Triple

T6300259
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Johann de Kalb E141234 entity
Predicate familyName P18 FINISHED
Object de Kalb
De Kalb is a German-born French military officer who served as a major general in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War and became a symbol of foreign support for the American cause.
 E583322 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: de Kalb | Statement: [Johann de Kalb, familyName, de Kalb]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: de Kalb
Context triple: [Johann de Kalb, familyName, de Kalb]
  • A. DeKalb
    DeKalb is a city in northern Illinois known for hosting Northern Illinois University and having historical ties to agriculture and barbed wire manufacturing.
  • B. Decatur
    Decatur is a historic, densely populated small city in DeKalb County, Georgia, known for its walkable downtown, vibrant arts and dining scene, and close proximity to Atlanta.
  • C. Decatur
    Decatur is a city in northern Alabama known for its location along the Tennessee River and its role as an industrial and transportation hub.
  • D. Delano
    Delano is the middle name of Franklin D. Roosevelt, the 32nd president of the United States.
  • E. Delano
    Delano is a small agricultural city in California’s Central Valley known for its table grape production and historic role in the farm labor movement.
  • 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: de Kalb
Triple: [Johann de Kalb, familyName, de Kalb]
Generated description
De Kalb is a German-born French military officer who served as a major general in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War and became a symbol of foreign support for the American cause.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: de Kalb
Target entity description: De Kalb is a German-born French military officer who served as a major general in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War and became a symbol of foreign support for the American cause.
  • A. DeKalb
    DeKalb is a city in northern Illinois known for hosting Northern Illinois University and having historical ties to agriculture and barbed wire manufacturing.
  • B. Decatur
    Decatur is a historic, densely populated small city in DeKalb County, Georgia, known for its walkable downtown, vibrant arts and dining scene, and close proximity to Atlanta.
  • C. Decatur
    Decatur is a city in northern Alabama known for its location along the Tennessee River and its role as an industrial and transportation hub.
  • D. Delano
    Delano is the middle name of Franklin D. Roosevelt, the 32nd president of the United States.
  • E. Delano
    Delano is a small agricultural city in California’s Central Valley known for its table grape production and historic role in the farm labor movement.
  • 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_69c008cf0ad4819095def81e2bd42f9f completed March 22, 2026, 3:20 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c0645a7e048190af7a609fc74b876a completed March 22, 2026, 9:51 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c5e42f38bc819086a3e66a83ffc792 completed March 27, 2026, 1:58 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c5e4e5f5ec81909ddfb500315408bd completed March 27, 2026, 2:01 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c5e55af7c48190ab44b433ba8bd3e8 completed March 27, 2026, 2:03 a.m.
Created at: March 22, 2026, 4:27 p.m.