Triple

T1981840
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject September Testament E43043 entity
Predicate publisher P29 FINISHED
Object Melchior Lotter the Younger
Melchior Lotter the Younger was a 16th-century German printer and publisher known for producing early editions of Martin Luther’s works, including influential Reformation texts.
E221231 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: Melchior Lotter the Younger | Statement: [September Testament, publisher, Melchior Lotter the Younger]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Melchior Lotter the Younger
Context triple: [September Testament, publisher, Melchior Lotter the Younger]
  • A. Jakob Andreae
    Jakob Andreae was a 16th-century German Lutheran theologian and church leader who played a key role in shaping post-Reformation Lutheran doctrine.
  • B. Hans Burgkmair the Elder
    Hans Burgkmair the Elder was a prominent German Renaissance painter and printmaker known for his innovative woodcuts and contributions to early book illustration in Augsburg.
  • C. Hans Luther
    Hans Luther was the father of Protestant Reformer Martin Luther, a German miner and smelter who rose to become a relatively prosperous businessman in early 16th-century Saxony.
  • D. Hans Luther
    Hans Luther was a German politician and statesman who served as Chancellor and later as Reichsbank president during the Weimar Republic, playing a key role in stabilizing Germany’s postwar economy and diplomacy.
  • E. Balthasar Gérard
    Balthasar Gérard was a French Catholic zealot best known for assassinating William the Silent, leader of the Dutch Revolt, in 1584.
  • 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: Melchior Lotter the Younger
Triple: [September Testament, publisher, Melchior Lotter the Younger]
Generated description
Melchior Lotter the Younger was a 16th-century German printer and publisher known for producing early editions of Martin Luther’s works, including influential Reformation texts.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Melchior Lotter the Younger
Target entity description: Melchior Lotter the Younger was a 16th-century German printer and publisher known for producing early editions of Martin Luther’s works, including influential Reformation texts.
  • A. Jakob Andreae
    Jakob Andreae was a 16th-century German Lutheran theologian and church leader who played a key role in shaping post-Reformation Lutheran doctrine.
  • B. Hans Burgkmair the Elder
    Hans Burgkmair the Elder was a prominent German Renaissance painter and printmaker known for his innovative woodcuts and contributions to early book illustration in Augsburg.
  • C. Hans Luther
    Hans Luther was the father of Protestant Reformer Martin Luther, a German miner and smelter who rose to become a relatively prosperous businessman in early 16th-century Saxony.
  • D. Hans Luther
    Hans Luther was a German politician and statesman who served as Chancellor and later as Reichsbank president during the Weimar Republic, playing a key role in stabilizing Germany’s postwar economy and diplomacy.
  • E. Balthasar Gérard
    Balthasar Gérard was a French Catholic zealot best known for assassinating William the Silent, leader of the Dutch Revolt, in 1584.
  • 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_69a88713ddc88190a969715658ebe7a8 completed March 4, 2026, 7:25 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abb81ddddc819099acc2740de0b236 completed March 7, 2026, 5:31 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ae032e1f648190acb502b9f82fe8c2 completed March 8, 2026, 11:15 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ae03b52ed08190a8c8fb8f81073bb3 completed March 8, 2026, 11:18 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ae0433b90c81909af348d9a3dcdbec completed March 8, 2026, 11:20 p.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:37 p.m.