Triple

T5808316
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Ernst Boas E128801 entity
Predicate notableFamily P1481 FINISHED
Object Boas family
The Boas family is a prominent German-American Jewish family known for its influential contributions to anthropology, medicine, and social science, most notably through Franz Boas and his descendants.
 E547532 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: Boas family | Statement: [Ernst Boas, notableFamily, Boas family]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Boas family
Context triple: [Ernst Boas, notableFamily, Boas family]
  • A. Beneski family
    The Beneski family is a benefactor family associated with Amherst College, recognized for their significant philanthropic support that led to the naming of the Beneski Museum of Natural History.
  • B. Bullough family
    The Bullough family is a prominent British industrial dynasty known for its significant role in the textile machinery industry and ownership of the Isle of Rùm in Scotland.
  • C. Rappaport family
    The Rappaport family is a prominent philanthropic family known for major contributions to public policy, civic life, and institutions in the Greater Boston area.
  • D. Belfer family
    The Belfer family is a prominent philanthropic family known for major donations to educational, medical, and research institutions.
  • E. Bell family
    The Bell family is a notable British aristocratic lineage associated with landownership, public service, and social prominence across generations.
  • 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: Boas family
Triple: [Ernst Boas, notableFamily, Boas family]
Generated description
The Boas family is a prominent German-American Jewish family known for its influential contributions to anthropology, medicine, and social science, most notably through Franz Boas and his descendants.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Boas family
Target entity description: The Boas family is a prominent German-American Jewish family known for its influential contributions to anthropology, medicine, and social science, most notably through Franz Boas and his descendants.
  • A. Beneski family
    The Beneski family is a benefactor family associated with Amherst College, recognized for their significant philanthropic support that led to the naming of the Beneski Museum of Natural History.
  • B. Bullough family
    The Bullough family is a prominent British industrial dynasty known for its significant role in the textile machinery industry and ownership of the Isle of Rùm in Scotland.
  • C. Rappaport family
    The Rappaport family is a prominent philanthropic family known for major contributions to public policy, civic life, and institutions in the Greater Boston area.
  • D. Belfer family
    The Belfer family is a prominent philanthropic family known for major donations to educational, medical, and research institutions.
  • E. Bell family
    The Bell family is a notable British aristocratic lineage associated with landownership, public service, and social prominence across generations.
  • 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_69c0084788848190bcf71f6bc5d71597 completed March 22, 2026, 3:18 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c02b1867a481909a7ea3331dbb04ce completed March 22, 2026, 5:47 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c0983ded9c8190b37372627c1e3a50 completed March 23, 2026, 1:32 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c0990bf38081908c09c5dfe660c35b completed March 23, 2026, 1:36 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c099bd26fc8190a58bf483a6d4cbca completed March 23, 2026, 1:39 a.m.
Created at: March 22, 2026, 3:52 p.m.