Triple

T1924138
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Douglas Hofstadter E40189 entity
Predicate influencedBy P9 FINISHED
Object M. C. Escher
M. C. Escher was a Dutch graphic artist renowned for his mathematically inspired woodcuts and lithographs featuring impossible constructions, tessellations, and explorations of infinity.
E214968 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: M. C. Escher | Statement: [Douglas Hofstadter, influencedBy, M. C. Escher]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: M. C. Escher
Context triple: [Douglas Hofstadter, influencedBy, M. C. Escher]
  • A. Paul Klee
    Paul Klee was a Swiss-German modernist painter renowned for his highly individual style that blended abstraction, color theory, and playful symbolism, and for his influential teaching at the Bauhaus.
  • B. René Magritte
    René Magritte was a Belgian surrealist painter known for his witty, thought-provoking images that challenge observers’ perceptions of reality.
  • C. Karel Appel
    Karel Appel was a Dutch painter, sculptor, and co-founder of the avant-garde CoBrA movement, known for his expressive, colorful, and often abstract works.
  • D. Koloman Moser
    Koloman Moser was an influential Austrian artist and designer, co-founder of the Vienna Secession and Wiener Werkstätte, known for his pioneering role in early modern graphic, furniture, and decorative arts design.
  • E. Theo van Doesburg
    Theo van Doesburg was a Dutch artist, designer, and key figure of the De Stijl movement, known for his abstract geometric compositions and influential theoretical writings on modern art and architecture.
  • 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: M. C. Escher
Triple: [Douglas Hofstadter, influencedBy, M. C. Escher]
Generated description
M. C. Escher was a Dutch graphic artist renowned for his mathematically inspired woodcuts and lithographs featuring impossible constructions, tessellations, and explorations of infinity.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: M. C. Escher
Target entity description: M. C. Escher was a Dutch graphic artist renowned for his mathematically inspired woodcuts and lithographs featuring impossible constructions, tessellations, and explorations of infinity.
  • A. Paul Klee
    Paul Klee was a Swiss-German modernist painter renowned for his highly individual style that blended abstraction, color theory, and playful symbolism, and for his influential teaching at the Bauhaus.
  • B. René Magritte
    René Magritte was a Belgian surrealist painter known for his witty, thought-provoking images that challenge observers’ perceptions of reality.
  • C. Karel Appel
    Karel Appel was a Dutch painter, sculptor, and co-founder of the avant-garde CoBrA movement, known for his expressive, colorful, and often abstract works.
  • D. Koloman Moser
    Koloman Moser was an influential Austrian artist and designer, co-founder of the Vienna Secession and Wiener Werkstätte, known for his pioneering role in early modern graphic, furniture, and decorative arts design.
  • E. Theo van Doesburg
    Theo van Doesburg was a Dutch artist, designer, and key figure of the De Stijl movement, known for his abstract geometric compositions and influential theoretical writings on modern art and architecture.
  • 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_69a8864298748190a2f2fd34f7ef8d77 completed March 4, 2026, 7:21 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abb2359ca0819082b514a34c469b21 completed March 7, 2026, 5:05 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69adf3e6678881908d72de7e0f19a648 completed March 8, 2026, 10:10 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69adf472aca881908d99cf5bfcae3094 completed March 8, 2026, 10:13 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69adf50d93c88190aa1cbf96526558b6 completed March 8, 2026, 10:15 p.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:35 p.m.