Triple
T3026753
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Gerardus Mercator |
E82793
|
entity |
| Predicate | birthName |
P65
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Gerard de Kremer
Gerard de Kremer, better known by his Latinized name Gerardus Mercator, was a 16th-century Flemish cartographer renowned for creating the Mercator projection and greatly advancing the field of mapmaking.
|
E321731
|
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: Gerard de Kremer | Statement: [Gerardus Mercator, birthName, Gerard de Kremer]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Gerard de Kremer Context triple: [Gerardus Mercator, birthName, Gerard de Kremer]
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A.
Hubert Bruls
Hubert Bruls is a Dutch politician best known as the long-serving mayor of Nijmegen and a prominent figure in national public safety and crisis management.
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B.
Georges Vantongerloo
Georges Vantongerloo was a Belgian abstract artist and sculptor associated with early 20th-century geometric abstraction and the De Stijl movement.
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C.
Gerard Houckgeest
Gerard Houckgeest was a Dutch Golden Age painter renowned for his innovative church interior scenes and architectural perspectives, particularly associated with Delft.
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D.
Egbert Bartholomeusz Kortenaer
Egbert Bartholomeusz Kortenaer was a prominent 17th-century Dutch admiral of the Anglo-Dutch Wars, renowned for his leadership and bravery at sea.
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E.
Johannes van den Bosch
Johannes van den Bosch was a 19th-century Dutch colonial administrator and military officer best known for his influential role in shaping economic and governance policies in the Dutch East Indies.
- 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: Gerard de Kremer Triple: [Gerardus Mercator, birthName, Gerard de Kremer]
Generated description
Gerard de Kremer, better known by his Latinized name Gerardus Mercator, was a 16th-century Flemish cartographer renowned for creating the Mercator projection and greatly advancing the field of mapmaking.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Gerard de Kremer Target entity description: Gerard de Kremer, better known by his Latinized name Gerardus Mercator, was a 16th-century Flemish cartographer renowned for creating the Mercator projection and greatly advancing the field of mapmaking.
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A.
Hubert Bruls
Hubert Bruls is a Dutch politician best known as the long-serving mayor of Nijmegen and a prominent figure in national public safety and crisis management.
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B.
Georges Vantongerloo
Georges Vantongerloo was a Belgian abstract artist and sculptor associated with early 20th-century geometric abstraction and the De Stijl movement.
-
C.
Gerard Houckgeest
Gerard Houckgeest was a Dutch Golden Age painter renowned for his innovative church interior scenes and architectural perspectives, particularly associated with Delft.
-
D.
Egbert Bartholomeusz Kortenaer
Egbert Bartholomeusz Kortenaer was a prominent 17th-century Dutch admiral of the Anglo-Dutch Wars, renowned for his leadership and bravery at sea.
-
E.
Johannes van den Bosch
Johannes van den Bosch was a 19th-century Dutch colonial administrator and military officer best known for his influential role in shaping economic and governance policies in the Dutch East Indies.
- 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_69ad8b21a62881908ec5dd4fba4a187c |
completed | March 8, 2026, 2:43 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69ad9abd85348190aba9e40658697665 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 3:50 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b1deb6dc8c8190a5714894b9ca24a1 |
completed | March 11, 2026, 9:29 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69b1df85a39c8190ada558de530e3772 |
completed | March 11, 2026, 9:32 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69b1e3e6aeb48190914d62616ea0c7e1 |
completed | March 11, 2026, 9:51 p.m. |
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3 p.m.