Triple

T2710957
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject University of Basel E59857 entity
Predicate hasNotableAlumnus P51 FINISHED
Object Paracelsus
Paracelsus was a 16th-century Swiss physician, alchemist, and philosopher known for pioneering toxicology and challenging traditional medical doctrines.
E289372 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: Paracelsus | Statement: [University of Basel, hasNotableAlumnus, Paracelsus]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Paracelsus
Context triple: [University of Basel, hasNotableAlumnus, Paracelsus]
  • A. Paracelsus
    Paracelsus is a dramatic poem by Robert Browning that explores the life, ambitions, and inner struggles of the Renaissance physician and alchemist Paracelsus.
  • B. Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa
    Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa was a 16th-century German polymath, occult philosopher, and writer whose works on magic, mysticism, and esotericism profoundly influenced Western occult and hermetic traditions.
  • C. Andreas Vesalius
    Andreas Vesalius was a 16th-century Flemish anatomist and physician whose groundbreaking work "De humani corporis fabrica" revolutionized the study of human anatomy and is considered a cornerstone of modern medicine.
  • D. Athanasius Kircher
    Athanasius Kircher was a 17th-century German Jesuit scholar and polymath known for his wide-ranging works on subjects such as Egyptology, linguistics, comparative religion, and natural philosophy.
  • E. Johann Schreck
    Johann Schreck was a German Jesuit scholar, physician, and botanist of the early 17th century who collaborated with Galileo and contributed to the scientific and medical knowledge of his time.
  • 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: Paracelsus
Triple: [University of Basel, hasNotableAlumnus, Paracelsus]
Generated description
Paracelsus was a 16th-century Swiss physician, alchemist, and philosopher known for pioneering toxicology and challenging traditional medical doctrines.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Paracelsus
Target entity description: Paracelsus was a 16th-century Swiss physician, alchemist, and philosopher known for pioneering toxicology and challenging traditional medical doctrines.
  • A. Paracelsus
    Paracelsus is a dramatic poem by Robert Browning that explores the life, ambitions, and inner struggles of the Renaissance physician and alchemist Paracelsus.
  • B. Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa
    Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa was a 16th-century German polymath, occult philosopher, and writer whose works on magic, mysticism, and esotericism profoundly influenced Western occult and hermetic traditions.
  • C. Andreas Vesalius
    Andreas Vesalius was a 16th-century Flemish anatomist and physician whose groundbreaking work "De humani corporis fabrica" revolutionized the study of human anatomy and is considered a cornerstone of modern medicine.
  • D. Athanasius Kircher
    Athanasius Kircher was a 17th-century German Jesuit scholar and polymath known for his wide-ranging works on subjects such as Egyptology, linguistics, comparative religion, and natural philosophy.
  • E. Johann Schreck
    Johann Schreck was a German Jesuit scholar, physician, and botanist of the early 17th century who collaborated with Galileo and contributed to the scientific and medical knowledge of his time.
  • 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_69ab4ac92a088190bc74bca14038e3de completed March 6, 2026, 9:44 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abda78c4f08190bb1217f08198c4cc completed March 7, 2026, 7:57 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69afaf820e6c8190bc37219eadd57e86 completed March 10, 2026, 5:43 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69afb00441f48190885258dc4fca623e completed March 10, 2026, 5:45 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69afb060af508190b8558a66e883b687 completed March 10, 2026, 5:47 a.m.
Created at: March 6, 2026, 9:55 p.m.