Triple
T23139403
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Ernst Volgenau |
E577417
|
entity |
| Predicate | familyName |
P18
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Volgenau |
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|
NE NERFINISHED |
How this triple was built (3 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: Volgenau | Statement: [Ernst Volgenau, familyName, Volgenau]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Volgenau Context triple: [Ernst Volgenau, familyName, Volgenau]
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A.
Aller Valley
Aller Valley is a scenic river valley region in Lower Saxony, Germany, shaped by the course of the Aller River and known for its rural landscapes and small historic towns.
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B.
Frederick Valley
Frederick Valley is a broad agricultural and residential valley in central Maryland, known for its scenic landscapes and the city of Frederick nestled within it.
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C.
Loose Valley
Loose Valley is a scenic valley in Kent, England, known for its historic mills, nature reserves, and the River Loose running through it.
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D.
Catoctin Creek
Catoctin Creek is a tributary of the Potomac River in northern Virginia known for flowing through rural Loudoun County and forming part of the boundary near Lovettsville.
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E.
Hermitage Valley
Hermitage Valley is a scenic valley known for being traversed by the Hermitage Water in the Scottish Borders.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Volgenau Target entity description: Volgenau is a surname most notably associated with American engineer and philanthropist Ernst Volgenau, founder of the technology and consulting firm SRA International.
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A.
Aller Valley
Aller Valley is a scenic river valley region in Lower Saxony, Germany, shaped by the course of the Aller River and known for its rural landscapes and small historic towns.
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B.
Frederick Valley
Frederick Valley is a broad agricultural and residential valley in central Maryland, known for its scenic landscapes and the city of Frederick nestled within it.
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C.
Loose Valley
Loose Valley is a scenic valley in Kent, England, known for its historic mills, nature reserves, and the River Loose running through it.
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D.
Catoctin Creek
Catoctin Creek is a tributary of the Potomac River in northern Virginia known for flowing through rural Loudoun County and forming part of the boundary near Lovettsville.
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E.
Hermitage Valley
Hermitage Valley is a scenic valley known for being traversed by the Hermitage Water in the Scottish Borders.
- F. None of above. chosen
Provenance (2 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_69e245f8e6248190ba3d58e068b4dccb |
completed | April 17, 2026, 2:38 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69f18e8e23988190814524f63a7efe36 |
completed | April 29, 2026, 4:52 a.m. |
Created at: April 17, 2026, 4 p.m.