commander who led Axis forces during World War II, notably in the Dodecanese campaign including the Battle of Leros.
  • E. Franz Ludwig von Erthal
    Franz Ludwig von Erthal was an 18th-century German prince-bishop known for his enlightened reforms and patronage of education and culture in the Franconian region.
  • 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: Maximilian von Herff
Triple: [Battle of Halfaya Pass, commander, Maximilian von Herff]
Generated description
Maximilian von Herff was a German SS officer and military commander during World War II who later served as chief of the SS Personnel Main Office.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Maximilian von Herff
Target entity description: Maximilian von Herff was a German SS officer and military commander during World War II who later served as chief of the SS Personnel Main Office.
  • A. Maximilian von Laffert
    Maximilian von Laffert was a German general of the First World War, noted for leading German forces during the Battle of Fromelles on the Western Front.
  • B. Maximilian von Welsch
    Maximilian von Welsch was a prominent German Baroque architect known for his work on major princely residences and fortifications in the early 18th century.
  • C. Franz von Holzhausen
    Franz von Holzhausen is an American automobile designer best known as Tesla’s chief designer, responsible for the styling of vehicles such as the Model S, Model 3, Model X, Model Y, and the Cybertruck.
  • D. Karl von Liebenstein
    Karl von Liebenstein was a German military commander who led Axis forces during World War II, notably in the Dodecanese campaign including the Battle of Leros.
  • E. Franz Ludwig von Erthal
    Franz Ludwig von Erthal was an 18th-century German prince-bishop known for his enlightened reforms and patronage of education and culture in the Franconian region.
  • 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_69d883897eb481909eaaa088ba9918d9 completed April 10, 2026, 4:58 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e3754e80ec8190b3c66b33dbc7463c completed April 18, 2026, 12:13 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a0179313470819090351e937ea34701 completed May 11, 2026, 6:37 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a01798f94948190ae8021e5d4119ca1 completed May 11, 2026, 6:39 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a0179e4d5148190bf8049a5e0063852 completed May 11, 2026, 6:40 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:17 a.m.