Triple

T4820988
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Bernd and Hilla Becher E107708 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object Water Towers series
Water Towers series is a renowned photographic project by Bernd and Hilla Becher that systematically documents industrial water towers in a typological, black-and-white style.
E471288 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: Water Towers series | Statement: [Bernd and Hilla Becher, notableWork, Water Towers series]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Water Towers series
Context triple: [Bernd and Hilla Becher, notableWork, Water Towers series]
  • A. Electric Tower
    Electric Tower is a historic early-20th-century skyscraper in downtown Buffalo, New York, known for its distinctive Beaux-Arts architecture and illuminated crown.
  • B. Tri-City Water Follies
    Tri-City Water Follies is an annual hydroplane racing and air show festival held along the Columbia River in the Tri-Cities region of Washington State.
  • C. Sea Towers
    Sea Towers is a prominent modern high-rise residential and office complex on the waterfront of Gdynia, Poland.
  • D. The Heights
    The Heights is a predominantly residential, historically working- and middle-class neighborhood in northern Jersey City known for its elevated views of the surrounding area and diverse community.
  • E. City of Fountains
    City of Fountains is a popular nickname for Kansas City, Missouri, highlighting its abundance of decorative public fountains and water features.
  • 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: Water Towers series
Triple: [Bernd and Hilla Becher, notableWork, Water Towers series]
Generated description
Water Towers series is a renowned photographic project by Bernd and Hilla Becher that systematically documents industrial water towers in a typological, black-and-white style.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Water Towers series
Target entity description: Water Towers series is a renowned photographic project by Bernd and Hilla Becher that systematically documents industrial water towers in a typological, black-and-white style.
  • A. Electric Tower
    Electric Tower is a historic early-20th-century skyscraper in downtown Buffalo, New York, known for its distinctive Beaux-Arts architecture and illuminated crown.
  • B. Tri-City Water Follies
    Tri-City Water Follies is an annual hydroplane racing and air show festival held along the Columbia River in the Tri-Cities region of Washington State.
  • C. Sea Towers
    Sea Towers is a prominent modern high-rise residential and office complex on the waterfront of Gdynia, Poland.
  • D. The Heights
    The Heights is a predominantly residential, historically working- and middle-class neighborhood in northern Jersey City known for its elevated views of the surrounding area and diverse community.
  • E. City of Fountains
    City of Fountains is a popular nickname for Kansas City, Missouri, highlighting its abundance of decorative public fountains and water features.
  • 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_69bd43f9efa081908314cb3e94fa1695 completed March 20, 2026, 12:56 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69bd6c99b46c8190b6fbcf9f98b9e993 completed March 20, 2026, 3:49 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69be4dc02118819093f4dfad16c6085f completed March 21, 2026, 7:50 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69be4e38bccc81909102f922fd395568 completed March 21, 2026, 7:52 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69be4ea8fa708190909e26268b49b678 completed March 21, 2026, 7:54 a.m.
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:24 p.m.