Triple

T5474579
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Tell es-Sultan E122917 entity
Predicate firstMajorExcavationBy P7650 FINISHED
Object Ernst Sellin
Ernst Sellin was a German Protestant theologian and pioneering biblical archaeologist known for his early excavations in the Near East and contributions to the study of Old Testament history.
E523488 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (5 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: Ernst Sellin | Statement: [Tell es-Sultan, firstMajorExcavationBy, Ernst Sellin]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ernst Sellin
Context triple: [Tell es-Sultan, firstMajorExcavationBy, Ernst Sellin]
  • A. Eduard Spranger
    Eduard Spranger was a German philosopher and psychologist known for his influential work in the philosophy of education and the psychology of personality and values.
  • B. Karl Mannheim
    Karl Mannheim was a Hungarian-German sociologist and founding figure of the sociology of knowledge, best known for analyzing how social position shapes thought and ideology.
  • C. Hans Gerth
    Hans Gerth was a German sociologist and social psychologist known for his work on political sociology and for co-editing and translating Max Weber’s major writings into English.
  • D. Otto Lasch
    Otto Lasch was a German Wehrmacht general during World War II, best known for commanding the defense of Königsberg in East Prussia.
  • E. Bernhard Rust
    Bernhard Rust was a prominent Nazi politician who served as the Reich Minister of Science, Education and Culture in Germany from 1934 to 1945.
  • 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: Ernst Sellin
Triple: [Tell es-Sultan, firstMajorExcavationBy, Ernst Sellin]
Generated description
Ernst Sellin was a German Protestant theologian and pioneering biblical archaeologist known for his early excavations in the Near East and contributions to the study of Old Testament history.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ernst Sellin
Target entity description: Ernst Sellin was a German Protestant theologian and pioneering biblical archaeologist known for his early excavations in the Near East and contributions to the study of Old Testament history.
  • A. Eduard Spranger
    Eduard Spranger was a German philosopher and psychologist known for his influential work in the philosophy of education and the psychology of personality and values.
  • B. Karl Mannheim
    Karl Mannheim was a Hungarian-German sociologist and founding figure of the sociology of knowledge, best known for analyzing how social position shapes thought and ideology.
  • C. Hans Gerth
    Hans Gerth was a German sociologist and social psychologist known for his work on political sociology and for co-editing and translating Max Weber’s major writings into English.
  • D. Otto Lasch
    Otto Lasch was a German Wehrmacht general during World War II, best known for commanding the defense of Königsberg in East Prussia.
  • E. Bernhard Rust
    Bernhard Rust was a prominent Nazi politician who served as the Reich Minister of Science, Education and Culture in Germany from 1934 to 1945.
  • F. None of above. chosen
PD Predicate disambiguation gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: firstMajorExcavationBy
Context triple: [Tell es-Sultan, firstMajorExcavationBy, Ernst Sellin]
  • A. majorExcavationsBegan
    Indicates that significant archaeological or construction excavation work was initiated at a particular time or for a particular project.
  • B. excavatedBy chosen
    Indicates that something (typically an archaeological site, artifact, or geological feature) was uncovered or dug out by a particular agent (such as a person, team, or organization).
  • C. excavatedAt
    Indicates that an excavation activity took place at a specific location or site.
  • D. hasArchaeologicalExcavationsBy
    Indicates that archaeological excavations at a site or location are or were conducted by a specified person, group, or organization.
  • E. hasArchaeologicalExcavationsSince
    Indicates that archaeological excavations have been conducted at an entity starting from a specified point in time and continuing since then.
  • F. None of above.

Provenance (6 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_69bd46459ff48190823377457bcf7128 completed March 20, 2026, 1:06 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69bd9232ded08190b4142e604319b2ba completed March 20, 2026, 6:30 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69bf489a8f9881908aec81e59ed1e3e4 completed March 22, 2026, 1:40 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69bf49a2071c8190bc1abc380db9383a completed March 22, 2026, 1:45 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69bf4a1033f88190a609613635de9d6c completed March 22, 2026, 1:46 a.m.
PD Predicate disambiguation batch_69bd91a58c448190904964a439045e05 completed March 20, 2026, 6:27 p.m.
Created at: March 20, 2026, 2:09 p.m.