Triple

T1963247
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Buddenbrooks E42632 entity
Predicate protagonistFamily P27815 FINISHED
Object Buddenbrook family
The Buddenbrook family is a fictional wealthy merchant dynasty from Lübeck whose multigenerational rise and decline are chronicled in Thomas Mann’s novel "Buddenbrooks."
E220666 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (5 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: Buddenbrook family | Statement: [Buddenbrooks, protagonistFamily, Buddenbrook family]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Buddenbrook family
Context triple: [Buddenbrooks, protagonistFamily, Buddenbrook family]
  • A. Neustadt family
    The Neustadt family is a philanthropic family known for endowing and supporting the prestigious Neustadt International Prize for Literature.
  • B. Kaufmann family
    The Kaufmann family was a prominent Pittsburgh retail family best known as the original owners and patrons of Frank Lloyd Wright’s iconic Fallingwater house.
  • C. Heckscher family
    The Heckscher family is a prominent philanthropic family known for its significant contributions to public parks, cultural institutions, and civic projects, particularly in New York.
  • D. Schenckingh family
    The Schenckingh family was a prominent colonial-era family associated with the Goose Creek area in the Province of South Carolina.
  • E. Warburg family
    The Warburg family is a prominent German-Jewish banking and philanthropic dynasty influential in international finance, culture, and public life from the 19th century onward.
  • 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: Buddenbrook family
Triple: [Buddenbrooks, protagonistFamily, Buddenbrook family]
Generated description
The Buddenbrook family is a fictional wealthy merchant dynasty from Lübeck whose multigenerational rise and decline are chronicled in Thomas Mann’s novel "Buddenbrooks."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Buddenbrook family
Target entity description: The Buddenbrook family is a fictional wealthy merchant dynasty from Lübeck whose multigenerational rise and decline are chronicled in Thomas Mann’s novel "Buddenbrooks."
  • A. Neustadt family
    The Neustadt family is a philanthropic family known for endowing and supporting the prestigious Neustadt International Prize for Literature.
  • B. Kaufmann family
    The Kaufmann family was a prominent Pittsburgh retail family best known as the original owners and patrons of Frank Lloyd Wright’s iconic Fallingwater house.
  • C. Heckscher family
    The Heckscher family is a prominent philanthropic family known for its significant contributions to public parks, cultural institutions, and civic projects, particularly in New York.
  • D. Schenckingh family
    The Schenckingh family was a prominent colonial-era family associated with the Goose Creek area in the Province of South Carolina.
  • E. Warburg family
    The Warburg family is a prominent German-Jewish banking and philanthropic dynasty influential in international finance, culture, and public life from the 19th century onward.
  • F. None of above. chosen
PD Predicate disambiguation gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: protagonistFamily
Context triple: [Buddenbrooks, protagonistFamily, Buddenbrook family]
  • A. familyOf
    Indicates a familial relationship exists between the entities, such as by blood, marriage, or adoption.
  • B. familyGroup chosen
    Indicates that multiple entities are related to each other as members of the same family unit or household.
  • C. protagonistIs
    Indicates that one entity serves as the main character or central figure in relation to another entity or narrative context.
  • D. protagonistType
    Indicates the role or category that the main character (protagonist) of a story or scenario belongs to.
  • E. ownerFamily
    Indicates that a family has ownership or proprietary rights over a particular entity or resource.
  • F. None of above.

Provenance (6 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_69a88711151c8190940b2572095059d7 completed March 4, 2026, 7:25 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abb68a8e608190bc37a85913b3cd44 completed March 7, 2026, 5:24 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69adfbd32eb88190a2069b6490b12e5d completed March 8, 2026, 10:44 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69adfc50a3488190afe44ee5125d9ebd completed March 8, 2026, 10:46 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69adfcdccce48190a2591b90c81ad084 completed March 8, 2026, 10:49 p.m.
PD Predicate disambiguation batch_69abaff5dbd48190a9d36ca60de151db completed March 7, 2026, 4:56 a.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:36 p.m.