Triple

T2973817
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject University of Breslau E80345 entity
Predicate hadNotableFaculty P21690 FINISHED
Object Ferdinand Cohn
Ferdinand Cohn was a pioneering 19th-century German biologist and one of the founders of modern bacteriology, known for his groundbreaking work on bacterial classification and physiology.
E316951 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: Ferdinand Cohn | Statement: [University of Breslau, hadNotableFaculty, Ferdinand Cohn]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ferdinand Cohn
Context triple: [University of Breslau, hadNotableFaculty, Ferdinand Cohn]
  • A. Heinrich Anton de Bary
    Heinrich Anton de Bary was a pioneering 19th-century German botanist and mycologist, widely regarded as the founder of modern plant pathology and the study of symbiosis.
  • B. Theodor Escherich
    Theodor Escherich was an Austrian pediatrician and bacteriologist best known for discovering and describing the bacterium Escherichia coli (E. coli).
  • C. Heinrich von Liebieg
    Heinrich von Liebieg was a prominent German industrialist and art patron whose collection and philanthropy significantly supported cultural institutions in Germany.
  • D. Eduard Buchner
    Eduard Buchner was a German chemist and Nobel laureate renowned for his groundbreaking work on cell-free fermentation, which helped establish biochemistry as a distinct scientific discipline.
  • E. Theodor Krafft
    Theodor Krafft is a person notable enough to be recognized as a significant bearer of the surname Krafft.
  • 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: Ferdinand Cohn
Triple: [University of Breslau, hadNotableFaculty, Ferdinand Cohn]
Generated description
Ferdinand Cohn was a pioneering 19th-century German biologist and one of the founders of modern bacteriology, known for his groundbreaking work on bacterial classification and physiology.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ferdinand Cohn
Target entity description: Ferdinand Cohn was a pioneering 19th-century German biologist and one of the founders of modern bacteriology, known for his groundbreaking work on bacterial classification and physiology.
  • A. Heinrich Anton de Bary
    Heinrich Anton de Bary was a pioneering 19th-century German botanist and mycologist, widely regarded as the founder of modern plant pathology and the study of symbiosis.
  • B. Theodor Escherich
    Theodor Escherich was an Austrian pediatrician and bacteriologist best known for discovering and describing the bacterium Escherichia coli (E. coli).
  • C. Heinrich von Liebieg
    Heinrich von Liebieg was a prominent German industrialist and art patron whose collection and philanthropy significantly supported cultural institutions in Germany.
  • D. Eduard Buchner
    Eduard Buchner was a German chemist and Nobel laureate renowned for his groundbreaking work on cell-free fermentation, which helped establish biochemistry as a distinct scientific discipline.
  • E. Theodor Krafft
    Theodor Krafft is a person notable enough to be recognized as a significant bearer of the surname Krafft.
  • F. None of above. chosen
PD Predicate disambiguation gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: hadNotableFaculty
Context triple: [University of Breslau, hadNotableFaculty, Ferdinand Cohn]
  • A. hasNotableFacultyField
    Indicates that an institution’s notable faculty are associated with or specialize in a particular academic or professional field.
  • B. hasFaculty
    Indicates that an institution or department possesses or is associated with one or more faculty members.
  • C. hasNotableAlumniType
    Indicates that an entity has notable alumni belonging to a specified category or type.
  • D. hasNotableMathematician
    Indicates that an entity is associated with or linked to a mathematician who is considered notable or distinguished.
  • E. hasNotableScholar chosen
    Indicates that an entity is associated with a scholar who is recognized as particularly distinguished or influential in relation to that entity.
  • F. None of above.

Provenance (6 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_69ad8b14ffe881908ffed62f9595c867 completed March 8, 2026, 2:43 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69ad9987bb6c8190adfb447b76276962 completed March 8, 2026, 3:45 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b108e6a5448190ae32e6d2db8e7248 completed March 11, 2026, 6:17 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b10a9ba2248190b756cb92437f49ec completed March 11, 2026, 6:24 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b10bb131e48190b0982db3a9656ddc completed March 11, 2026, 6:29 a.m.
PD Predicate disambiguation batch_69ad96105a708190a9ec4838cbcb1207 completed March 8, 2026, 3:30 p.m.
Created at: March 8, 2026, 2:58 p.m.