Triple

T3285642
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Bureau for Paranormal Research and Defense E68974 entity
Predicate employs P7 FINISHED
Object Johann Kraus
Johann Kraus is a disembodied ectoplasmic medium and paranormal investigator in the Hellboy universe, known for his work with the Bureau for Paranormal Research and Defense.
E346051 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: Johann Kraus | Statement: [Bureau for Paranormal Research and Defense, employs, Johann Kraus]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Johann Kraus
Context triple: [Bureau for Paranormal Research and Defense, employs, Johann Kraus]
  • A. Friedrich Braun
    Friedrich Braun was a German civil servant best known as the father of Eva Braun, the longtime companion and later wife of Adolf Hitler.
  • B. John D. Kraus
    John D. Kraus was an American physicist, radio astronomer, and antenna engineer known for pioneering contributions to radio telescope design and electromagnetic theory.
  • C. Andreas von Ettingshausen
    Andreas von Ettingshausen was a 19th-century Austrian mathematician and physicist known for his contributions to mathematical education and early work in optics and electricity.
  • D. Ferdinand Braun
    Ferdinand Braun was a German physicist and Nobel laureate best known for his pioneering work on wireless telegraphy and the development of the cathode-ray tube.
  • E. Emil Wolf
    Emil Wolf was a Czech-American physicist renowned for his pioneering contributions to physical optics and co-authoring the seminal textbook "Principles of Optics."
  • 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: Johann Kraus
Triple: [Bureau for Paranormal Research and Defense, employs, Johann Kraus]
Generated description
Johann Kraus is a disembodied ectoplasmic medium and paranormal investigator in the Hellboy universe, known for his work with the Bureau for Paranormal Research and Defense.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Johann Kraus
Target entity description: Johann Kraus is a disembodied ectoplasmic medium and paranormal investigator in the Hellboy universe, known for his work with the Bureau for Paranormal Research and Defense.
  • A. Friedrich Braun
    Friedrich Braun was a German civil servant best known as the father of Eva Braun, the longtime companion and later wife of Adolf Hitler.
  • B. John D. Kraus
    John D. Kraus was an American physicist, radio astronomer, and antenna engineer known for pioneering contributions to radio telescope design and electromagnetic theory.
  • C. Andreas von Ettingshausen
    Andreas von Ettingshausen was a 19th-century Austrian mathematician and physicist known for his contributions to mathematical education and early work in optics and electricity.
  • D. Ferdinand Braun
    Ferdinand Braun was a German physicist and Nobel laureate best known for his pioneering work on wireless telegraphy and the development of the cathode-ray tube.
  • E. Emil Wolf
    Emil Wolf was a Czech-American physicist renowned for his pioneering contributions to physical optics and co-authoring the seminal textbook "Principles of Optics."
  • 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_69ad859c463481909ca4be267336c290 completed March 8, 2026, 2:20 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69adb03918c48190987d7cfd3bda9716 completed March 8, 2026, 5:22 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b2f3cd5f508190ac5abc2dcdf0957d completed March 12, 2026, 5:11 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b2fa5bd7f88190b24377e38f49371b completed March 12, 2026, 5:39 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b309509ab0819083ed192402866470 completed March 12, 2026, 6:43 p.m.
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:10 p.m.