Triple

T6335971
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Berlin Hauptbahnhof E142491 entity
Predicate architect P184 FINISHED
Object Meinhard von Gerkan
Meinhard von Gerkan was a prominent German architect and co-founder of the firm gmp, renowned for designing major public buildings and transportation hubs in Germany and abroad.
 E586032 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: Meinhard von Gerkan | Statement: [Berlin Hauptbahnhof, architect, Meinhard von Gerkan]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Meinhard von Gerkan
Context triple: [Berlin Hauptbahnhof, architect, Meinhard von Gerkan]
  • A. Günther Behnisch
    Günther Behnisch was a prominent German architect best known for his innovative, lightweight, and expressive modernist designs, including major sports and public buildings in postwar Germany.
  • B. Othmar Ammann
    Othmar Ammann was a Swiss-American civil engineer renowned for designing many of New York City's major suspension bridges, including the George Washington Bridge.
  • C. Hannes Meyer
    Hannes Meyer was a Swiss architect and urban planner who served as the second director of the Bauhaus, known for his functionalist, socially oriented approach to design and architecture.
  • D. Heinz Behrens
    Heinz Behrens was a German actor best known for his roles in East German film and television productions.
  • E. Frei Otto
    Frei Otto was a pioneering German architect and structural engineer renowned for his innovative lightweight tensile and membrane structures, including the iconic canopies of the Munich Olympic Stadium.
  • 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: Meinhard von Gerkan
Triple: [Berlin Hauptbahnhof, architect, Meinhard von Gerkan]
Generated description
Meinhard von Gerkan was a prominent German architect and co-founder of the firm gmp, renowned for designing major public buildings and transportation hubs in Germany and abroad.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Meinhard von Gerkan
Target entity description: Meinhard von Gerkan was a prominent German architect and co-founder of the firm gmp, renowned for designing major public buildings and transportation hubs in Germany and abroad.
  • A. Günther Behnisch
    Günther Behnisch was a prominent German architect best known for his innovative, lightweight, and expressive modernist designs, including major sports and public buildings in postwar Germany.
  • B. Othmar Ammann
    Othmar Ammann was a Swiss-American civil engineer renowned for designing many of New York City's major suspension bridges, including the George Washington Bridge.
  • C. Hannes Meyer
    Hannes Meyer was a Swiss architect and urban planner who served as the second director of the Bauhaus, known for his functionalist, socially oriented approach to design and architecture.
  • D. Heinz Behrens
    Heinz Behrens was a German actor best known for his roles in East German film and television productions.
  • E. Frei Otto
    Frei Otto was a pioneering German architect and structural engineer renowned for his innovative lightweight tensile and membrane structures, including the iconic canopies of the Munich Olympic Stadium.
  • 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_69c008d4d8e88190ad301c05b08722ac completed March 22, 2026, 3:20 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c0654a88a881908d5cb2aa7f22c4c7 completed March 22, 2026, 9:55 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c6042ab22c8190a7486049f45a546b completed March 27, 2026, 4:14 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c6056435b481908a63a880b7bcd489 completed March 27, 2026, 4:19 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c605f2369c819080fd52282b20437e completed March 27, 2026, 4:22 a.m.
Created at: March 22, 2026, 4:30 p.m.