Triple
T4479453
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Hugo von Seeliger |
E100091
|
entity |
| Predicate | doctoralAdvisor |
P167
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Johann Karl F. Zöllner
Johann Karl F. Zöllner was a 19th-century German astrophysicist and astronomer known for his work on photometry, the study of comets and nebulae, and early investigations into the nature of space.
|
E353106
|
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 Karl F. Zöllner | Statement: [Hugo von Seeliger, doctoralAdvisor, Johann Karl F. Zöllner]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Johann Karl F. Zöllner Context triple: [Hugo von Seeliger, doctoralAdvisor, Johann Karl F. Zöllner]
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A.
Friedrich Zöllner
Friedrich Zöllner was a German astronomer and astrophysicist known for his work on photometry, stellar classification, and early investigations into the nature of comets and the zodiacal light.
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B.
Franz Pökler
Franz Pökler is a German rocket engineer in Thomas Pynchon’s novel "Gravity’s Rainbow," whose work on the V-2 program is intertwined with themes of coercion, guilt, and the dehumanizing machinery of war.
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C.
Eduard Zeller
Eduard Zeller was a 19th-century German philosopher and historian of philosophy, best known for his influential multi-volume work on the philosophy of the ancient Greeks.
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D.
Ludwig Borchardt
Ludwig Borchardt was a German Egyptologist and archaeologist best known for his early 20th-century excavations in Egypt and the discovery of the bust of Nefertiti.
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E.
Philipp Ludwig von Seidel
Philipp Ludwig von Seidel was a 19th-century German mathematician known for his contributions to numerical analysis and optics, including work that led to the Gauss–Seidel iterative method.
- 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 Karl F. Zöllner Triple: [Hugo von Seeliger, doctoralAdvisor, Johann Karl F. Zöllner]
Generated description
Johann Karl F. Zöllner was a 19th-century German astrophysicist and astronomer known for his work on photometry, the study of comets and nebulae, and early investigations into the nature of space.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Johann Karl F. Zöllner Target entity description: Johann Karl F. Zöllner was a 19th-century German astrophysicist and astronomer known for his work on photometry, the study of comets and nebulae, and early investigations into the nature of space.
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A.
Friedrich Zöllner
chosen
Friedrich Zöllner was a German astronomer and astrophysicist known for his work on photometry, stellar classification, and early investigations into the nature of comets and the zodiacal light.
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B.
Franz Pökler
Franz Pökler is a German rocket engineer in Thomas Pynchon’s novel "Gravity’s Rainbow," whose work on the V-2 program is intertwined with themes of coercion, guilt, and the dehumanizing machinery of war.
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C.
Eduard Zeller
Eduard Zeller was a 19th-century German philosopher and historian of philosophy, best known for his influential multi-volume work on the philosophy of the ancient Greeks.
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D.
Ludwig Borchardt
Ludwig Borchardt was a German Egyptologist and archaeologist best known for his early 20th-century excavations in Egypt and the discovery of the bust of Nefertiti.
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E.
Philipp Ludwig von Seidel
Philipp Ludwig von Seidel was a 19th-century German mathematician known for his contributions to numerical analysis and optics, including work that led to the Gauss–Seidel iterative method.
- F. None of above.
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_69b34553cbe48190afa8ac1cac285b86 |
completed | March 12, 2026, 10:59 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69b356db0a008190ad39b68efc095b8d |
completed | March 13, 2026, 12:14 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b6288b22ec8190b327b91130275af5 |
completed | March 15, 2026, 3:33 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69b62977dcc88190aa79e77e42f7a866 |
completed | March 15, 2026, 3:37 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69b629f4a1748190945a02e5f0f3d1d1 |
completed | March 15, 2026, 3:39 a.m. |
Created at: March 12, 2026, 11:35 p.m.