Triple

T4861120
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Ulf Merbold E108661 entity
Predicate familyName P18 FINISHED
Object Merbold
Merbold is the surname of Ulf Merbold, a German physicist and astronaut who was the first West German citizen to fly in space.
 E473810 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: Merbold | Statement: [Ulf Merbold, familyName, Merbold]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Merbold
Context triple: [Ulf Merbold, familyName, Merbold]
  • A. Loëx
    Loëx is a small locality within the municipality of Bernex in the canton of Geneva, Switzerland.
  • B. Morvi
    Morvi is a town in the Morbi district of Gujarat, India, historically known as the seat of the former princely Morvi State.
  • C. Marval
    Marval is an actor known for appearing in the landmark 1929 surrealist film "Un Chien Andalou," directed by Luis Buñuel and co-written with Salvador Dalí.
  • D. Troulos
    Troulos is a small coastal village and popular beach resort on the Greek island of Skiathos in the Sporades.
  • E. Malthace
    Malthace was a wife of Herod the Great and the mother of several of his children, including Herod Antipas, placing her within the Herodian royal family of Judea.
  • 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: Merbold
Triple: [Ulf Merbold, familyName, Merbold]
Generated description
Merbold is the surname of Ulf Merbold, a German physicist and astronaut who was the first West German citizen to fly in space.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Merbold
Target entity description: Merbold is the surname of Ulf Merbold, a German physicist and astronaut who was the first West German citizen to fly in space.
  • A. Loëx
    Loëx is a small locality within the municipality of Bernex in the canton of Geneva, Switzerland.
  • B. Morvi
    Morvi is a town in the Morbi district of Gujarat, India, historically known as the seat of the former princely Morvi State.
  • C. Marval
    Marval is an actor known for appearing in the landmark 1929 surrealist film "Un Chien Andalou," directed by Luis Buñuel and co-written with Salvador Dalí.
  • D. Troulos
    Troulos is a small coastal village and popular beach resort on the Greek island of Skiathos in the Sporades.
  • E. Malthace
    Malthace was a wife of Herod the Great and the mother of several of his children, including Herod Antipas, placing her within the Herodian royal family of Judea.
  • 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_69bd440b965081908b0557721cae6338 completed March 20, 2026, 12:56 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69bd6d5e247c8190b6ae4e9b529f0345 completed March 20, 2026, 3:53 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69be5cf49590819084de6b655f1c8e88 completed March 21, 2026, 8:55 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69be5e7337f481909eb4a41ffe8cd1fe completed March 21, 2026, 9:01 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69be5eaa968081908dafb523f05d597f completed March 21, 2026, 9:02 a.m.
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:26 p.m.