Triple
T1963250
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Buddenbrooks |
E42632
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableCharacter |
P1481
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Christian Buddenbrook
Christian Buddenbrook is a key member of the merchant family in Thomas Mann’s novel "Buddenbrooks," known for his eccentric, hypochondriacal nature and inability to conform to bourgeois expectations.
|
E221790
|
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: Christian Buddenbrook | Statement: [Buddenbrooks, notableCharacter, Christian Buddenbrook]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Christian Buddenbrook Context triple: [Buddenbrooks, notableCharacter, Christian Buddenbrook]
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A.
Tony Buddenbrook
Tony Buddenbrook is a central character in Thomas Mann’s novel "Buddenbrooks," embodying the decline of a wealthy Lübeck merchant family through her ill-fated marriages and conflicted sense of duty and personal desire.
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B.
Thomas Buddenbrook
Thomas Buddenbrook is the ambitious yet increasingly disillusioned head of a wealthy merchant family in Thomas Mann’s novel "Buddenbrooks," whose life reflects the decline of his bourgeois dynasty.
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C.
Elke Büdenbender
Elke Büdenbender is a German judge who serves as the First Lady of Germany as the wife of President Frank-Walter Steinmeier.
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D.
Tonio Kröger
Tonio Kröger is a novella by Thomas Mann that explores the inner conflict of an artist torn between bourgeois respectability and bohemian creativity.
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E.
Tibby Schlegel
Tibby Schlegel is a fictional character from E. M. Forster's novel "Howards End," known as the younger, somewhat self-absorbed brother in the Schlegel family.
- 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: Christian Buddenbrook Triple: [Buddenbrooks, notableCharacter, Christian Buddenbrook]
Generated description
Christian Buddenbrook is a key member of the merchant family in Thomas Mann’s novel "Buddenbrooks," known for his eccentric, hypochondriacal nature and inability to conform to bourgeois expectations.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Christian Buddenbrook Target entity description: Christian Buddenbrook is a key member of the merchant family in Thomas Mann’s novel "Buddenbrooks," known for his eccentric, hypochondriacal nature and inability to conform to bourgeois expectations.
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A.
Tony Buddenbrook
Tony Buddenbrook is a central character in Thomas Mann’s novel "Buddenbrooks," embodying the decline of a wealthy Lübeck merchant family through her ill-fated marriages and conflicted sense of duty and personal desire.
-
B.
Thomas Buddenbrook
Thomas Buddenbrook is the ambitious yet increasingly disillusioned head of a wealthy merchant family in Thomas Mann’s novel "Buddenbrooks," whose life reflects the decline of his bourgeois dynasty.
-
C.
Elke Büdenbender
Elke Büdenbender is a German judge who serves as the First Lady of Germany as the wife of President Frank-Walter Steinmeier.
-
D.
Tonio Kröger
Tonio Kröger is a novella by Thomas Mann that explores the inner conflict of an artist torn between bourgeois respectability and bohemian creativity.
-
E.
Tibby Schlegel
Tibby Schlegel is a fictional character from E. M. Forster's novel "Howards End," known as the younger, somewhat self-absorbed brother in the Schlegel family.
- 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_69a88711151c8190940b2572095059d7 |
completed | March 4, 2026, 7:25 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69abb3ac31a08190abaecac8badc52c7 |
completed | March 7, 2026, 5:12 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ae031ef4e48190af93dfd6f33184d3 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 11:15 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69ae0386785c8190ae74e5f04a4809fc |
completed | March 8, 2026, 11:17 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69ae042728f48190850848116a371794 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 11:20 p.m. |
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:36 p.m.