Triple

T4706026
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Andreas Gursky E104389 entity
Predicate notableEvent P259 FINISHED
Object Rhein II became the most expensive photograph sold at auction in 2011
Andreas Gursky is a German photographer renowned for his large-scale, digitally manipulated images of contemporary landscapes and architecture.
E463737 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: Rhein II became the most expensive photograph sold at auction in 2011 | Statement: [Andreas Gursky, notableEvent, Rhein II became the most expensive photograph sold at auction in 2011]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Rhein II became the most expensive photograph sold at auction in 2011
Context triple: [Andreas Gursky, notableEvent, Rhein II became the most expensive photograph sold at auction in 2011]
  • A. Untitled (1982) sold for over 100 million USD at auction
    "Untitled" (1982) is a landmark neo-expressionist painting by Jean-Michel Basquiat, celebrated as one of his most iconic works and a symbol of his meteoric rise in the contemporary art world.
  • B. Salvator Mundi
    Salvator Mundi is a Renaissance painting depicting Christ as the Savior of the World, widely attributed to Leonardo da Vinci and known as one of the most expensive artworks ever sold.
  • C. Inverted Jenny stamp block
    The Inverted Jenny stamp block is a famously misprinted 1918 U.S. airmail stamp sheet segment depicting an upside-down biplane, considered one of the most iconic and valuable philatelic errors in the world.
  • D. The Concert by Johannes Vermeer (stolen)
    The Concert by Johannes Vermeer (stolen) is a rare 17th-century Dutch interior scene painting, best known today as one of the most valuable artworks ever stolen, taken in the infamous 1990 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum heist and still missing.
  • E. Bavarian crown jewels
    The Bavarian crown jewels are the historic regalia and ceremonial treasures of the former Kingdom of Bavaria, including crowns, scepters, and other symbols of royal authority.
  • 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: Rhein II became the most expensive photograph sold at auction in 2011
Triple: [Andreas Gursky, notableEvent, Rhein II became the most expensive photograph sold at auction in 2011]
Generated description
Andreas Gursky is a German photographer renowned for his large-scale, digitally manipulated images of contemporary landscapes and architecture.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Rhein II became the most expensive photograph sold at auction in 2011
Target entity description: Andreas Gursky is a German photographer renowned for his large-scale, digitally manipulated images of contemporary landscapes and architecture.
  • A. Untitled (1982) sold for over 100 million USD at auction
    "Untitled" (1982) is a landmark neo-expressionist painting by Jean-Michel Basquiat, celebrated as one of his most iconic works and a symbol of his meteoric rise in the contemporary art world.
  • B. Salvator Mundi
    Salvator Mundi is a Renaissance painting depicting Christ as the Savior of the World, widely attributed to Leonardo da Vinci and known as one of the most expensive artworks ever sold.
  • C. Inverted Jenny stamp block
    The Inverted Jenny stamp block is a famously misprinted 1918 U.S. airmail stamp sheet segment depicting an upside-down biplane, considered one of the most iconic and valuable philatelic errors in the world.
  • D. The Concert by Johannes Vermeer (stolen)
    The Concert by Johannes Vermeer (stolen) is a rare 17th-century Dutch interior scene painting, best known today as one of the most valuable artworks ever stolen, taken in the infamous 1990 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum heist and still missing.
  • E. Bavarian crown jewels
    The Bavarian crown jewels are the historic regalia and ceremonial treasures of the former Kingdom of Bavaria, including crowns, scepters, and other symbols of royal authority.
  • 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_69bd43eac3c08190af7e4020c6c3704c completed March 20, 2026, 12:56 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69bd63e808c88190877e98408498fb62 completed March 20, 2026, 3:12 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69be1067c6a081909fa06689ea66a8a4 completed March 21, 2026, 3:28 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69be133c5a8c8190b3c0f066c4ab44a9 completed March 21, 2026, 3:40 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69be13cafd1c8190aec0efe6328c25b8 completed March 21, 2026, 3:43 a.m.
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:17 p.m.