Triple

T2463824
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Franz Stangl E55195 entity
Predicate interviewedBy P40000 FINISHED
Object Gitta Sereny
Gitta Sereny was an Austrian-born British journalist and historian known for her in-depth investigations into Nazi war crimes and the psychology of perpetrators.
E268157 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: Gitta Sereny | Statement: [Franz Stangl, interviewedBy, Gitta Sereny]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Gitta Sereny
Context triple: [Franz Stangl, interviewedBy, Gitta Sereny]
  • A. Judith Thurman
    Judith Thurman is an American writer and biographer best known for her acclaimed literary biographies and long-form essays in The New Yorker.
  • B. Joan Sobel
    Joan Sobel is a film editor best known for her work on critically acclaimed films such as "A Single Man."
  • C. Maria Nuzberg
    Maria Nuzberg was the wife of Vasily Stalin, the son of Soviet leader Joseph Stalin.
  • D. Dorothie Hellman
    Dorothie Hellman is an American peace activist and author known for her work on conflict resolution and for coauthoring books on personal and global peace with her husband, cryptographer Martin Hellman.
  • E. Martha Gellhorn
    Martha Gellhorn was a renowned American war correspondent and novelist, celebrated for her vivid frontline reporting across multiple 20th-century conflicts.
  • 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: Gitta Sereny
Triple: [Franz Stangl, interviewedBy, Gitta Sereny]
Generated description
Gitta Sereny was an Austrian-born British journalist and historian known for her in-depth investigations into Nazi war crimes and the psychology of perpetrators.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Gitta Sereny
Target entity description: Gitta Sereny was an Austrian-born British journalist and historian known for her in-depth investigations into Nazi war crimes and the psychology of perpetrators.
  • A. Judith Thurman
    Judith Thurman is an American writer and biographer best known for her acclaimed literary biographies and long-form essays in The New Yorker.
  • B. Joan Sobel
    Joan Sobel is a film editor best known for her work on critically acclaimed films such as "A Single Man."
  • C. Maria Nuzberg
    Maria Nuzberg was the wife of Vasily Stalin, the son of Soviet leader Joseph Stalin.
  • D. Dorothie Hellman
    Dorothie Hellman is an American peace activist and author known for her work on conflict resolution and for coauthoring books on personal and global peace with her husband, cryptographer Martin Hellman.
  • E. Martha Gellhorn
    Martha Gellhorn was a renowned American war correspondent and novelist, celebrated for her vivid frontline reporting across multiple 20th-century conflicts.
  • F. None of above. chosen
PD Predicate disambiguation gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: interviewedBy
Context triple: [Franz Stangl, interviewedBy, Gitta Sereny]
  • A. interviewees
    Indicates that certain entities are the subjects or participants being questioned or evaluated in an interview process.
  • B. hasGivenNumberOfInterviewsAbout
    Indicates that an entity has conducted or participated in a specified number of interviews concerning another entity or topic.
  • C. wereInternedBy
    Indicates that an entity was forcibly confined, detained, or held in an internment facility by another entity (typically an authority or government).
  • D. notablePersonDiscussed
    Indicates that the subject entity includes or features a discussion about the referenced notable person.
  • E. influencedPerson
    Indicates that one entity has affected, shaped, or guided the thoughts, behavior, or development of another person.
  • F. None of above. chosen

Provenance (7 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_69ab49e3622c8190ad22afa2c4fbb807 completed March 6, 2026, 9:40 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abd2bc7b5481908b3664495e99f1a4 completed March 7, 2026, 7:24 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69aef0d6ed7481909e900f947463d5d8 completed March 9, 2026, 4:09 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69aef186935c81909301659a96e1a4e2 completed March 9, 2026, 4:12 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69aef8272668819084626e890a49e1b3 completed March 9, 2026, 4:41 p.m.
PD Predicate disambiguation batch_69abd0b3ea308190a6d8499c2a542c50 completed March 7, 2026, 7:16 a.m.
PDg Predicate description generation batch_69abd2baee308190bdaa41ef1f6bc9cc completed March 7, 2026, 7:24 a.m.
Created at: March 6, 2026, 9:44 p.m.